Wanted: bot which turns a webpage into an xdc

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I would like to be able to turn almost any webpage into an xdc, like archiving it.
The bot will be presented with a URL, fetches the content, creates an icon.png/jpg, names it properly and downloads the xdc for further usage.

Is this doable?

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Bots already exist to which you can give a URL and they will reply with:

  • the whole website in a zip
  • the whole website in a webxdc
  • the bare HTML file content without styles in an HTML message
  • the page rendered in a browser for a few seconds, snapshotted into a small static HTML message

You can find the source code and hosted instances for most in:
https://deltachat-bot.github.io/public-bots/

This specific bot seems to be doing exactly what you ask for:

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OMG, thanks will check it out.

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doesn’t seem to work for me :expressionless:

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You mean you tried to clone it and host it yourself and it had thrown an exception? I don’t think that @DavidSM100 @davidsm10 wanted to host it indefinitely.

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well, no hosting here… but thanks

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Maybe a browser extension would be better

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Could you perhaps tell us more about what use case this would solve for people?

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Archiving, taking a relevant page offline, sharing it later - securely