Reviews for WebScrapBook
WebScrapBook by Danny Lin
Response by Danny Lin
Developer response
posted 4 years agoThank you for the feedback.
Viewing the "scrapbook" (which lists saved pages in the sidebar) requires a backend server, that's why the error message appear when you attempt to open the sidebar without backend server configured. For more information you can visit the three principal approaches of using WebScrapBook (https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook/wiki/Intro#three-principal-approaches) and FAQ (https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook/wiki/FAQ) in our documentation wiki.
I really don't get “Continuously changes directory and I have not been able to make it stop. Tried to have it give a title to each file to no use.”, it may be needed to stated more clear for us to know about the situation you encounter.
Update 2020-10-12:
Seems the comment has been updated. Unfortunately this comment page is designed to comment for other users, not for the developer, and we are not notified when a comment has been updated. For a better discussion please raise an issue in the source repository, as the about page says.
Basically all points in the revised comment are already covered in the docs provided above:
1. Sidebar management IS supported. It's just that a backend server is required. This should be clear in the about page, the screenshots, and the docs.
2. Saving captures to any directory is restricted by the browser. There are basiclally three ways to workaround:
(1) Save capture as single file, and configure the browser to ask location for every download.
(2) Create a symbolic link
(3) Use backend server
For more details read the FAQ page.
It's currently not possible to keep it even simpler due to the browser restrictions, unfortunately.
Viewing the "scrapbook" (which lists saved pages in the sidebar) requires a backend server, that's why the error message appear when you attempt to open the sidebar without backend server configured. For more information you can visit the three principal approaches of using WebScrapBook (https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook/wiki/Intro#three-principal-approaches) and FAQ (https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook/wiki/FAQ) in our documentation wiki.
I really don't get “Continuously changes directory and I have not been able to make it stop. Tried to have it give a title to each file to no use.”, it may be needed to stated more clear for us to know about the situation you encounter.
Update 2020-10-12:
Seems the comment has been updated. Unfortunately this comment page is designed to comment for other users, not for the developer, and we are not notified when a comment has been updated. For a better discussion please raise an issue in the source repository, as the about page says.
Basically all points in the revised comment are already covered in the docs provided above:
1. Sidebar management IS supported. It's just that a backend server is required. This should be clear in the about page, the screenshots, and the docs.
2. Saving captures to any directory is restricted by the browser. There are basiclally three ways to workaround:
(1) Save capture as single file, and configure the browser to ask location for every download.
(2) Create a symbolic link
(3) Use backend server
For more details read the FAQ page.
It's currently not possible to keep it even simpler due to the browser restrictions, unfortunately.
137 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by 退出中共邪教党团队避疫, 2 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18834571, 2 days agoУдалось в первозданном виде сохранить страницу, которую не сохранял ни один браузер. Автору большое спасибо и успехов в работе!
- Rated 1 out of 5by ehobby, 2 months agoUnable to get this to work on Firefox 133 and Fedora 40. Installed the backend and the browser extension. Could not find any configuration for the backend that would work. There needs to be a more specific set of instructions written by someone who has successfully installed this extension in Linux, unless this only works in Windows. Perhaps this is a great extension but it is worthless if it cannot be installed.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoHave you read the documentation: https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook/wiki/Basic#3-browser-sidebar-approach ? - Rated 5 out of 5by OM_RA, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Silopolis, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18235051, a year agoI needed to backup a website that used form login, making a simple scraping not possible. This extension worked like a charm after figuring out some of the configuration options.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Avater, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14643647, a year ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Supriyadi, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Yaliang, 2 years agoThanks for developing this plugin. It makes it extremely easy to achieve and save web pages.
- Rated 5 out of 5by texsd, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13058149, 2 years agoI choose the WebScrapBook/data option but it wants me to configure Backend server... ? ? ?
Useless.
I miss the old Scrapbook Extension.Developer response
posted 2 years agoPlease consult the documentation about different approaches to capture a page: https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook/wiki/Basic. Raise an issue with more details (e.g. a screenshot illustrating where you are asked for backend server configuration) in the source repository if you still don't get it. - Rated 5 out of 5by Alexander, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12472805, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by azzone, 3 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13474132, 3 years agoTanto utile prima ora completamente inusabile perchè oltremodo macchinoso.
- Rated 5 out of 5by mike1985, 3 years agoAmazing Tool, would be nice to set also a min. size for pictures...
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15902721, 3 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Hann, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13637550, 3 years agoThis is incredible and the work that is being put into it is admirable. The documentation isn't the best but the creator was very quick to answer my questions and I was able to create a JSON batch capture that captured an entire site for me. It's not the easiest thing to use but read the documentation, look at the examples, and ask questions on the github if you need help. This is a very powerful plugin and I hope the developer continues to develop it.