wikihow2zim 1.2.0

Make ZIM file from WikiHow articles

wikiHow

wikihow2zim is an OpenZIM scraper to create offline versions of wikiHow websites, in all its supported languages.

Usage

wikihow2zim 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/wikihow wikihow2zim --help

Python

wikihow2zim 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.

python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate

# using published version
pip3 install wikihow2zim
wikihow2zim --help

# running from source
python wikihow2zim/ --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)

We have a pre-commit hook ready for you. Install it with pip install pre-commit && pre-commit install