reddit2html
v0.1.1
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Simple utility to convert a reddit post into simple bare-bones html page, meant for converting into a epub/mobi.
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reddit2mobi
This project helps to export a reddit post into a mobi/epub via html.
Instructions
- Install NodeJS and npm
- Install this module using npm
npm install reddit2html
(or)npm install git://github.com/sainathadapa/reddit2mobi.git
- Install Calibre
- Download and run run_reddit2html.js script.
- Pass the url of the reddit post as an argument. Optionally, pass the depth (integer) to limit the maximum depth of subtrees in the thread.
- Usage:
nodejs run_reddit2html.js url depth > out.html
- Convert the generated html into epub/mobi using the ebook-convert from Calibre.
- Usage:
ebook-convert in.html out.mobi
- Usage:
Other resources
- See the example files to see the sample generated output.
- Example files are generated by these commands:
nodejs run_reddit2html.js https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/2fxi6v/ama_michael_i_jordan/ 10 > example1.html
ebook-convert example1.html example1.mobi
nodejs run_reddit2html.js https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2jbt42/google_announces_android_50_lollipop 3 > example2.html
ebook-convert example2.html example2.mobi
- Reddit API
- Ebook-convert