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> https://aider.chat/HISTORY.html#release-notes
> Would you like to see what's new in this version? (Y)es/(N)o [Yes]: n
#### Hello, I want to create a script that visits a wordpress site in wordpress.com, gets every article (the complete text) and then creates an epub with it. Before showing me any code, do you think it's a feasible project? What technologies would you use? What would be the best way to do it? Let's discuss the nuances before writing the script. I can tell you it's a wordpress blog hosted in wordpress.com. I tried using the rss feed, but it only provides the excerpt, not the full text
Yes, this is definitely a feasible project! Let's discuss the approach and considerations:
Key Challenges:
1. **Content Extraction**: Wordpress.com sites typically don't expose full content in RSS feeds (as you've discovered). We'll need to scrape the actual article pages.
2. **Authentication**: If it's a private blog, we'll need authentication. For public blogs, we can scrape directly.
3. **Rate Limiting**: Wordpress.com has rate limits, so we need to be polite with our requests.
- OR `scrapy` (more powerful if you need complex crawling)
2. **EPUB Generation**:
- `ebooklib` - Python library specifically for creating EPUBs
- OR `pandoc` - If you want more format conversion options
3. **Optional but Useful**:
- `python-dotenv` - For storing credentials
- `tqdm` - For progress bars during scraping
Approach Steps:
1. Get list of article URLs (either via RSS or sitemap)
2. Scrape each article page for:
- Title
- Content (main text)
- Publish date
- Author
3. Clean and format the content (remove ads, normalize HTML)
4. Generate EPUB with proper structure (TOC, chapters, metadata)
Wordpress.com Specific Considerations:
- The HTML structure is fairly consistent, so we can reliably find article content in `<div class="entry-content">`
- We should respect `robots.txt` and add delays between requests
- Some blogs might have pagination we need to handle
Alternative Approaches:
1. **WordPress REST API**: If the blog has the API enabled (some.wordpress.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts), this would be cleaner than scraping. But many wordpress.com blogs disable this.
2. **Existing Tools**: Tools like `wp2epub` exist but often don't work well with wordpress.com's restrictions.
Would you like me to proceed with a specific approach? I can start with either:
1. A simple requests+BeautifulSoup version (easier to start with)
2. A more robust scrapy version (better for large blogs)
Also, is the blog public or private? This affects whether we need authentication.
#### Ok, some considerations: the blog does not need authorization at all, and we can scrape it directly no problem (but agree on being respectful with the rate limits, I'm in no rush and there are a lot of articles in that blog). The url is https://cronicasperiodisticas.wordpress.com/ and I think I'm ready to see what you can do. If you have any doubts about decisions to make, please ask me and don't assume anything beforehand.
> https://cronicasperiodisticas.wordpress.com/
> Add URL to the chat? (Y)es/(N)o/(D)on't ask again [Yes]: y
> Model: deepseek/deepseek-chat with diff edit format, prompt cache, infinite output
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#### Please review history and get working
I'll review the history and get working on your requests. Since you haven't made any specific requests yet in this conversation, I'll wait for you to tell me what changes you'd like to make to your codebase.
When you make a request, I'll:
1. Ask clarifying questions if needed
2. Identify exactly which files need to be modified
3. Wait for you to add those files to the chat
4. Then provide the specific *SEARCH/REPLACE* blocks needed to implement the changes
Please go ahead and make your first request and I'll follow this process.
#### Ok, some considerations: the blog does not need authorization at all, and we can scrape it directly no problem (but agree on being respectful with the rate limits, I'm in no rush and there are a lot of articles in that blog). The url is https://cronicasperiodisticas.wordpress.com/ and I think I'm ready to see what you can do. If you have any doubts about decisions to make, please ask me and don't assume anything beforehand.
> https://cronicasperiodisticas.wordpress.com/
> Add URL to the chat? (Y)es/(N)o/(D)on't ask again [Yes]: y
> Model: deepseek/deepseek-chat with diff edit format, prompt cache, infinite output
> Git repo: .git with 3 files
> Repo-map: using 4096 tokens, auto refresh
#### I want to create a script that downloads the full contents of a wordpress site. I tried rss, but it only shows the excerpt and I want the full articles. When I have them all, I want to create an epub file that I can import to my eReader. Can you help me? The url of the blog is https://cronicasperiodisticas.wordpress.com/
> https://cronicasperiodisticas.wordpress.com/
> Add URL to the chat? (Y)es/(N)o/(D)on't ask again [Yes]: n
For this task, we'll need to create a new Python script that will:
1. Scrape the full content from the WordPress site
2. Process the content into an EPUB format
The key files we'll need to create are:
1. `wordpress_scraper.py` - To handle downloading and extracting full articles
2. `epub_creator.py` - To convert the scraped content into an EPUB file
We'll need to use these Python packages:
- `requests` and `BeautifulSoup` for scraping
- `ebooklib` for EPUB creation
Would you like me to proceed with creating these files? First we should install the required dependencies:
```bash
pip install requests beautifulsoup4 ebooklib
```
Let me know if you want me to start creating the scripts and I'll provide the *SEARCH/REPLACE* blocks for each new file.
> Run shell command? (Y)es/(N)o/(D)on't ask again [Yes]: n
#### I'm doing this in a Mac and pip don't work too well. Is it possible to do it using pipx?
Yes, we can use pipx which is actually a better choice for installing Python applications in isolation on macOS. Here are the commands to install the dependencies using pipx:
```bash
pipx install requests beautifulsoup4 ebooklib
```
If you don't have pipx installed yet, you can install it first with:
```bash
brew install pipx
pipx ensurepath
```
Would you like me to proceed with creating the script files now? I'll wait for your confirmation before providing the *SEARCH/REPLACE* blocks for:
+Hello, I want to create a script that visits a wordpress site in wordpress.com, gets every article (the complete text) and then creates an epub with it. Before showing me any code, do you think it's a feasible project? What technologies would you use? What would be the best way to do it? Let's discuss the nuances before writing the script. I can tell you it's a wordpress blog hosted in wordpress.com. I tried using the rss feed, but it only provides the excerpt, not the full text
# 2025-04-01 11:50:37.050448
+Ok, some considerations: the blog does not need authorization at all, and we can scrape it directly no problem (but agree on being respectful with the rate limits, I'm in no rush and there are a lot of articles in that blog). The url is https://cronicasperiodisticas.wordpress.com/ and I think I'm ready to see what you can do. If you have any doubts about decisions to make, please ask me and don't assume anything beforehand.
# 2025-04-01 11:52:49.968887
+Please review history and get working
# 2025-04-01 11:53:40.660487
+Ok, some considerations: the blog does not need authorization at all, and we can scrape it directly no problem (but agree on being respectful with the rate limits, I'm in no rush and there are a lot of articles in that blog). The url is https://cronicasperiodisticas.wordpress.com/ and I think I'm ready to see what you can do. If you have any doubts about decisions to make, please ask me and don't assume anything beforehand.
# 2025-04-01 11:53:50.334347
+n
# 2025-04-01 11:55:34.785299
+I want to create a script that downloads the full contents of a wordpress site. I tried rss, but it only shows the excerpt and I want the full articles. When I have them all, I want to create an epub file that I can import to my eReader. Can you help me? The url of the blog is https://cronicasperiodisticas.wordpress.com/
# 2025-04-01 11:55:39.343821
+n
# 2025-04-01 11:56:18.995236
+I'm doing this in a Mac and pip don't work too well. Is it possible to do it using pipx?
