Squattydent / scribd-downloader

A scribd-downloader that actually works (although not the way you'd expect it to)

Scribd-Downloader

(A better online service I found https://dlscrib.com/, created by Erik Fong).

• This python script allows downloading of Scribd documents.
• It does not matter if the pages are blurred or require authentication, this script will still do the job.
• There are two types of documents on Scribd:
• Documents made up using a collection of images and
• Actual documents where the text can be selected, copied etc.

This script takes a different approach to both of them:

• Documents consisting of a collection of images is straightforward and this script will simply download the induvidual images which can later be combined into a PDF using a suitable software. Simple.
• Actual documents where the text can be selected are hard to tackle. If you feed such a document in this script, only the text present in document will be downloaded. I do not know much about JS and since Scribd uses JS to combine text and images for each induvidual page, I do not yet know how they do it. Ideas welcome on combining images and text!

Installation

pip install scribd-downloader

or if you like to live on the bleeding edge:

python setup.py install

Usage

usage: scribdl [-h] [-i] DOC

Download documents/text from scribd.com

positional arguments:
  DOC           scribd document to download

optional arguments:
  -h, --help    show this help message and exit
  -i, --images  download document made up of images

• To download text from document containing selectable text:
• example: scribdl https://www.scribd.com/document/55949937/33-Strategies-of-War

(Text will be saved side by side in a .txt file in your current working directory)

• To download document containing images; use the --images option (the tool cannot figure out this on its own):
• example: scribdl -i http://scribd.com/doc/17142797/Case-in-Point

(Images will be saved in your current working directory)

Contributing

• Feel free to report bugs, documents failing to download, features or anything else.
• Even better, send a PR!

Disclaimer

Downloading books from Scribd for free maybe prohibited. This tool is meant for educational purposes only. Please support the authors by buying their titles.

License

The MIT License