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
$./webarchiver
webarchiver 0.12
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.
The easiest way to install webarchiver is by using HomeBrew or MacPorts.
$ brew install webarchiver
$ sudo port install webarchiver
Version 0.12 : Updated help output
Version 0.11 : Added LICENSE and clarified license file as required by homebrew
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.
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3
- 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.