article-image-downloader

name	article-image-downloader
description	Download all images from an article URL to local directory. Useful for translation workflows where you need to preserve original images. Supports Substack, Medium, and most web articles.

Article Image Downloader

Downloads all images from a web article to a local directory.

When to Use

• Translating foreign articles and need to preserve original images
• Archiving web content with images
• Preparing content for WeChat/other platforms that need local images

Script

# Usage
bash ${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/download-images.sh <article_url> [output_dir]

# Examples
bash ${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/download-images.sh "https://example.com/article" ./imgs
bash ${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/download-images.sh "https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic"

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
article_url	Yes	-	URL of the article to fetch
output_dir	No	./imgs	Directory to save images

Output

• Downloads all images to output_dir/
• Creates output_dir/manifest.json with image metadata
• Prints summary of downloaded images

How It Works

1. Uses Jina Reader API (r.jina.ai) to fetch article content as markdown
2. Extracts all image URLs from markdown (![...](url) pattern)
3. Downloads each image with proper filename
4. Generates manifest with original URLs and local paths

Example Output

Downloaded 10 images to ./imgs/

manifest.json:
{
  "source": "https://example.com/article",
  "images": [
    {"original": "https://...", "local": "img01.png"},
    {"original": "https://...", "local": "img02.jpeg"},
    ...
  ]
}

Integration with WeChat Publishing

After downloading images, use local paths in your HTML:

<img src="imgs/img01.png" alt="...">

The baoyu-post-to-wechat skill will automatically upload local images to WeChat's media library.