Astro Documentation PDF Generator

A Python script to generate a PDF from Astro's documentation. Forked from Docs-Exporter and modified to work with Astro's documentation format.

Overview

This script:

• Clones the Astro documentation repository
• Processes Markdown/MDX files
• Generates a PDF with:
  • Cover page
  • Table of contents
  • Formatted content
  • Headers and footers
  • Code syntax highlighting
  • Proper page breaks

Requirements

System Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• Git installed and accessible from command line
• Internet connection for cloning repositories

Python Dependencies

pip install gitpython markdown packaging playwright pyyaml tqdm
playwright install chromium

Usage

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/PacFactory/Docs-Exporter-Astro
cd Docs-Exporter-Astro

2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt
playwright install chromium

3. Run the script:

python astro_docs_to_pdf.py

The script will:

• Create a default styles.css if none exists
• Clone the Astro documentation
• Process all documentation files
• Generate a PDF with table of contents

Output

The script generates:

• A PDF file named Astro_Documentation_YYYY-MM-DD.pdf
• Default styling for documentation content
• Hierarchical table of contents
• Page numbers and generation date

Features

• Automatic table of contents generation
• Code block syntax highlighting
• Image processing
• Proper handling of Astro's MDX format
• Frontmatter parsing
• Clean page breaks
• Responsive design
• Error handling and reporting

Modifications from Original

This fork includes several modifications from the original Docs-Exporter:

• Updated to use Playwright instead of wkhtmltopdf
• Added support for Astro's specific MDX format
• Enhanced frontmatter parsing
• Improved error handling
• Automatic CSS generation
• Better image handling

Credits

• Original project: Docs-Exporter by Riyooo
• Modified for Astro documentation format

License

LICENSE

Contributing

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