web2lrf

kovidgoyal · 07-13-2007, 08:44 PM

Building on my work with web2disk, here's web2lrf (part of libprs500 v0.3.70).

It directly converts websites into LRF files. More than that it has support for profiles that allow it to preprocess websites to generate better looking LRF files. Right now it knows about the New York Times, The BBC, The Economist and Newsweek (see attached demos).

To use it with a profile:

Code:

web2lrf profilename

For e.g. for newsweek

Code:

web2lrf newsweek

For The New York Times

Code:

web2lrf --username myusername --password mypassword nytimes

To create your own profile and use it with web2lrf visit
https://libprs500.kovidgoyal.net/wiki/UserProfiles for instructions and examples.

To use it with an arbitrary website (it wont do any preprocessing)

Code:

web2lrf --url http://mywebsite.com default

Enjoy!

kovidgoyal · 07-14-2007, 04:52 PM

Released v0.3.62 with a newsweek profile. See the attached demo in the first post. Since I actually read Newsweek, I've taken a little more pain over this profile, it has a nice hierarchical TOC.

Ironic since for some reason I haven't been getting my newsweeks for the past month ;-)

RWood · 07-14-2007, 06:17 PM

I quickly uninstalled the prior version and installed the new one. Tried it.

"TypeError: option_parser takes() takes no arguments (1 given)"

Even the nytimes demo gave the same result.

kovidgoyal · 07-14-2007, 06:26 PM

Oops typo...released 0.3.73 with the fix. It'll take 20 mins to reach the servers.

ddavtian · 07-15-2007, 02:03 AM

Kovidgoyal, thanks a lot for all your work.
NYTimes and BBC work fine for me, Newsweek gives an error message.
I'm looking forward for more profiles :-)

C:\Temp>web2lrf newsweek
Fetching feeds... done
Downloading .WARNING: Could not fetch link file://c:\docume~1\davidd~1\locals~1\
temp\libprs500oezp07\index.html

file://c:\docume~1\davidd~1\locals~1\temp\libprs500oezp07 \index.html saved to
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "convert_from.py", line 124, in <module>
File "convert_from.py", line 116, in main
File "convert_from.py", line 74, in create_lrf
File "libprs500\ebooks\lrf\html\convert_from.pyo", line 1233, in process_file
File "libprs500\ebooks\lrf\html\convert_from.pyo", line 1431, in get_path
File "libprs500\__init__.pyo", line 74, in extract
Exception: Unknown archive type

kovidgoyal · 07-15-2007, 03:48 AM

windows strikes again! fixed in 0.3.74.

As for new profiles, nothing planned as my needs are met. But feel free to contribute :-)

Platapie · 07-15-2007, 09:33 AM

You my friend, are a god. I just ordered my PRS-500 (not here yet but I can't wait), and was preemptively searching for ways to do this-- realize I'm jumping the gun here, but thanks so much.

Also great to see it offered for Linux

JSWolf · 07-15-2007, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

windows strikes again! fixed in 0.3.74.

As for new profiles, nothing planned as my needs are met. But feel free to contribute :-)

Version 0.3.74 is not up on the website. Only 0.3.73.

RWood · 07-15-2007, 12:50 PM

Still coming up 0.3.73 for me.

kovidgoyal · 07-15-2007, 02:36 PM

Sorry uploading now.

kovidgoyal · 07-15-2007, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapie

You my friend, are a god. I just ordered my PRS-500 (not here yet but I can't wait), and was preemptively searching for ways to do this-- realize I'm jumping the gun here, but thanks so much.

Also great to see it offered for Linux

It was developed for linux, windows and OSX support came later. Indeed it would not have been possible without all the other great free software that's been developed for linux.

ddavtian · 07-16-2007, 05:17 PM

Kovidgoyal, Newsweek now works for Windows, but the output is a rss type small file. Articles are not pulled.

I have few basic questions, sorry couldn't find in many pages of stickies.
How can I make the font smaller? Do I need to load more (or different) fonts to the reader or it's a setting somewhere for web2lrf?

