Autosave Webpage: Chrome Extension for Saving HTML Files
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Save web page. Auto saves the tab's html file in the chosen directory on a scheduled timer. Also refreshes the page on a scheduled timer.
Note that this has only been tested on Chrome for Windows 8 and 10. I have a report that it does NOT work on Chrome for Linux, and it may not work on Chrome for Apple either. So please only use on Windows 8 or 10. I am not making any updates to this app, but I still use it personally and it works great for me, as described below.
Use as a simple screen scraper to save a web page's html to a file. You can then parse the html file with another program and extract content. The content will stay updated if the page auto-refreshes with new content, or you can auto-refresh the page on a timer.
- Select the tab you want to auto save (only 1 tab can be autosaved), open the Autosave extension, click + and it will show the selected tab.
- Choose a sub-directory from the Google Downloads directory (only Downloads and sub-directories can be saved to with a Chrome extension). Leave blank to save to Downloads. You can also configure Chrome to point to any directory on your computer/network as the default Downloads directory (Settings, Advanced). Autosave will then save to that directory, or any sub-directory configured in Autosave.
- Enter the filename. .txt extensions seem to save faster than .html, even though the format is the same. The same file is overwritten each time. The purpose is to get the latest web page content without creating tons of files.
- Choose the auto save interval in seconds.
- Choose the auto refresh web page time in minutes. Blank or 'never' will never refresh the page.
The extension cleans up Chrome's Downloads information for just the file auto-saving, to prevent it from getting extremely large and becoming a memory issue.
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- Works well on various operating systems including Linux and macOS.
- Useful for saving web pages automatically.
- Does not save files with the specified .txt extension, resulting in confusion.
- Overwrites saved files instead of allowing multiple versions with incremented names.
- Does not function properly on multiple tabs.
- Timer and saving functionality can be unreliable or stop working after a short period.
- Issues with file saving and naming conventions.
- Desire for a feature that prevents file overwriting.
- Limited functionality with only one tab at a time.
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Autosave webpage requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
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Autosave webpage has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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