robot.py
About
A small configurable web spider to archive web sites statically.
First written in 1998, it was refactored several times. The current version uses Python3, YAML configuration and curio for asynchronous I/O.
Usage
See robot -h for command line arguments. Typical usage:
./robot.py -f wp.yaml -b http://example.org/path/to/wordpress/
Configuration
Default settings are listed in robot.yaml. You can override them with site-specific settings; see e.g. wp.yaml for Wordpress rules.
URL processing:
disable: List of regexes for links that should be disabled (href="#").remove: List of regexes for links that should be completely removed.replace: Replacement regexes for relative links, useful to add page names for directory indexes.rewrite: Replacement regexes for all links, useful to change the site layout on disk.