pdfy

Convert web articles to PDF using the Reader View Chrome extension and headless Chrome (Puppeteer).

Features

• Extracts article content via Mozilla Readability
• Renders using Reader View for clean typography
• Supports all Reader View themes: light, dark, sepia, groove-dark, solarized-light, solarized-dark, nord-light, nord-dark
• Custom CSS injection
• Syntax highlighting via highlight.js
• Automatic reading time estimation
• Configurable extension preferences

Installation

npm install

Extract the Reader View extension (get it using CRX Downloader):

mkdir -p extension/reader-view
unzip extension/Reader-View-Chrome-Web-Store.zip -d extension/reader-view

Usage

node src/index.js --help

Usage: pdfy [options] <url>

Arguments:
  url                      URL of the article to convert

Options:
  -t, --theme <theme>      Reader View theme (light, dark, sepia, groove-dark, solarized-light, solarized-dark, nord-light, nord-dark)
  -c, --css <path>         path to custom CSS file
  -p, --prefs <path>       path to extension preferences JSON
  -o, --output <path>      output file path (default: ./output/<title>.pdf)
  -l, --log-level <level>  logging level (fatal, error, warn, info, debug)
  -h, --help               display help for command

Examples

node src/index.js https://example.com/article
node src/index.js https://example.com/article --theme dark --css config/rules.css
node src/index.js https://example.com/article --prefs config/reader-view-preferences.json
npm start -- https://example.com/article --theme dark --css config/rules.css

Running tests

npm test

The test script reads URLs from src/test/test.txt and runs multiple scenarios (default, dark, sepia, custom CSS, etc.).

Credits

• Reader View Chrome extension
• Mozilla Readability
• Puppeteer
• highlight.js