The other day I was checking out an excellent free book, by Charles Severance, which is available on the site. The site describes itself as “set of generic Python Learning Resources to allow self-paced learning of the Python Language.” Based on the materials from several courses at the University of Michigan, the site is a treasure trove for learning Python or sprucing up your Python-fu. I decided to download the but, unfortunately, the samples are in about 65 individual files as well as five subdirectories which, in turn, each contain around half a dozen files. Sitting there and manually downloading each file wasn’t something I particularly wanted to do so I looked for a tool to do the job for me and I’ve come up with a couple of interesting choices. HTTRack on Windows First, there’s, a “free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility” which: allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. Download software bolt 4g lte mobile. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure.

SiteSucker, however, is a great 'offline browser' that is really customizable and works well. There are a few settings that you have to tweak before successfully downloading a website. First, you need to tell the application how many levels you want to download.

Simply open a page of the 'mirrored' website in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is fully configurable, and has an integrated help system. HTTrack is great, it's got lots of useful features including sophisticated file type download options and it’s easy to install at least, easy under Windows (where it’s known as WinHTTrack). This is because for the version that runs on OS X, BSD, and Linux (called WebHTTrack) you’ve got to compile the code or, for Mac, have MacPorts installed (which also requires Xcode to be installed)either of which can send you down “” if you’re trying to get the job done quickly.

As I mainly use OS X, I wanted an easier solution. SiteSucker on iOS Some more research revealed a free OS X and iOS app called that turned out to be just what I needed.

SiteSucker asynchronously copies: the site's Web pages, images, backgrounds, movies, and other files to your local hard drive, duplicating the site's directory structure. Just enter a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), press return, and SiteSucker can download an entire Web site. SiteSucker can be used to make local copies of Web sites. By default, SiteSucker 'localizes' the files it downloads, allowing you to browse a site offline, but it can also download sites without modification. You can save all the information about a download in a document. This allows you to create a document that you can use to perform the same download whenever you want. If SiteSucker is in the middle of a download when you choose the Save command, SiteSucker will pause the download and save its status with the document.

When you open the document later, you can restart the download from where it left off by pressing the Resume button. SiteSucker on OS X SiteSucker can also be and there’s a utility called that creates “lists of numerically indexed URLs and drive SiteSucker to download the files in the list. It can also drive SiteSucker using a manually produced list.” Of course, after spending the time researching and installing download tools I discovered that all of the Python coding examples are available [ ] If you know of any other useful site download tools for Windows, OS X, or Linux, that you’ve used, let me know.

SiteSucker is an aptly named app that downloads an entire website onto your local system. With SiteSucker, you can get text, video, and all other files onto your hard drive, giving you a complete copy of all the content in question. Pros Content acquisition: With SiteSucker, you can just dump a copy of a website's complete contents onto your hard drive in only a few clicks, including multimedia content like video and audio. Fast operation: The speed at which SiteSucker can download a site's contents is one of its greatest attributes.

Extremely easy to use: SiteSucker couldn't get much easier to use. You just throw the website URL into the app, hit a button, and the download process begins. Cons Excess files: When you target a website, it will download every file that it can see. This often results in a lot of files that you probably don't have any use for. Bottom Line If you've ever needed to work offline with content that you've seen on the Web, or if you've ever wanted to easily back up a complete website, then SiteSucker is for you. It is quick, works great, and even a total beginner will be able to use it without issue.