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Extract contents of a .webarchive file.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Mac OS X webarchive is a binary format of a plist file. You can extract the contents manually:
# 1. convert the plist file into XML by "plutil -convert xml1 file.webarchive"
# 2. parse the resulted XML file by some XML parser
# 3. decode "WebResourceData" by Base64.decode64(data) in each key
# 4. save the decoded content into a file indicated by "WebResourceData"
# Thankfully, the plist library can take care of annoying steps 2 and 3.
#
# Preparation:
# % gem install plist
#
# Usage:
# % unwebarchive.rb filename.webarchive
#
# Result:
# You'll find the extracted contents under the 'filename/' directory.
#
require 'rubygems'
require 'fileutils'
require 'plist'
webarchive = ARGV.shift
exportdir = File.basename(webarchive, ".webarchive")
class UnWebarchive
def initialize(webarchive, exportdir)
@file = webarchive
@dir = exportdir
prepare_exportdir
parse_webarchive
end
def prepare_exportdir
if File.exists?(@dir)
print "Override existing export directory '#{@dir}' [Yes/No]? "
exit 1 unless gets.chomp[/^y(es)?$/i]
end
FileUtils.mkdir_p(@dir)
FileUtils.cp(@file, @dir)
end
def parse_webarchive
FileUtils.cd(@dir) do
system("plutil -convert xml1 #{@file}")
plist = Plist.parse_xml(File.read(@file))
file = plist["WebMainResource"]["WebResourceURL"]
data = plist["WebMainResource"]["WebResourceData"].read
data.gsub!(/file:\/\/\//, './')
export(file, data)
plist["WebSubresources"].each do |res|
file = res["WebResourceURL"]
data = res["WebResourceData"].read
export(file, data)
end
end
end
def export(resource_uri, resource_data)
if resource_uri[/^file:/]
name = resource_uri.sub('file:///', '')
puts "Writing '#{@dir}/#{name}' ..."
File.open(name, "w") do |file|
file.print resource_data
end
end
end
end
UnWebarchive.new(webarchive, exportdir)
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ybizeul commented Oct 20, 2020

Doesn't seem to be working.

All I get is a "filename" directory with the webarchive inside.

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