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livejournal-archive-helper

Description

The script is designed to help archive articles from the livejournal site. It parses all articles of a specified user, then automatically opens them in a browser and saves them in PDF format.

Features:

  • Downloading articles by any user;
  • Moving comments to a single page and automatically expand them (script.js);
  • Clear downloading without ads and banners;
  • Potencial ability to download hidden articles (for friends only) (available only after logging in to your account) (theoretically, not tested);

Requirements

  • OS: windows, linux (mac not supported sorry);
  • Ruby (3.1.4);

Install

  • Install ruby (3.1.4):

     rvm install ruby-3.1.4

     rbenv install 3.1.4

  • Download repository:

git clone https://github.com/Whiletruedoend/livejournal-archive-helper

cd ./livejournal-archive-helper
  • Run bundler:
  bundle

There are two ways to proceed with the installation:

Automatic (recommended)

  • Run intall script:
  ruby install.rb

Manual

  1. Download Chrome For Testing (chrome) and Chromedriver from link: https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/
  2. Extract chrome archive to: ./livejournal-archive-helper/_browsers (The folder will contain the chrome (ex. chrome-win64) folder)
  3. From chromedriver archive extact chromedriver file to: ./livejournal-archive-helper/_browsers (The folder will contain the chromedriver (ex. chromedriver.exe) file)
  4. Extract the contents of file ./livejournal-archive-helper/_browsers/_ext/_settings.zip to: ./livejournal-archive-helper/_browsers

Run

  • Now you can run main script:
  ruby main.rb

Advanced Chrome profile customize

If you need to customize your browser (install/change extensions or log in to your account), you need to do the following:

Automatic way (recommended)

  • Run debug script: 
      ruby browser-debug.rb

Manual way

  • Go to chrome browser folder;

    • (For windows): Create shortcut .lnk and add:

      --user-data-dir="path\to\_browsers\_ChromeData"

      , where you need to change the path to your path where the _ChromeData folder is located.

    • (For linux): just run chrome with this param;

  • Now you can run chrome and make your changes;

Contribution

  1. Fork tis project;
  2. Make changes to the forked project;
  3. On the page of this repository, poke Pull Requests and make a Pull Request by selecting your fork in the right list;

Contact

If you have any ideas or your own developments, or just questions about the performance of the code, then you can always contact me at the following addresses: