A python package and command-line tools for translating documents and webpages to various markup languages and document formats (html, epub, mobi ..).
Here's a summary of what's included in the python package:
Documentation for polyglot can be found here: http://pypolyglot.readthedocs.org/en/stable
Translate documents and webpages to various markup languages and document formats (html, epub, mobi ..)
Usage:
polyglot init
polyglot [-oc] (pdf|html|epub|mobi) <url> [<destinationFolder> -f <filename> -s <pathToSettingsFile>]
polyglot kindle <url> [-f <filename> -s <pathToSettingsFile>]
polyglot [-o] (epub|mobi) <docx> [<destinationFolder> -f <filename> -s <pathToSettingsFile>]
polyglot kindle <docx> [-f <filename> -s <pathToSettingsFile>]
polyglot [-o] kindleNB2MD <notebook> [<destinationFolder> -s <pathToSettingsFile>]
Options:
init setup the polyglot settings file for the first time
pdf print webpage to pdf
html parse and download webpage to a local HTML document
epub generate an epub format book from a webpage URL
kindle send webpage article straight to kindle
-h, --help show this help message
-v, --version show version
-o, --open open the document after creation
-c, --clean add polyglot's clean styling to the output document
<url> the url of the article's webpage
<docx> path to a DOCX file
-s <pathToSettingsFile>, --settings <pathToSettingsFile> path to alternative settings file (optional)
<destinationFolder> the folder to save the parsed PDF or HTML document to (optional)
-f <filename>, --filename <filename> the name of the file to save, otherwise use webpage title as filename (optional)
Documentation for polyglot is hosted by Read the Docs (last stable version and latest version).
The easiest way to install polyglot is to use pip:
pip install pypolyglot
Or you can clone the github repo and install from a local version of the code:
git clone [email protected]:thespacedoctor/polyglot.git
cd polyglot
python setup.py install
To upgrade to the latest version of polyglot use the command:
pip install pypolyglot --upgrade
If you want to tinker with the code, then install in development mode. This means you can modify the code from your cloned repo:
git clone [email protected]:thespacedoctor/polyglot.git
cd polyglot
python setup.py develop
Pull requests are welcomed!
If you use Sublime Text as your code editor, and you're planning to develop your own python code with polyglot, you might find my Sublime Snippets useful.
Please report any issues here.
Copyright (c) 2018 David Young
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