#What is NiftyArticles
NiftyArticles is a small Python script which lets you identify and save articles from inside webpages. It is based on Readability. Update 10.02.2011
#Installation
- Download NiftyArticles QT4
- Download NiftyArticles GTK
- Download readability.js
- Each version depends on readability.js, please download that file and place it in the same directory as the niftyarticle script.
#The installation details for each version is located inside the script file. Usage (QT4 version)
To get a full list of options, run: python niftyarticles-qt.py --help OR if you made it executable, /path/to/niftyarticles-qt.py --help
save an article from ubuntu.com
python niftyarticles-qt.py -u http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives Help for the QT4 version
#The script has been developed and tested on Python 2.6.6 / Ubuntu Maverick
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Install the required packages: python-qt4 libqt4-webkit
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Ubuntu or Debian
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sudo apt-get install python2.6 python-qt4 libqt4-webkit
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(Optional) Mark the script as executable
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chmod +x niftyarticles-qt.py
##Usage Examples: python niftyarticles-qt.py --help
save an article from ubuntu.com
python niftyarticles-qt.py -u http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives
show the browser window, load images, enable java applets
python niftyarticles-qt.py -b -i -v -u http://www.ubuntu.com/project/canonical-and-ubuntu
to run the script on a server with no GUI available, you must install xvfb
sudo apt-get install xvfb
then you can do
xvfb-run -a python niftyarticles-qt.py -u http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives
Webkit Reference http://webkitgtk.org/reference/index.html
Source code (QT4)
#!/usr/bin/env python """
NiftyArticles v0.4, Qt4 version
Made by Florentin Sardan florentinwww (at) gmail.com
Project's page: http://www.betterprogramming.com/niftyarticles-extract-articles-from-any-webpage-with-python-webkit-and-readability.html My portfolio: http://www.betterprogramming.com/
Readability webpage: http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/
The script has been developed and tested on Python 2.6.6 / Ubuntu Maverick
Install the required packages: python-qt4 libqt4-webkit Ubuntu or Debian sudo apt-get install python2.6 python-qt4 libqt4-webkit
(Optional) Mark the script as executable chmod +x niftyarticles-qt.py
Usage Examples: python niftyarticles-qt.py --help
save an article from ubuntu.com
python niftyarticles-qt.py -u http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives
show the browser window, load images, enable java applets
python niftyarticles-qt.py -b -i -v -u http://www.ubuntu.com/project/canonical-and-ubuntu
to run the script on a server with no GUI available, you must install xvfb
sudo apt-get install xvfb
then you can do
xvfb-run -a python niftyarticles-qt.py -u http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives
#Webkit Reference http://webkitgtk.org/reference/index.html