diff --git a/server/import_images/bulk_import_images_from_derpi.ts b/server/import_images/bulk_import_images_from_derpi.ts
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+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
+import db_ops from "../helpers/db_ops"
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+const { COPYFILE_EXCL } = fs.constants;
+
+const imghash: any = require('imghash');
+
+
+
+const PATH_TO_IMAGES = path.join("..", "..", "..", 'import_from_derpi', 'images')
+const PATH_TO_JSONS = path.join("..", "..", "..", 'import_from_derpi', 'jsons')
+const PATH_TO_IMPORTED_IMAGES = path.join("..", "..", "..", 'public', 'images')
+const IMAGES = fs.readdirSync(PATH_TO_IMAGES)
+
+const JSONS = fs.readdirSync(PATH_TO_JSONS).map(json_file_name => path.parse(json_file_name).name)
+const NO_AUTHOR_NAME_FOUND = 1
+
+async function parse_author(tags: any) {
+    for (const tag of tags) {
+        const idx = tag.indexOf("artist:")
+        if (idx === 0) {    //tag starts with "artist:" 
+            return tag.slice(7) //strip off "artist:" 
+        }
+    }
+    return NO_AUTHOR_NAME_FOUND
+}
+function callback(err: any) {
+    if (err) throw err;
+  }
+async function import_images() {
+    console.log("Getting last image id...")
+    let id = await db_ops.image_ops.get_max_image_id()
+    if (!id) {
+        id = 0
+    }
+    console.log(`Last image id: ${id}`)
+    for (const image_file_name of IMAGES) {
+        if (JSONS.includes(path.parse(image_file_name).name)) {
+            console.log(`importing ${image_file_name}`)
+            const json_file_path = path.join(PATH_TO_JSONS, path.parse(image_file_name).name + ".json")
+            const derpi_data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(json_file_path, 'utf8'))
+            const images_with_same_sha512 = await db_ops.image_ops.find_image_by_sha512(derpi_data.sha512_hash)
+            if (images_with_same_sha512.length !== 0) {
+                // console.log("Duplicate (SHA-512)")
+                continue;
+            }
+            let parsed_author = await parse_author(derpi_data.tags)
+            if (parsed_author === NO_AUTHOR_NAME_FOUND) {
+                console.log("No author found")
+                parsed_author="???"
+            }
+            const derpi_link = "https://derpibooru.org/images/" + derpi_data.id
+            const phash = await imghash.hash(`${PATH_TO_IMAGES}/${image_file_name}`, 16);
+            id++
+            fs.copyFile(`${PATH_TO_IMAGES}/${image_file_name}`, `${PATH_TO_IMPORTED_IMAGES}/${id}.${derpi_data.format.toLowerCase()}`, COPYFILE_EXCL,callback )
+            console.log(`imported ${image_file_name}`)
+            db_ops.image_ops.add_image(id, derpi_data.format.toLowerCase(), derpi_data.width, derpi_data.height, parsed_author, derpi_data.size,
+                derpi_link, derpi_data.upvotes, derpi_data.downvotes, derpi_data.id, derpi_data.created_at,
+                derpi_data.source_url, derpi_data.tags, derpi_data.wilson_score, derpi_data.sha512_hash, phash,derpi_data.description)
+
+        }
+    }
+    process.exit()
+
+}
+import_images()