Fetching single article

miwie · 12-21-2010, 12:42 PM

Which is the best approach to fetch a single (probably lenghty) article to create an EPUB file to be read in an Ereader?

Starson17 · 12-21-2010, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by miwie

Which is the best approach to fetch a single (probably lenghty) article to create an EPUB file to be read in an Ereader?

I'd use parse_index and manually create a feed with your single article in it. See: http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual...ownloaded-html

janvanmaar · 12-21-2010, 01:07 PM

Wouldn't a naive solution - downloading the file and feeding it to ebook-convert.py - not work?

miwie · 12-21-2010, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by janvanmaar

Wouldn't a naive solution - downloading the file and feeding it to ebook-convert.py - not work?

At first sight this works. Will investigate it further.
Thanks

Starson17 · 12-21-2010, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by janvanmaar

Wouldn't a naive solution - downloading the file and feeding it to ebook-convert.py - not work?

It didn't sound like a "file" to me. It sounded like he had an article with advertisements, links to other articles, links to related subject matter, Facebook SHARE icons and the like that he wants to strip. Recipes will do that easily. If it's just a really clean page, then saving the html page and converting will also work.

janvanmaar · 12-21-2010, 03:31 PM

yeah, by 'file' I meant mainly html but possibly other format that can be inputted to Calibre.
I guess in many cases just saving the printer-friendly page and converting could provide reasonable results.
If one wants to play with it and remove elements then of course recipes are a great way to do it but the OP question sounded to me more like he wanted a quick way to convert an article when he finds an interesting (lengthy enough) one. I did not mention more complex solutions since you have before already (and since I do not know anything else than that)

Starson17 · 12-21-2010, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by janvanmaar

I guess in many cases just saving the printer-friendly page and converting could provide reasonable results.

Yes. I tend to see questions here as recipe related, but you are right that for a quick download of a printer friendly single article, it's best to just save the page and drag the html into Calibre. No recipe is needed in that situation.

miwie · 12-21-2010, 04:45 PM

Thanks for your suggestions!
My original intention was to find a quick (and possibly dirty) solution and I will go for the Save HTML page one.

12-21-2010, 12:42 PM	#1
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12-21-2010, 01:07 PM	#3
janvanmaar Addict Posts: 219 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3G, Samsung SIII	Wouldn't a naive solution - downloading the file and feeding it to ebook-convert.py - not work?

12-21-2010, 03:31 PM	#6
janvanmaar Addict Posts: 219 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3G, Samsung SIII	yeah, by 'file' I meant mainly html but possibly other format that can be inputted to Calibre. I guess in many cases just saving the printer-friendly page and converting could provide reasonable results. If one wants to play with it and remove elements then of course recipes are a great way to do it but the OP question sounded to me more like he wanted a quick way to convert an article when he finds an interesting (lengthy enough) one. I did not mention more complex solutions since you have before already (and since I do not know anything else than that)

12-21-2010, 04:45 PM	#8
miwie Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 12 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Android, PB Pro 602	Thanks for your suggestions! My original intention was to find a quick (and possibly dirty) solution and I will go for the Save HTML page one.

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