pdfCrawler

Description

This is a simple tool which allows you to download and merge all PDF files from a website of your desire e.g free eBooks only available in chapters at publisher websites ...

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Usage

Prerequisites

You will need Python 3 installed on your system. Additionally you will need the library PyPDF2 installed.

Step 1:

After downloading the tool, switch to the folder containing pdfCrawler.py, start the terminal and enter

$ python3 pdfCrawler.py to start the tool.

Step 2:

Select by either entering 1 or 2 into the console, whether you want so save the resulting .pdf file into the working or into a user specific directory.

Step 2.5: (Only if you took option 2 beforehand)

Enter the absolute path of the folder you want to save the file in.

Step 3:

Enter the url containing the PDF files you want to download and merge. Input url: www.your-dowload-link.tld/PATH

Step 4:

Confirm your inputs with yor cancel the download with n

TODO list:

• Cleanup code
• Write unit-test
• Upload compiled binary for Windows and Unix systems