mediumbackup - A Backup Utility for Medium

Saves all your Medium stories locally as html or markdown files.

Installation

pip install mediumbackup

Usage

As a script from the command line

python -m mediumbackup "<your username>"

As a module

import mediumbackup as mb

username = "<your username>"
mb.backup_stories(username)

Options

Specify a folder.

python -m mediumbackup "<username>" --backup_dir "backup 2020-11-01"

Save as markdown.

python -m mediumbackup "<username>" --format "md"

Download images.

python -m mediumbackup "<username>" --format -i

Download images to a different folder than the stories.

python -m mediumbackup "<username>" --backup_dir "posts" --download_images --images_dir "assets/images" 

Include a front matter for jekyll.

python -m mediumbackup "<username>" --format "md" --jekyll_front_matter

Tests

To run the tests, execute:

python -m tests