Webarchiver

Webarchiver allows you to create Safari .webarchive files from the command line. Webarchives are a convenient way to store a webpage and its associated files (images, css, javascript, etc) in a single file. It is very simple to use:

./webarchiver -url https://www.google.com -output google.webarchive

Usage

$./webarchiver

webarchiver 0.9
Usage: webarchiver -url URL [-js JAVASCRIPT] -output FILE
Example: webarchiver -url https://www.google.com -output google.webarchive
-url    http:// or path to local file
-js     Custom JavaScript to execute after loading the page
-output File to write the webarchive to.

Do not forget the ‘http://’ if you want to archive a webpage. If no ‘http://’ is present then webarchiver attempts to archive a local file.

Download

The easiest way to install webarchiver is by using HomeBrew or MacPorts.

$ brew install webarchiver

$ sudo port install webarchiver

Release notes

Version 0.10 : Added the ability to execute custom javascript on page load. Thanks Viktor Szakats

Version 0.9 : Removed man page template. Updated Version number in code. Thanks Kurt Hindenburg

Version 0.8 : Matias Piipari fixed error codes.

Version 0.7 :

• Modernized and improved the code.
• Support for loading local HTML files without an extension.
• If the output path is a folder, we now save the webarchive there.
• Big thanks to Jan Weiß for the work done in this release

Version 0.6 : Cleaned up Github release.

Version 0.5 : More robust KBWebArchiver (Keith Blount and Jan Weiß).

Version 0.4 : Code maintenance and cleanup (Jan Weiß).

Version 0.3 : Changed URL and sorted out source for git.

Version 0.2 : John Winter fixed page loading issue.

Version 0.1 : Initial release.

Credits

• Kurt Hindenburg for maintenance.
• Matias Piipari for fixing error codes.
• Jan Weiß for his code fixes, clean up, 0.4 and 0.7 release.
• Keith Blount for his very useful KBWebArchiver class.
• John Winter for testing and bug fixing. Thanks John.
• Rob Griffiths for hosting a copy of the source when my blog was down.
• Boey Maun Suang for creating a MacPort
• Viktor Szakats for js option and HomeBrew.