Setup

Setup is two steps: tell the extension where your monloader is, then pair with it.

1. Set the monloader URL

Click the monsender toolbar button, then options (or right-click the button and open the extension options). In the monloader section, enter the base URL your browser reaches monloader at: http://localhost:8081 if it runs on the same machine, or a LAN address like http://monloader.lan:8081.

Use the address as you would type it in the address bar, scheme included. Plain http:// is fine on a home network.

2. Allow access to that one address

When you click save (or connect to monloader), the browser shows a permission prompt asking to allow access to that one origin (the wording varies by browser).

If you decline, the options page shows a warning that monloader cannot be reached until you allow it. Nothing is broken; click save or connect to monloader again to get the prompt back, and accept it.

3. Connect to monloader

Click connect to monloader. This is the only way the extension gets its access token; there is no field to paste one into.

  1. The extension sends a pairing request to your monloader.

  2. Open monloader in another tab, go to Settings -> monsender, and approve the pending request.

  3. The extension polls until the approval lands, stores the issued token, and shows “paired with monloader” with a green connection dot.

If you deny the request in monloader, or let it expire, the options page says so; click connect to monloader again. The wait times out after about a minute and a half if nothing is approved.

This is the same pairing model all three apps use; see how pairing works.

Check it worked

Click test connection. A green dot with the monloader and gallery-dl versions means you are set. “token rejected” or “unreachable” point to troubleshooting.

If you change the URL later

The token is bound to the monloader instance that issued it. Saving a different URL clears the stored token, so the old key is never sent to a different server. Click connect to monloader again to pair with the new instance.

Next: sending pages and images.