Automated PDF download ?

50Twuncle

I am trying to find a way to download several thousand PDF's from a website that I am able to access for a specific time (that requires payment outside this period)
I am printing TO file .....
Rather than doing it individually (which will take forever) - is there a way of automating it ?

AndyPix

There are many ways you could do this .. (WGET - Powershell script - using filezilla are 3 examples)


Having pointed out the other day thet you have worked in "proper IT" for 25 years, I would have though you should have this nailed !!

kwikbreaks

If you want to avoid writing a script for the downloads

Install Jdownloader 2 - http://jdownloader.org/jdownloader2

Highlight the links and copy to clipboard - Jdownloader 2 monitors the clipboard and will add them to its download queue. Repeat for all required links.

Click the "start all Downloads" button at bottom right of the Linkgrabber panel.

You will probably find most defaults are good enough but there is quite a bit you can customise.

Not sure what you meant about printing unless these are html pages and you are printing to pdf.

were

If the pdf are available via normal web links, a firefox addon called Scrapbook Plus will download the whole site (well all that it has access to) - make sure you have modified the options though, and the number of levels is not 0

50Twuncle

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were wrote: »

If the pdf are available via normal web links, a firefox addon called Scrapbook Plus will download the whole site (well all that it has access to) - make sure you hbave modified the options though, and the number of levels is not 0

Thanks - I will give that a try...
Ps it's a well known diet club recipe site

were

50Twuncle wrote: »

... download several thousand PDF's

50Twuncle wrote: »

....Snip.... diet club recipe site

So much can be said in many, many ways about this post :EasterBun:

50Twuncle

Meaning what exactly ..... ?

Cornucopia

If there's navigation involved to get to the PDFs, I'd suggest iMacros (plugin for Firefox... other browsers are compatible).

onomatopoeia99

You were given the answer in the first reply, wget. Which I'm, sure you already knew after 25 years in IT. It's GNU, so platform independent.