instapaper-archive.py

import urllib.request
import csv

def create_articles(path):
    temp = []
    file = open(path, 'r')
    for line in file:
        arr = line.split(',')
        #print(arr[0][-4:].lower())
        if arr[0][-4:].lower() == '.pdf':
            ext = 'pdf'
        else:
            ext = 'html'
        temp.append(Article(arr[0], arr[1], ext))
    return temp
def save_as_html(url, title, ext):
    try:
        urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, 'html/' + title + "." + ext)
    except:
        print("error happend on ", url)
def main():
    articles = create_articles('instapaper-export.csv')
    articles.pop(0)
    print(len(articles))
    for a in articles:
        print('saving article number', articles.index(a), 'title:', a.title, 'and extention', a.ext)
        save_as_html(a.url,str(articles.index(a)) + '-' + a.title, a.ext)
class Article:
    def __init__(self, url, title, extention):
        self.url = url
        self.title = title
        self.ext = extention
main()

This simply takes the csv you get as an export from your Instapaper account and saves it as a html page or a pdf page if the url ends in .pdf