A backend toolkit for management of WebScrapBook collection.
Project description
PyWebScrapBook is a command line toolkit and backend server for WebScrapBook browser extension.
Features
- Host any directory(s) as website(s).
- Directory listing.
- HTZ or MAFF archive file viewing.
- Markdown file rendering.
- Create, view, edit, and/or delete files via the web interface or API.
- HTTP(S) authorization and simple ACL.
- Tools for scrapbooks management, such as cache generating and data checking, exporting, importing, and conversion.
Usage
Install Python
Install Python >= 3.7 from the official site.
Add python to PATH
environment variable so that it can be run from the command line interface (CLI).
Install this package
Run below command from CLI to install (or upgrade to) the latest version:
python -m pip install -U webscrapbook
After installation, wsb
will be available from the CLI.
Usage overview
Run wsb --help
for help about available commands, which looks like:
usage: wsb [-h] [--version] [--root ROOT] COMMAND ...
positional arguments:
COMMAND the sub-command to run. Get usage help with e.g. wsb config -h
serve (s) serve the root directory
config (c)
show, generate, or edit the config
encrypt (e)
generate an encrypted password
cache (a) update fulltext cache and/or static site pages
check (k) check and fix scrapbook data
export (x)
export data items into archive files (*.wsba)
import (i)
import data items from archive files (*.wsba)
convert (v)
convert scrapbook data between different formats
query (q) perform queries on the scrapbook(s)
search (r)
search for data items in the scrapbook(s)
help show detailed information about certain topics
view view archive file in the browser
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version show version information and exit
--root ROOT root directory to manipulate (default: current working directory)
Run wsb <command> --help
for help about <command>
. For example, wsb config --help
for help about wsb config
.
Host a scrapbook
Switch current working directory (CWD) to a directory you'd like to host.
cd /path/to/scrapbook
In Windows, an additional command or parameter to change drive may be required. For example, if the directory to host is
E:\path\to\scrapbook
while the current drive isC
, an additional commandE:
(or parameter/d
) is required besidescd E:\path\to\scrapbook
.You can also use the shortcurt:
Shift + Right-click
on the desired folder and selectOpen command window here
orOpen PowerShell window here
.
Generate config files for the directory:
wsb config -ba
This step can be skipped if you want PyWebScrapBook default data structure instead. See doc wiki for more details.
Run the generated .wsb/serve.py
to start the server, or run below command from CLI:
wsb serve
Alternatively, a backend server can be run with a specialized WSGI server, such as mod_wsgi, uWSGI, or Gunicorn, by providing the generated application script
.wsb/app.py
to it.
Open an archive file directly (optional)
The wsb
executable also supports opening an archive page (HTZ or MAFF) to view in the browser.
Run which wsb
(or where wsb
in Windows) from CLI to get the path of the executable, and set default application of MAFF/HTZ file to that executable to open them directly in the browser with double-click.
Configuration
Run wsb config -be
to edit configs for CWD. For documentation about configs, run wsb help config
, or read it online.
Further documentation
For more tips about how to configure PyWebScrapBook alongside WebScrapBook, visit the documentation wiki for WebScrapBook.
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