WeebCentral Manga Downloader

A powerful and user-friendly manga downloader specifically designed for WeebCentral. Features both GUI and command-line interfaces for downloading manga chapters efficiently with multi-threading support.

Extension

I also created an extension if you dont want to use the script. https://github.com/Yui007/weebcentral_extension

Features

• User-Friendly Interface: Choose between GUI or command-line interface
• Flexible Chapter Selection: Download single chapters, ranges, or entire series
• Concurrent Downloads: Multi-threaded chapter downloading for improved speed
• PDF & CBZ Conversion: Automatically convert downloaded chapters into PDF or CBZ files.
• Image Deletion: Option to delete image folders after conversion to save space.
• Progress Tracking: Real-time download progress with status updates
• Checkpoint System: Resume interrupted downloads
• Smart Naming: Automatic folder organization with clean naming
• Error Handling: Robust error recovery and logging system
• Google Colab Support: Run directly in Google Colab for cloud-based downloading

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Yui007/weebcentral_downloader.git
cd weebcentral_downloader

2. Install required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Google Colab (Recommended)

Run the scraper directly in Google Colab:

1. Click the "Open in Colab" button above
2. Run the cells in order
3. Follow the prompts to download your manga
4. Use the provided compression tools for easier downloading

GUI Version

Run the graphical interface:

python weebcentral_gui.py

• Check the "Convert to PDF" or "Convert to CBZ" boxes to enable conversion.
• Check the "Delete images after conversion" box to remove the original image folders.

Command Line Version

Run the command-line version:

python weebcentral_scraper.py

Follow the prompts to:

• Enter manga URL
• Select chapters (single, range, or all)
• Choose output directory
• Set download delay
• Configure thread count
• Choose whether to convert to PDF or CBZ
• Choose whether to delete images after conversion

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• requests>=2.31.0
• beautifulsoup4>=4.12.0
• selenium>=4.15.0
• tqdm>=4.66.1
• PyQt6>=6.5.0
• fpdf2>=2.7.4
• Pillow>=9.3.0

Configuration Options

• Chapter Selection:
  • Single chapter: '5' or '23.5'
  • Range: '1-10' or '5.5-15.5'
  • All chapters: Press Enter
• Output Directory: Default is 'downloads'
• Delay: Time between chapter downloads (default: 1.0s)
• Max Threads: Concurrent chapter downloads (default: 4)
• PDF/CBZ Conversion: Options to convert chapters to PDF or CBZ (default: disabled)
• Delete Images: Option to delete image folders after conversion (default: disabled)

Screenshots

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Disclaimer

This tool is for educational purposes only. Please respect the terms of service of the websites you interact with.

Support

For issues, questions, or suggestions, please open an issue in the GitHub repository.