Python code for converting Daystar Eld's "Pokemon: The Origin of Species" to Markdown

pokemon_toos_to_md.py

# You'll need to `pip install html2text`

import urllib.request
import html2text

def get_text_from_url(url):
  fp = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
  url_bytes = fp.read()

  url_str = url_bytes.decode("utf8")
  fp.close()

  return html2text.html2text(url_str)

# These strings mark the start and end of the chapter, as formatted on daystareld.com
chapter_start_str = "# Chapter"
chapter_end_str = "[](https://mistape.com)"
start_chapter = 1
end_chapter = 87

def get_chapter(i):
    txt = get_text_from_url("http://daystareld.com/pokemon-{}/".format(i))
    return txt[txt.find(chapter_start_str):txt.find(chapter_end_str)]

# If you want to write one chapter per file
def write_all_chapters_to_files():
    for i in range(start_chapter, end_chapter+1):
        print("Getting chapter {}".format(i))
        txt = get_chapter(i)
        with open("pokemon-toos-ch{}.md".format(i), "w") as f:
             f.write(txt)

# To combine all chapters into one
def combine_saved_chapters():
    complete_text = ""
    for i in range(start_chapter, end_chapter+1):
        with open("pokemon-toos-ch{}.md".format(i), "r") as f:
            complete_text += f.read()
            # Add newlines between chapters
            complete_text += "\n\n"
    with open("pokemon-toos-ch{}-{}.md".format(start_chapter, end_chapter), "w") as f:
         f.write(complete_text)

# Now you have a complete markdown file in `pokemon-toos-ch1-87.md`. 
# This can be converted into PDF or EPUB as you like.