http2md 0.0.1

A CLI tool to convert HTTP content to Markdown

http2md

A CLI tool to fetch web pages and convert them to Markdown using Playwright.

Installation

pip install http2md
http2md install

Usage

# Basic usage (converts to Markdown)
http2md https://example.com

# Basic usage out to file (converts to Markdown)
http2md https://example.com -o output.md

# Output raw HTML
http2md https://example.com --html

# Wait for a specific element before extracting
http2md https://spa-site.com --wait-for ".content"

# Increase timeout for slow sites (default: 30000ms)
http2md https://slow-site.com --timeout 60000

# Use specific wait strategy
http2md https://fast-site.com --wait-until load

CLI Options

usage: http2md [-h] [--html]
               [--wait-until {auto,load,domcontentloaded,networkidle,commit}]
               [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--wait-for WAIT_FOR] [-o OUT]
               [url]

Convert HTTP content to Markdown

positional arguments:
  url                   URL to process

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --html                Output raw HTML instead of Markdown
  --wait-until          Wait strategy (default: auto)
  --timeout TIMEOUT     Timeout in milliseconds (default: 30000)
  --wait-for WAIT_FOR   CSS selector to wait for before extracting content
  -o, --out OUT         Output file path

Wait Strategies

Strategy	Description
auto	Combined: tries networkidle, falls back on timeout (default)
load	Wait for load event
domcontentloaded	Wait for DOM to be ready
networkidle	Wait for no network activity (500ms)
commit	Return immediately after response headers