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invision-scraper

A bash script for scraping invision forums in json.

Requirements

Installation

install -m 755 invision-scraper /usr/bin

Supported links formats

http(s)?://forum.com/topic/.*
http(s)?://forum.com/forum(s)?/topic/.*
http(s)?://forum.com/forums/.*
http(s)?://forum.com/forum(s)?/forums/.*
http(s)?://forum.com/.*/forums/.*
http(s)?://forum.com.*

Json format

Here's example of topic, and user.

Supported forums examples

https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/
https://linustechtips.com/
https://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/
https://forum.htc.com/

Usage

invision-scraper [URL]...

Script downloads pages of threads and users and writes them in files. Files are named by their id's, but user files start with 'm-'.

Download forum into current directory using 4 processes

invision-scraper -p 4 'https://forum.com/forums/19-name/'

Download thread by irregular thread url into DIR

invision-scraper -d DIR -t 'https://forum.com/abcdef/loop/'

Download forum quicker by ignoring user profiles and reactions

invision-scraper -N -n -c 'https://forum.com/forums/82-jus/'

Download whole forum

invision-scraper -c 'https://forum.com/forums/'

Get some help

invision-scraper -h

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