apetenchea · December 29, 2025 04:24 · theegghatching · Jul 7, 2025 · gohamstergo · Jul 22, 2025
diff --git a/manuals.py b/manuals.py
 # This script gathers all the pages of a manual and merges them into a PDF.
 # You'll need to play a bit with inspect-element in order to figure out the format the correct url,
 # but it should be easy to adapt it to any manual.
 # This script is specifically for https://www.manua.ls/audi/q3-2018/manual.
 # Their url format is https://www.manua.ls/viewer/{manual-id}/{page-number}/bg{page-number-hex}.png
 # Example: https://www.manua.ls/viewer/668006/100/bg64.png
 # Enjoy!
 import requests
 from tqdm import tqdm
 from PIL import Image
 from io import BytesIO
 from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
 from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter
 from reportlab.lib.utils import ImageReader

 def download_image(url):
    response = requests.get(url)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        return Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))
    else:
        print(f"Failed to download {url}")
        return None

 def save_images_as_pdf(images, pdf_filename):
    c = canvas.Canvas(pdf_filename, pagesize=letter)
    width, height = letter
    for image in images:
        image_width, image_height = image.size
        aspect_ratio = image_width / image_height
        new_width = width
        new_height = width / aspect_ratio
        if new_height > height:
            new_height = height
            new_width = height * aspect_ratio

        # Convert PIL image to byte stream
        img_byte_arr = BytesIO()
        image.save(img_byte_arr, format='PNG')
        img_byte_arr.seek(0)

        # Draw image from byte stream
        c.drawImage(ImageReader(img_byte_arr), 0, height - new_height, width=new_width, height=new_height)
        c.showPage()
    c.save()

 def main():
    base_url = "https://www.manua.ls/viewer/668006/"
    images = []
    for i in tqdm(range(1, 231)):  # Adjust the range as needed
        url = f"{base_url}{i}/bg{hex(i)[2:]}.png"
        image = download_image(url)
        if image:
            images.append(image)
    
    if images:
        save_images_as_pdf(images, "output.pdf")
        print("PDF created successfully")
    else:
        print("No images downloaded")

 if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
diff --git a/webp-manuals.py b/webp-manuals.py
 # Use this script for webp manuals
 # example: https://www.manua.ls/growatt/min-3000-11400tl-xh-us/manual?p=1
 # pip install selenium webdriver-manager pillow tqdm
 # By default Firefox is used, but it's easy to adapt to chrome, see below
 """
 from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
 from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
 from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

 options = Options()
 options.headless = True
 options.add_argument("--window-size=1200,1600")
 driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
 """

 from selenium import webdriver
 from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
 from selenium.webdriver.firefox.service import Service
 from webdriver_manager.firefox import GeckoDriverManager
 from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
 from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
 from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
 from PIL import Image
 from tqdm import tqdm
 import io
 import time

 def get_screenshot(driver, url, consent):
    driver.get(url)

    # Wait for consent and give time for JS to load elements
    if consent:
        try:
            consent_button = WebDriverWait(driver, 3).until(
                EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//button[@aria-label="Consent"]'))
            )
            consent_button.click()
        except:
            pass
    else:
        time.sleep(1)

    viewer_div = driver.find_element(By.ID, "viewer")

    # Save screenshot of just one element
    png = viewer_div.screenshot_as_png

    # Optional, intermediary save step
    # viewer_div.screenshot(f"{url[-1]}.png")
    return Image.open(io.BytesIO(png))

 def main():
    options = Options()
    options.headless = True
    options.set_preference("layout.css.devPixelsPerPx", "1.5")
    driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options)
 
    base_url = "https://www.manua.ls"
    images = []
    try:
        for i in tqdm(range(1, 82)): # number of pages 81
            url = f"{base_url}/growatt/min-3000-11400tl-xh-us/manual?p={i}" # manual name may differ
            img = get_screenshot(driver, url, consent=(i == 1))
            if img:
                images.append(img)
    finally:
        driver.quit()

    if images:
        images[0].save("output.pdf", save_all=True, append_images=images[1:])
        print("PDF created successfully")
    else:
        print("No screenshots taken")
    driver.quit()

