Added an additional channel for downloading the metadata of an entire post or gallery.

gallery_dl/postprocessor/metadata_bypost.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2019 Mike Fährmann
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+"""Write metadata to JSON files"""
+
+from .metadata import __postprocessor__ as MetadataPP
+
+
+class Metadata_BypostPP(MetadataPP):
+
+    def __init__(self, pathfmt, options):
+        MetadataPP.__init__(self, pathfmt, options)
+
+    def prepare(self, pathfmt):
+        if pathfmt.kwdict.get("metadata_only"):
+            MetadataPP.run(self, pathfmt)
+
+    def run(self, pathfmt):
+         return
+
+__postprocessor__ = Metadata_BypostPP