Important

This tool is not affiliated with or endorsed by Articulate.
It processes .story files using standard XML/media parsing.
No reverse-engineering of Storyline software is involved.

Note

This is for educational and internal use only.
Plus it only works in very specific circumstances, so use at your own risk. ☠️

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Storyline Media Report

Generate a simple HTML or PDF report showing all media assets from an Articulate Storyline .story project PLUS thumbnails, alt text, and internal notes (from the Media Library).

What It Does

• Extracts media assets from a .story file (which is just a ZIP archive).
• Matches media files by checksum with entries in story/story.xml.
• Collects:
  • Thumbnail of each image (resized)
  • Internal notes (from the note attribute)
  • Alt text (from <altText> tag)
• Outputs:
  • A compact, shareable HTML file
  • Or a printable PDF report (with poor layout so far 🤬)

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Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• Pillow (pip install Pillow)
• FPDF2 (if generating PDF: pip install fpdf)

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How to Use

For HTML output:

python storyline_media_to_html.py "your_project.story"

For PDF output:

python storyline_media_to_pdf.py "your_project.story"

Output

• storyline_media_report.html — Viewable in any browser.
• storyline_media_report.pdf — Portable format for documentation or reviews.

Each entry shows:

• A small image preview
• Alt text
• Internal note (entered using Storyline Media Library)

HTML output:

Example Repo Structure

storyline-media-report/
├── storyline_media_to_pdf.py
├── storyline_media_to_html.py
├── generate_report.bat
├── README.md
└── sample.story (not included)

License

MIT License. Use freely, modify, share — and credit if you feel generous.

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