python-html-inliner

python-html-inliner downloads a webpage into a local folder and subsequently produces a single html file with styles, fonts, scripts, images, videos inlined.

Dependencies

In order to use python-html-inliner you need Python 2, wget and the following python packages. Install them with pip.

• cssutils
• jsbeautifier
• beautifulsoup4
• python-magic

Usage

usage: inliner.py [-h] -u URI -d DIR [-i INLINE] [-l] [-p] [-ni] [-nf] [-nv] [-v]

optional arguments:

• -h, --help

show this help message and exit

• -u URI, --uri URI

The URI to download and inline

• -d DIR, --dir DIR

The local folder where retrieved data will be stored

• -i INLINE, --inline INLINE

Inline the file of specified name from the local directory. If not specified, inliner will try to find the file automagically

• -l, --local

Use content from local directory, do not download data

• -p, --prettify

Prettify javscript

• -ni, --no-images

Don't embed images

• -nf, --no-fonts

Don't embed fonts

• -nv, --no-videos

Don't embed videos

• -v, --verbose

verbose output

Examples

Here are a few examples, how you might want to use python-html-inliner.

• python inliner.py -d tmp -u http://factis.de --prettify --verbose > factis.html
• python inliner.py -d tmp -u http://factis.de/jobs --prettify --verbose > factis.html
• python inliner.py -d tmp -u http://wikipedia.org > wikipedia.html

Once you have a local folder with all the files you need, you can work locally, with the --local option.

• python inliner.py -d tmp -u http://wikipedia.org > wikipedia.html
• python inliner.py -d tmp -u http://wikipedia.org --local --no-images --no-fonts > wikipedia.html

Here you can see some results:

• https://www.factis.de/
• https://www.factis.de/jobs
• http://http://www.lohmann-birkner.de/en/index.php
• https://www.python.org/