Is there a tool or app that can turn a reddit link into a pdf of all the top comments from a thread
Or anything that can scrape the whole thread into some external file or representation? Even json would be fine
Maybe something that caches it or something. Seems to be how videos can be saved, hopefully works for text-based stuff altho their API is probably an obstacle maybe
You can turn any webpage into a PDF by triggering the print dialog (Ctrl+P) and then selecting "Save to PDF" as the printer.
Well, I commented here and linked to a Reddit thread earlier:
https://old.reddit.com/r/AskAcademia/comments/1dkeiwz/is_genz_really_this_bad_with_computers/
Let's see what happens if we slap a .json extension on it.
https://old.reddit.com/r/AskAcademia/comments/1dkeiwz/is_genz_really_this_bad_with_computers.json
That looks kind of like it. I have no idea if it has limitations of one sort or another.
Very freaking cool! What do you think would be the best way to view it or render it to best replicate the format of tapping and collapsing or at least being able to easily puruse all the main parent/top-level comments?
I assume you mean offline? Because if it’s online, just open the reddit url in a browser.
Have you tried reader mode in your browser?
For example, here’s the steps on a Mac using Safari (but other browsers like Firefox also have a reader view).
You might get better print results by viewing the page from old.reddit.com instead of Reddit.com.
Faster steps:
Kbd shortcut for Reader mode: cmd-shift-r Kbd shortcut for print: cmd-p
Good tip about the old.reddit tweak, doesnt effect the Reader mode thing tho. Reddit just shows their anti-spam thing
Hope that is what you are looking for.