 if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
	# This script gathers all the pages of a manual and merges them into a PDF.
	# You'll need to play a bit with inspect-element in order to figure out the format the correct url,
	# but it should be easy to adapt it to any manual.
	# This script is specifically for https://www.manua.ls/audi/q3-2018/manual.
	# Their url format is https://www.manua.ls/viewer/{manual-id}/{page-number}/bg{page-number-hex}.png
	# Example: https://www.manua.ls/viewer/668006/100/bg64.png
	# Enjoy!
	import requests
	from tqdm import tqdm
	from PIL import Image
	from io import BytesIO
	from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
	from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter
	from reportlab.lib.utils import ImageReader

	def download_image(url):
	response = requests.get(url)
	if response.status_code == 200:
	return Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))
	else:
	print(f"Failed to download {url}")
	return None

	def save_images_as_pdf(images, pdf_filename):
	c = canvas.Canvas(pdf_filename, pagesize=letter)
	width, height = letter
	for image in images:
	image_width, image_height = image.size
	aspect_ratio = image_width / image_height
	new_width = width
	new_height = width / aspect_ratio
	if new_height > height:
	new_height = height
	new_width = height * aspect_ratio

	# Convert PIL image to byte stream
	img_byte_arr = BytesIO()
	image.save(img_byte_arr, format='PNG')
	img_byte_arr.seek(0)

	# Draw image from byte stream
	c.drawImage(ImageReader(img_byte_arr), 0, height - new_height, width=new_width, height=new_height)
	c.showPage()
	c.save()

	def main():
	base_url = "https://www.manua.ls/viewer/668006/"
	images = []
	for i in tqdm(range(1, 231)): # Adjust the range as needed
	url = f"{base_url}{i}/bg{hex(i)[2:]}.png"
	image = download_image(url)
	if image:
	images.append(image)

	if images:
	save_images_as_pdf(images, "output.pdf")
	print("PDF created successfully")
	else:
	print("No images downloaded")

	if __name__ == "__main__":
	main()
	# Use this script for webp manuals
	# example: https://www.manua.ls/growatt/min-3000-11400tl-xh-us/manual?p=1
	# pip install selenium webdriver-manager pillow tqdm
	# By default Firefox is used, but it's easy to adapt to chrome, see below
	"""
	from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
	from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
	from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

	options = Options()
	options.headless = True
	options.add_argument("--window-size=1200,1600")
	driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
	"""

	from selenium import webdriver
	from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
	from selenium.webdriver.firefox.service import Service
	from webdriver_manager.firefox import GeckoDriverManager
	from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
	from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
	from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
	from PIL import Image
	from tqdm import tqdm
	import io
	import time

	def get_screenshot(driver, url, consent):
	driver.get(url)

	# Wait for consent and give time for JS to load elements
	if consent:
	try:
	consent_button = WebDriverWait(driver, 3).until(
	EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//button[@aria-label="Consent"]'))
	)
	consent_button.click()
	except:
	pass
	else:
	time.sleep(1)

	viewer_div = driver.find_element(By.ID, "viewer")

	# Save screenshot of just one element
	png = viewer_div.screenshot_as_png

	# Optional, intermediary save step
	# viewer_div.screenshot(f"{url[-1]}.png")
	return Image.open(io.BytesIO(png))

	def main():
	options = Options()
	options.headless = True
	options.set_preference("layout.css.devPixelsPerPx", "1.5")
	driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options)

	base_url = "https://www.manua.ls"
	images = []
	try:
	for i in tqdm(range(1, 82)): # number of pages 81
	url = f"{base_url}/growatt/min-3000-11400tl-xh-us/manual?p={i}" # manual name may differ
	img = get_screenshot(driver, url, consent=(i == 1))
	if img:
	images.append(img)
	finally:
	driver.quit()

	if images:
	images[0].save("output.pdf", save_all=True, append_images=images[1:])
	print("PDF created successfully")
	else:
	print("No screenshots taken")
	driver.quit()

	if __name__ == "__main__":
	main()