📚 GetWeb2PDF

getweb2pdf is a simple command-line tool to crawl a website starting from a given URL and save the content into a single PDF.
It is perfect for collecting documentation, technical articles, or educational resources into one offline file.

🚀 Features

• Crawl all internal HTML pages from a starting URL
• Download each page as a PDF
• Merge all PDFs into one single document
• Easy to use, works from the command line
• Lightweight, no heavy browser automation needed

📦 Installation

Make sure you have Python 3.7+ installed.

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourname/getweb2pdf.git
cd getweb2pdf

2. Install required Python libraries:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Install wkhtmltopdf (required by pdfkit):

• Ubuntu/Debian:

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install wkhtmltopdf

• Windows / macOS:
  Download from https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html and install.

4. Install getweb2pdf locally:

pip install .

✅ Now you can use the getweb2pdf command from anywhere!

🛠 Usage

Basic command:

getweb2pdf <starting_url> -o <output_file.pdf>

Example:

getweb2pdf https://example.com/docs.html -o example_docs.pdf

Arguments:

Argument	Description
starting_url	The URL to start crawling from (must be the same domain).
-o, --output	Name of the output PDF file (default: website_docs.pdf).
--max-depth	Maximum depth to crawl (default: no limit).
--no-merge	Do not merge PDFs, keep individual pages as separate PDFs.
--save-intermediate	Save intermediate PDFs even after merging.
--verbose	Enable detailed logging.
--exclude	Skip URLs containing these patterns (ex:--exclude archive login contact).

For help:

getweb2pdf --help

⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool is intended for personal and educational purposes only.
It is not intended for commercial use, mass website scraping, or redistribution of copyrighted materials.

Do not use getweb2pdf to generate PDFs for money-making purposes without the permission of the original content owners.
Always respect the terms of service and robots.txt of websites you crawl.

📃 License

This project is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

✨ Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! Feel free to open an issue if you want to add new features or report bugs.