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How do i turn a collection of xhtml files into a pdf?

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I ripped a lot of xhtml files from a crappy ebook reader online, how do combine these into a pdf?

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we_avoid_temptation@lemmy.zip
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Pretty sure calibre makes this easy if you don’t wanna reinvent the wheel

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sirpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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came here to say calibre! it works and the converting is super simple. takes a little while for pdf files since its a big file but it works

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Irelephant@lemm.eeOP
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Oh, I already have that installed. I’ll try it.

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merde alors@sh.itjust.works
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Scribus may help you with that

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deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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There are a ton of options depending on your tech level.

How are you with basic Python scripts?

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Irelephant@lemm.eeOP
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I made the script to rip them in bash. I know python, lua, js, bash and powershell, anything using these works.

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deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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Surely you can figure out how to use existing libraries for this task, or is there something you’re stuck on?

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Irelephant@lemm.eeOP
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Can’t really find many good ones. Google isn’t returning much, just pdfs about python libraries and the odd abandoned github repo

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undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch
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In a production web app I use Gotenberg. It’s definitely overkill for the task at hand, but if you find yourself doing this often I would highly recommend it. It’s dead easy to convert HTML (and I imagine XHTML) to PDF.

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Daniel Quinn@lemmy.ca
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I’ve used pdfkit to considerable success. It has a few system-level dependencies, but the instructions are pretty straightforward:

# apt-get install wkhtmltopdf
$ pip install pdfkit
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Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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If when opened with a browser they have the right stylesheet, you can pirate m0nkrus’ acrobat pro, then select all => right click => convert to pdf

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