web2pdf

Convert webpages to PDFs for offline reading.

Installation

First, install PhantomJS.

Second, clone this repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/morninj/web2pdf.git

Third, add web2pdf to your path:

$ cp screenshot.js /usr/local/bin/
$ cp web2pdf.py /usr/local/bin/web2pdf
$ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/web2pdf

Use

Archive a Single URL

$ web2pdf -u http://www.nytimes.com/

This will save the page as archive.pdf. You can change the default filename:

$ web2pdf -u http://www.nytimes.com/ -o nytimes.pdf

Archive Multiple URLs

Create a file named input.txt (or anything else) with one URL per line, like this:

http://www.nytimes.com/
http://news.ycombinator.com/
http://www.reddit.com/

Then, run:

$ web2pdf -f input.txt

This will save each page in a new folder named archives. You can also change the name of the folder:

$ web2pdf.py -f input.txt -d my_folder