Is there a tool that can extract PDF Files from a site?

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bhconsultant

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• Apr 17, 2012

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Hi,

I was wondering, if there is a tool that can extract all PDF Files from a website? Or at least give me a directory listing of all pdf files on a site so I can download the ones I need. I know I can do this with Google search operators, but that only work for indexed files.

Thanks

 

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Ambassy

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• Apr 17, 2012

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You could try downloading the entire website with a tool like webreaper.

 

cyberzilla

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• Apr 17, 2012

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You can use any website copier to download and make an offline version of a site and then browse through it to find the files you need. This works only if the PDFs are made open to world.

Code:

http://www.httrack.com/

 

poweronics

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• Apr 17, 2012

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cyberzilla said:

You can use any website copier to download and make an offline version of a site and then browse through it to find the files you need. This works only if the PDFs are made open to world.

Code:

http://www.httrack.com/

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That is very helpful tool buddy. Thanks for sharing.

 

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bhconsultant

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• Apr 21, 2012
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Thanks for the help guys. HTTrack, doesnt seem to do the job and isnt very user friendly IMHO. I am still trying to find a woking copy of webreaper.

Any other alternatives?

 

LX911

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• Apr 21, 2012

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You can use Internet Download Manager and select 'Download all Links'

 

HoNeYBiRD

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• Apr 21, 2012

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you can look into this, two solution right there:

Code:

http://superuser.com/questions/260087/download-all-pdf-links-in-a-web-page

 

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ant_des

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• Apr 21, 2012

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you can use scrapebox with this query in Google:
filetypedf site:yoursite.com

After you can use downthem all or internet download manger for dowonloading all pdf files.

 

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bhconsultant

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• Apr 21, 2012
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Thanks bud..IDM seems pretty effective, although it keeps popping up errors on Win 7 64 Bit, but it still does the job.