nanoscrape

a simple scraping program that can download webpages, discord embeds, and more.

current capabilities

can download discord embed links
can detect discord embed extension
all file extensions are downloadable
can download raw .html files

run nanoscrape

easier version

check if you have python installed by running python --version in command prompt or terminal for windows or mac os, respectively. make sure that the version number is above 3.4.x if it shows a version number. if not, go here and download the latest python version.

download and extract nanoscrape-main.zip and run nanoscrape.bat. this batch file runs the command python nanoscrape.py and starts up nanoscrape by itself.

more complicated version (not recommended)

first, you need to have python installed on your computer. go here to download python.

to check if you already have python installed, open command prompt on windows or terminal on mac os or linux and type python --version. if you see a version number, you have python installed. make sure that the version number is above 3.4.x.

once you have python installed, open command prompt or terminal.

navigate to the directory that nanoscrape is located, after you have downloaded and extracted the .zip (usually located in (username)\downloads\ on windows, or (username)/downloads/ on mac os)

type this command and press enter:

python nanoscrape.py

if you do not see an error, you are good to go!

usage

once you have runned nanoscrape, you should be greeted with this message:

Welcome to...


        nanoscrape.py
      version (version)
        


Please select an option.


1. Download from a discord link (insert extension)
2. Download from a discord link (detect extension)
3. Download from a direct download link
4. Show this menu
5. Quit 



NSCRAPE >

nanoscrape may say that you do not have pip installed. pip is a package manager used to get required modules in nanoscrape. to get pip, you can use a recent curl: curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py. once you have installed pip, run python get-pip.py in command prompt or terminal. afterwards, you should be able to run nanoscrape fine.

from here, you can do 1 of 5 things:

1. Download from a discord link (insert extension)
2. Download from a discord link (detect extension)
3. Download from a direct download link
4. Show this menu
5. Quit

each option is pretty self explainatory, but some examples of using these commands are:

(option 1): "i need to download a discord embed, and i know the file extension used."
(option 2): "i want to use this discord video in a memes channel, but i don't know the file extension."
(option 3): "i want to download this guide to read offline."
(option 4): "what are the options again?"
(option 5): "screw this, i'm leaving."

after typing an option (number 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5), nanoscrape will give you instructions on what to do.

that is all! create a help request in the issues tab if you need more help.