From b2e0aa4286d7b9384893214afbe25ce74689035a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: santa <santa@rsnet.sk>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:27:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added option to download X oldest items, not only X recent
 ones.

---
 icloudpd/base.py | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/icloudpd/base.py b/icloudpd/base.py
index 2327e73c8..1313e7e44 100755
--- a/icloudpd/base.py
+++ b/icloudpd/base.py
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@
     help="Number of recent photos to download (default: download all photos)",
     type=click.IntRange(0),
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--oldest",
+    help="Number of oldest photos to download (default: download all photos)",
+    type=click.IntRange(-50),
+)
 @click.option(
     "--until-found",
     help="Download most recently added photos until we find x number of "
@@ -229,6 +234,7 @@ def main(
         size,
         live_photo_size,
         recent,
+        oldest,
         until_found,
         album,
         list_albums,
@@ -303,6 +309,7 @@ def main(
             cookie_directory,
             size,
             recent,
+            oldest,
             until_found,
             album,
             list_albums,
@@ -539,6 +546,7 @@ def core(
         cookie_directory,
         size,
         recent,
+        oldest,
         until_found,
         album,
         list_albums,
@@ -647,6 +655,13 @@ def photos_exception_handler(ex, retries):
             photos_count = recent
             photos = itertools.islice(photos, recent)
 
+        # Optional: Only download the x oldest photos.
+        if oldest is not None:
+            photos_count = oldest
+            total_photos = len(photos)
+            start = total_photos - oldest
+            photos = itertools.islice(photos, start, total_photos)
+
         tqdm_kwargs = {"total": photos_count}
 
         if until_found is not None: