Download HQ album cover art from Apple's iTunes.

Automatically downloads the highest resolution, usually up to 3000 x 3000 px. Actual resolutions vary greatly depending on the source material and can go as low as 600 x 600 px.

albumart-dl <search-term>

Example: Download album art for Frank Zappa's Apostrophe

albumart-dl "Frank Zappa Apostrophe"

Download album art files to specific folder

albumart-dl -o <path-to-folder> <search-term>

Example: Download album art for all of Brad Mehldau's albums to a subfolder

albumart-dl -o ~/Downloads/"Brad Mehldau"/ "Brad Mehldau"

macOS: Install albumart-dl using Homebrew:

brew tap paulgalow/tap && \
brew install albumart-dl

albumart-dl requires Python 3.6+. External dependencies are requests and yaspin.