Simple script to dump Wordpress posts to individual PDF files.

wp2pdf.py

import pdfkit
import requests

'''
The current theme will be applied to outputs, so it is recommended to switch to a simple theme before exporting.
'''

#Generate PDF from individual post URL
def url_to_pdf(url, output_filename):
    try:
        # Fetch HTML content from the URL
        response = requests.get(url)
        response.raise_for_status()  # Raises an HTTPError if the response was an unsuccessful status code

        # Convert HTML to PDF and save it
        pdfkit.from_string(response.text, output_filename)
        print(f"PDF successfully saved as {output_filename}")
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        #print(f"Error fetching the URL: {e}")
        pass
    except Exception as e:
        #print(f"Error converting HTML to PDF: {e}")
        pass

#Get all post URLs via Wordpress API
def list_all_posts(website_url):
    posts_list = []
    api_url = f"{website_url}/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"
    page = 1
    while True:
        # Fetch a page of posts
        response = requests.get(api_url, params={'per_page': 100, 'page': page})
        # If the response status code is not 200, break the loop
        if response.status_code != 200:
            #print(f"Finished or encountered an error. HTTP status code: {response.status_code}")
            break
        posts = response.json()
        # If the page is empty, break the loop
        if not posts:
            break
        # Print URLs and titles of posts
        for post in posts:
            posts_list.append(post['link'])
            #print(post['link'])
        page += 1
    return posts_list


# Usage
website_url = "https://blog.yoursite.org"
pl = list_all_posts(website_url)
#use an integer to generate unique file names.
ord = 0
for p in pl:
    outfile = "p" + str(ord) + ".pdf"
    url_to_pdf(p, outfile)
    ord += 1