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https://github.com/alexferrari88/sbstck-dl
CLI tool for downloading Substack newsletters for archival purposes, offline reading, or data analysis.
https://github.com/alexferrari88/sbstck-dl
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CLI tool for downloading Substack newsletters for archival purposes, offline reading, or data analysis.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/alexferrari88/sbstck-dl
- Owner: alexferrari88
- License: mit
- Created: 2023-07-11T07:50:50.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-01-23T12:39:35.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-11T04:45:46.477Z (26 days ago)
- Topics: archiver, downloader, substack
- Language: Go
- Homepage:
- Size: 70.3 KB
- Stars: 76
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 6
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Substack Downloader
Simple CLI tool to download one or all the posts from a Substack blog.
## Installation
### Downloading the binary
Check in the [releases](https://github.com/alexferrari88/sbstck-dl/releases) page for the latest version of the binary for your platform.
We provide binaries for Linux, MacOS and Windows.
### Using Go
```bash
go install github.com/alexferrari88/sbstck-dl
```
## Usage
```bash
Usage:
sbstck-dl [command]
Available Commands:
download Download individual posts or the entire public archive
help Help about any command
list List the posts of a Substack
version Print the version number of sbstck-dl
Flags:
--after string Download posts published after this date (format: YYYY-MM-DD)
--before string Download posts published before this date (format: YYYY-MM-DD)
--cookie_name cookieName Either substack.sid or connect.sid, based on your cookie (required for private newsletters)
--cookie_val string The substack.sid/connect.sid cookie value (required for private newsletters)
-h, --help help for sbstck-dl
-x, --proxy string Specify the proxy url
-r, --rate int Specify the rate of requests per second (default 2)
-v, --verbose Enable verbose output
Use "sbstck-dl [command] --help" for more information about a command.
```
### Downloading posts
You can provide the url of a single post or the main url of the Substack you want to download.
By providing the main URL of a Substack, the downloader will download all the posts of the archive.
When downloading the full archive, if the downloader is interrupted, at the next execution it will resume the download of the remaining posts.
```bash
Usage:
sbstck-dl download [flags]
Flags:
-d, --dry-run Enable dry run
-f, --format string Specify the output format (options: "html", "md", "txt" (default "html")
-h, --help help for download
-o, --output string Specify the download directory (default ".")
-u, --url string Specify the Substack url
Global Flags:
--after string Download posts published after this date (format: YYYY-MM-DD)
--before string Download posts published before this date (format: YYYY-MM-DD)
--cookie_name cookieName Either substack.sid or connect.sid, based on your cookie (required for private newsletters)
--cookie_val string The substack.sid/connect.sid cookie value (required for private newsletters)
-x, --proxy string Specify the proxy url
-r, --rate int Specify the rate of requests per second (default 2)
-v, --verbose Enable verbose output
```
### Listing posts
```bash
Usage:
sbstck-dl list [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for list
-u, --url string Specify the Substack url
Global Flags:
--after string Download posts published after this date (format: YYYY-MM-DD)
--before string Download posts published before this date (format: YYYY-MM-DD)
--cookie_name cookieName Either substack.sid or connect.sid, based on your cookie (required for private newsletters)
--cookie_val string The substack.sid/connect.sid cookie value (required for private newsletters)
-x, --proxy string Specify the proxy url
-r, --rate int Specify the rate of requests per second (default 2)
-v, --verbose Enable verbose output
```
### Private Newsletters
In order to download the full text of private newsletters you need to provide the cookie name and value of your session.
The cookie name is either `substack.sid` or `connect.sid`, based on your cookie.
To get the cookie value you can use the developer tools of your browser.
Once you have the cookie name and value, you can pass them to the downloader using the `--cookie_name` and `--cookie_val` flags.
#### Example
```bash
sbstck-dl download --url https://example.substack.com --cookie_name substack.sid --cookie_val COOKIE_VALUE
```
## Thanks
- [wemoveon2](https://github.com/wemoveon2) and [lenzj](https://github.com/lenzj) for the discussion and help implementing the support for private newsletters
## TODO
- [ ] Improve retry logic
- [ ] Implement loading from config file
- [ ] Add support for downloading media
- [ ] Add tests
- [ ] Add CI
- [x] Add documentation
- [x] Add support for private newsletters
- [x] Implement filtering by date
- [x] Implement resuming downloads