scribd-document

Download Scribd Document

Download all page images from a Scribd document via its embed view.

Arguments

• $ARGUMENTS should contain: <url> [output_dir]

Instructions

Run the Scribd extractor script with a 10-minute timeout (large documents can take several minutes to scroll and download):

python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/scribd_extractor.py $ARGUMENTS

IMPORTANT: When running this via the Bash tool, set timeout: 600000 (10 minutes).

If httpx or playwright are not installed, install them first:

pip3 install httpx playwright
python3 -m playwright install chromium

The script handles everything:

1. Converts the Scribd URL to its embed form (/embeds/{id}/content)
2. Launches a headless browser and navigates to the embed
3. Reads the toolbar to detect total page count
4. Scrolls through the document to trigger lazy loading of all pages
5. Runs targeted scrolling passes for any pages that didn't load
6. Downloads all page images as zero-padded .jpg files

Verification

After the script finishes:

1. Count the .jpg files in the output directory
2. Compare against the total page count reported by the script
3. Report any gaps to the user

Notes

• The script is idempotent — re-running skips already-downloaded pages
• Filenames are zero-padded (page_0001.jpg) for correct sort order
• Output directory defaults to ./scribd_output if not specified
• The script prints status to stderr and the output directory path to stdout

Example Usage

# Download with default output directory
/download:scribd-document https://www.scribd.com/document/123456789/Sample-Document-Title

# Download to a specific directory
/download:scribd-document https://www.scribd.com/document/123456789/Sample-Document-Title ./my-book