download-webpage-data 1.0.1

A tool to download website contents through Tor with German exit nodes and extract images

download-webpage-data

A Python tool to download website contents through Tor with German exit nodes and extract images from downloaded websites.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• Tor service installed on your system
• torrc configuration file (will be created automatically)

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Install dependencies:

pip install .

Features

Website Downloader

• Routes all traffic through Tor
• Uses German exit nodes exclusively
• Downloads complete website contents
• Preserves website structure
• Handles errors gracefully
• Supports sites with invalid SSL certificates
• Retries failed downloads with new Tor identity

Image Extractor

• Extracts all images from downloaded websites
• Supports multiple image formats (jpg, jpeg, png, gif, webp, svg, ico)
• Finds both direct image files and HTML-referenced images
• Preserves original filenames
• Creates organized output structure
• Handles duplicate files

Usage

Downloading Websites

1. Ensure Tor service is running on your system:

# On Manjaro/Arch:
sudo systemctl start tor

2. Download a website:

# Interactive mode
python -m download_webpage_data

# Direct URL mode
python -m download_webpage_data -u https://example.com

# With SSL verification
python -m download_webpage_data --verify-ssl -u https://example.com

Extracting Images

1. After downloading one or more websites, run:

python -m download_webpage_data.extract_images

2. Select the website from the list
3. Images will be extracted to images/<website>/ directory

Command-line Options

Website Downloader

• -u, --url: URL to download (if not provided, will prompt)
• --verify-ssl: Enable SSL certificate verification (disabled by default)

Image Extractor

• Interactive menu to select from downloaded websites
• Press 'q' to quit at any time

Directory Structure

.
├── downloads/           # Downloaded websites
│   └── example.com/    # Website content
└── images/             # Extracted images
    └── example.com/    # Images from website

Security Note

This tool is for legitimate use only. Ensure you have permission to download website contents before using this tool.

License

MIT