Download folders (containing images) from a remote URL and convert them to PDFs.
Prerequisites:
- [OPTIONAL] Python 3.6+
Usage:
- Clone the repository:
git clone git@github.com:boolfalse/bash-download-folders.git && cd bash-download-folders- Change shell scripts permissions:
chmod +x download.sh check-is-full.sh convert.sh- Optional: Create a text file with the specific list of folders you want to download from the remote URL.
# Each folder should be on a new line. Example:
echo "A. Spendiarov-1950/" > folders.txt
echo "A. Spendiarov-1951/" >> folders.txt
echo "Abgar_1897/" >> folders.txt- Download folders:
./download.sh <root_url> <output_directory> <text_file_with_list_of_folders>
# Example:
# ./download.sh http://serials.flib.sci.am/openreader/ /home/user/Downloads/folders/ folders.txt- Params:
root_url is a valid URL to the folders. output_directory is the directory where the folders will be downloaded to. text_file_with_list_of_folders is optional, if not provided, the script will download all folders.
- Check if all the folders (images) are downloaded completely:
./check-is-full.sh <root_url> <output_directory>
# Example:
# ./check-is-full.sh http://serials.flib.sci.am/openreader/ /home/user/Downloads/folders/- Params:
root_url is a valid URL to the folders. output_directory is the directory where the folders are downloaded to.
- Convert all the folders' files (images) to PDF:
./convert.sh <input_directory_path> <output_directory_path>
# Example:
# ./convert.sh /home/user/Downloads/folders/ /home/user/Downloads/pdfs/- Params:
input_directory_path is the directory where the folders are downloaded to. output_directory_path is the directory where the PDFs should be saved.