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Convert Wikitravel page to epub
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| import glob | |
| import os.path | |
| from bs4 import BeautifulSoup | |
| find_this = [ | |
| 'meta', | |
| 'script', | |
| 'link', | |
| 'iframe', | |
| {'class_': 'ads'}, | |
| {'id': 'central_ad'}, | |
| {'bgcolor':'white'}, | |
| {'class_': 'GoogleActiveViewClass'}, | |
| {'class_': 'catlinks'}, | |
| {'class_': 'mw-editsection'}, | |
| ] | |
| def remove_tags(soup): | |
| """ | |
| Extract undesired tags | |
| """ | |
| all_tags = [] | |
| for find_expr in find_this: | |
| if isinstance(find_expr, dict): | |
| tags = soup.find_all(**find_expr) | |
| else: | |
| tags = soup.find_all(find_expr) | |
| for tag in tags: | |
| all_tags.append(tag) | |
| for tag in all_tags: | |
| tag.extract() | |
| return soup | |
| def save(soup, filename): | |
| """ | |
| Save a soup object to an html file | |
| """ | |
| if isinstance(soup, BeautifulSoup): | |
| outfile = open(filename, 'w') | |
| outfile.write(soup.prettify().encode('utf8')) | |
| outfile.close() | |
| pass | |
| else: | |
| print('Error {} is not a soup'.format(soup)) | |
| def convert(filename): | |
| """ | |
| Convert an html file to epub using calibre | |
| """ | |
| os.system('ebook-convert {} .epub'.format(filename)) | |
| mydir = '/media/d/online_storage/dropbox/temp/cities' | |
| htmlfiles = glob.glob(os.path.join(mydir, '*.html')) | |
| for filename in htmlfiles: | |
| soup = BeautifulSoup(open(filename), 'lxml') | |
| save(remove_tags(soup), filename) | |
| convert(filename) | |
| print(filename) |
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