PyWebScrapBook is a command line toolkit and backend server for WebScrapBook browser extension.

• Host any directory(s) as website(s).
• Directory listing.
• HTZ or MAFF archive file viewing.
• Markdown file rendering.
• Create, view, edit, and/or delete files via the web interface or API.
• HTTP(S) authorization and simple ACL.
• Tools for scrapbooks management, such as cache generating and data checking, exporting, importing, and conversion.

Install Python >= 3.6 from the official site.

Add python to PATH environment variable so that it can be run from the command line interface (CLI).

Run below command from CLI to install (or upgrade to) the latest version:

python -m pip install -U webscrapbook

After installation, wsb, webscrapbook, and wsbview will be available from the CLI.

usage: wsb [-h] [--version] [--root ROOT] COMMAND ...

positional arguments:
  COMMAND      the sub-command to run. Get usage help with e.g. wsb config -h
    serve (s)  serve the root directory
    config (c)
               show, generate, or edit the config
    encrypt (e)
               generate an encrypted password
    cache (a)  update fulltext cache and/or static site pages
    check (k)  check and fix scrapbook data
    export (x)
               export data items into archive files (*.wsba)
    import (i)
               import data items from archive files (*.wsba)
    convert (v)
               convert scrapbook data between different formats
    help       show detailed information about certain topics
    view       view archive file in the browser

optional arguments:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit
  --version    show version information and exit
  --root ROOT  root directory to manipulate (default: current working directory)

Switch current working directory (CWD) to a directory you'd like to host.

cd /path/to/scrapbook

In Windows, an additional command to change drive might be required. For example, if the directory to host is D:\path\to\scrapbook while the current drive is C, an additional command D: is requied besides cd D:\path\to\scrapbook.

You can also use the shortcurt: Shift + Right-click on the desired folder and select Open command window here or Open PowerShell window here.

Generate config files for the directory:

wsb config -ba

This step can be skipped if you want PyWebScrapBook default data structure instead. See doc wiki for more details.

Run the generated .wsb/serve.py to start the server, or run below command from CLI:

wsb serve

The wsbview executable supports opening an archive page (HTZ or MAFF) to view in the browser.

Run which wsbview (or where wsbview in Windows) from CLI to get the path of wsbview executable, and set default application of MAFF/HTZ file to that executable to open them directly in the browser with double-click.

Run below command for help about available commands:

wsb --help

For documentation about configs, run:

wsb help config

or read online.

For more useful ways to configure PyWebScrapBook alongside WebScrapBook, visit the documentation wiki for WebScrapBook.