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rneiss/generate_printed_mishnah_sheets.py

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Generate printed Mishnah Sheets from Sefaria
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generate_printed_mishnah_sheets.py
import pdfkit
import requests
import json
pdf_options = {
'page-size': 'Letter',
'margin-top': '0.5in',
'margin-right': '0.75in',
'margin-bottom': '0.5in',
'margin-left': '0.75in',
'encoding': "UTF-8",
}
bookRefList = ["Mishnah_Bava_Kamma","Mishnah_Bava_Metzia","Mishnah_Bava_Batra","Mishnah_Sanhedrin", "Mishnah_Makkot","Mishnah_Shevuot","Mishnah_Eduyot","Mishnah_Avodah_Zarah","Pirkei_Avot","Mishnah_Horayot"]
def loop_through_chapter(ref):
url = 'http://www.sefaria.org/api/texts/'+ref
params = dict(
commentary=0,
context=0
)
resp = requests.get(url=url, params=params)
data = json.loads(resp.text)
en = data["text"]
he = data["he"]
text = """
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<h1 style='text-align:center'>
""" + data["sectionRef"] + "</h1><hr><br>"
for i in range(0, len(he)):
text = text + "<div style='text-align:center'>-"+ str(i+1) +"-</div><p style='text-align: right; direction: rtl;'>"+he[i]+"</p>" +"<p>"+en[i]+ "</p><br>"
text = text + "<div style='text-align:center'><img src='http://www.sefaria.org/static/img/samekh.png' height=100><div>Made with the Sefaria API</div></div></body></html>"
pdfkit.from_string(text, data["sectionRef"]+'.pdf', options=pdf_options)
if data["next"]:
loop_through_chapter(data["next"])
for book in bookRefList:
loop_through_chapter(book)
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