Where can I find the profiles for NYTimes (or BBC or Newsweek)? I'd like to use it as a good template for other sites.

Thanks in advance,
David (not a power user)

kovidgoyal · 07-16-2007, 08:33 PM

You can see the profiles here https://libprs500.kovidgoyal.net/bro...web?order=name

The newsweek error will be fixed in the next release.

Platapie · 07-20-2007, 03:06 PM

Quote:

It was developed for linux, windows and OSX support came later. Indeed it would not have been possible without all the other great free software that's been developed for linux.

Fair enough. Well, what can I say? I finally got my machine/the time to play with it and it's fantastic. The only issue I had was installing convertlit from source-- it needs, according to the README "LIBTOMMATH" to compile but the address listed in the README is incorrect and instead one needs to get LibTom from http://libtom.org/.

Nonetheless, once that was done I tried out the NYTime script and it worked like a charm. Thank you so much for the hard work.

kovidgoyal · 07-20-2007, 05:53 PM

You only need convertlit if you plan on converting lit files. The rest of libprs500 will work just fine without it.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,559 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Released v0.3.62 with a newsweek profile. See the attached demo in the first post. Since I actually read Newsweek, I've taken a little more pain over this profile, it has a nice hierarchical TOC. Ironic since for some reason I haven't been getting my newsweeks for the past month ;-)

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,559 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Oops typo...released 0.3.73 with the fix. It'll take 20 mins to reach the servers.

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ddavtian Addict Posts: 274 Karma: 332 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco, USA Device: Sage, Elipsa, Oasis, Galaxy Tab 8U, S22U	Kovidgoyal, thanks a lot for all your work. NYTimes and BBC work fine for me, Newsweek gives an error message. I'm looking forward for more profiles :-) C:\Temp>web2lrf newsweek Fetching feeds... done Downloading .WARNING: Could not fetch link file://c:\docume~1\davidd~1\locals~1\ temp\libprs500oezp07\index.html file://c:\docume~1\davidd~1\locals~1\temp\libprs500oezp07 \index.html saved to Traceback (most recent call last): File "convert_from.py", line 124, in <module> File "convert_from.py", line 116, in main File "convert_from.py", line 74, in create_lrf File "libprs500\ebooks\lrf\html\convert_from.pyo", line 1233, in process_file File "libprs500\ebooks\lrf\html\convert_from.pyo", line 1431, in get_path File "libprs500\__init__.pyo", line 74, in extract Exception: Unknown archive type

07-15-2007, 03:48 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,559 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	windows strikes again! fixed in 0.3.74. As for new profiles, nothing planned as my needs are met. But feel free to contribute :-)

07-15-2007, 09:33 AM	#7
Platapie Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500	You my friend, are a god. I just ordered my PRS-500 (not here yet but I can't wait), and was preemptively searching for ways to do this-- realize I'm jumping the gun here, but thanks so much. Also great to see it offered for Linux

07-15-2007, 12:50 PM	#9
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Still coming up 0.3.73 for me.

07-15-2007, 02:36 PM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,559 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Sorry uploading now.

07-16-2007, 05:17 PM	#12
ddavtian Addict Posts: 274 Karma: 332 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco, USA Device: Sage, Elipsa, Oasis, Galaxy Tab 8U, S22U	Kovidgoyal, Newsweek now works for Windows, but the output is a rss type small file. Articles are not pulled. I have few basic questions, sorry couldn't find in many pages of stickies. How can I make the font smaller? Do I need to load more (or different) fonts to the reader or it's a setting somewhere for web2lrf? Where can I find the profiles for NYTimes (or BBC or Newsweek)? I'd like to use it as a good template for other sites. Thanks in advance, David (not a power user)

07-16-2007, 08:33 PM	#13
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,559 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can see the profiles here https://libprs500.kovidgoyal.net/bro...web?order=name The newsweek error will be fixed in the next release.

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07-20-2007, 05:53 PM	#15
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,559 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You only need convertlit if you plan on converting lit files. The rest of libprs500 will work just fine without it.