filescraper

CLI utility to extract all image URLs from text files in a directory and download them into a destination folder. Also has optional capability of replacing all host URLs in the same text files to a new host string.

Version

The version of this utility is based on the package.json.

$ filescraper -v

Arguments

• <rootPath>: Required. Specifies the root directory to begin scanning files.

Options

• -d, --directory <path>: Optional. Specifies the destination directory to place downloaded files.
• -r, --replace-host <hostname>: Optional. Replaces host URLs in files with the provided hostname string.

Examples

# Basic usage with a root path
filescraper /some/root/directory

# Specify a destination directory for downloaded files
filescraper /some/root/directory --directory /path/to/save/files

# Replace hostname in URLs with the provided hostname string
filescraper /some/root/directory --replace-host example.com