ifixit2zim 0.2.1

Make ZIM file from iFixit articles

iFixit

ifixit2zim is an openZIM scraper to create offline versions of iFixit website, in all its supported languages.

This scraper downloads the iFixit resources (categories, guides, ...) and puts them in a ZIM file, a clean and user friendly format for storing content for offline usage.

Usage

ifixit2zim works off a language version that you must provide via the --language argument. The list of supported languages is visible in the --help message.

Docker

docker run -v my_dir:/output openzim/ifixit ifixit2zim --help

Python

ifixit2zim is a Python3 (3.6+) software. If you are not using the Docker image, you are advised to use it in a virtual environment to avoid installing software dependencies on your system. In addition to Python3, you also need to have an up-to-date installation of pip, setuptools and wheel as recommanded here (wheel is important since you will have to build some dependencies).

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

# using published version
pip3 install ifixit2zim
ifixit2zim --help

# running from source
pip3 install -r requirements.pip
python3 ifixit2zim/ --help

Call deactivate to quit the virtual environment.

See requirements.txt for the list of python dependencies.

Contributing

All contributions are welcome!

Please open an issue on Github and/or submit a Pull-request.

Guidelines

• Don't take assigned issues. Comment if those get staled.
• If your contribution is far from trivial, open an issue to discuss it first.
• Ensure your code passed black formatting, isort and flake8 (88 chars)

Create an appropriate Python environment

First time:

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.pip

Next times:

source .venv/bin/activate

NOTA : there is some limitations to the execution of the underlying libzim library on MacOS with some known bugs. The main issue is that the full-text index is not working, so this shouldn't be a problem for quick tests. In doubt, execute the scraper in a Docker container as explained below.

Test the scraper in a Docker container

First, build the Docker image (to be ran in the main folder of this repo):

docker build -t openzim/ifixit:local .

Then run the scraper with CLI arguments needed for your test (everything after ifixit2zim in the example below).

For instance, if you want to run a scrape of only the Apple_PDA category, including its guides, in French :

docker run -it -v $(pwd)/output:/output --rm openzim/fixit:local ifixit2zim --language fr --output /output --tmp-dir /tmp --category Apple_PDA

This will produce a ZIM in the output folder of your current directory.

Test the ZIM produced

To test if the ZIM produced is OK, you should run kiwix-serve, once more with Docker.

For instance, if you produced a file named ifixit_fr_selection_2022-04.zim in the output subfolder, and port 1256 is unused on your machine, you might run:

docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd)/output:/data -p 1256:80 kiwix/kiwix-tools kiwix-serve /data/ifixit_fr_selection_2022-04.zim

And then navigate to (https://localhost:1256) on your favorite browser.

Once test are complete, you might stop the Docker container by pressing Ctrl-C