#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Extract Beyond Birth and Death (1974) from other.html. The book has 1 intro segment (front-pages) and 5 chapters. Output: lib/jsons/books/bbd/intro.json — Book metadata lib/jsons/books/bbd/intro/*.json — Intro segments lib/jsons/books/bbd/chapters/*.json — Chapters Usage: python3 scripts/bbd_extract.py """ import json import os import re import sys from bs4 import BeautifulSoup, Tag # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # ScaGoudy → IAST Unicode mapping # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCAGOUDY_TO_IAST = { "ä": "ā", "Ä": "Ā", "å": "ṛ", "Å": "Ṛ", "ñ": "ṣ", "Ñ": "Ṣ", "ö": "ṭ", "Ö": "Ṭ", "ë": "ṇ", "Ë": "Ṇ", "ò": "ḍ", "Ò": "Ḍ", "ç": "ś", "Ç": "Ś", "ì": "ṅ", "ï": "ñ", "ü": "ū", "Ü": "Ū", "é": "ī", "É": "Ī", "à": "ṁ", "ù": "ḥ", "è": "ṝ", "û": "ṁl", "ÿ": "ḷ", } def decode_scagoudy(text: str) -> str: """Replace ScaGoudy-encoded characters with proper IAST Unicode.""" for src, dst in SCAGOUDY_TO_IAST.items(): text = text.replace(src, dst) return text def decode_html_content(tag: Tag) -> str: """Extract inner HTML from a tag, decode ScaGoudy, preserve formatting tags.""" inner = "".join(str(child) for child in tag.children) inner = decode_scagoudy(inner) # Remove span tags with CSS classes (RTF conversion artifacts) inner = re.sub( r']*class="[^"]*"[^>]*>(.*?)', r"\1", inner, flags=re.DOTALL ) # Clean up Apple-tab-span leftovers (tab characters) inner = inner.replace("\t", " ") # Normalize whitespace (but preserve
tags) inner = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", inner).strip() return inner def decode_text(tag: Tag) -> str: """Get plain text from a tag with ScaGoudy decoding.""" return decode_scagoudy(tag.get_text().strip()) def get_css_class(tag: Tag) -> str: """Get the first CSS class of a tag, or empty string.""" classes = tag.get("class", []) return classes[0] if classes else "" def is_empty(tag: Tag) -> bool: """Check if a tag is empty or whitespace-only.""" text = tag.get_text().strip() return not text or text == "\xa0" def is_dash_line(text: str) -> bool: """Return True if text is only dashes, spaces, and/or whitespace.""" cleaned = text.strip() if not cleaned: return False return all(c in "-—–\u2014\u2013 \t" for c in cleaned) # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # CSS class categorization for BBD # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Book title header class BOOK_HEADER_CLASS = "p12" # Chapter bookmark class CHAPTER_BOOKMARK_CLASS = "p13" # Body paragraph classes (primary content) BODY_CLASSES = frozenset(["p6"]) # Sanskrit verse pāda classes (italic, centered) VERSE_PADA_CLASSES = frozenset(["p53"]) # Bold quote paragraphs — include as body BOLD_QUOTE_CLASSES = frozenset(["p56", "p30"]) # Verse translations / body text TRANSLATION_CLASS = "p44" # Chapter heading (bold) CHAPTER_HEADING_CLASS = "p27" # Title page text TITLE_PAGE_CLASS = "p3" # Table of contents TOC_CLASS = "p80" # END marker class END_MARKER_CLASS = "p81" # Classes to skip entirely (empty/decorative) SKIP_CLASSES = frozenset(["p9", "p70"]) # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Extraction helpers # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def find_bbd_boundaries(all_paragraphs: list) -> tuple: """Find the start and end paragraph indices of the BBD content. Start:

containing "Beyond Birth and Death" and "1974" End:

END

or next

after start """ start_idx = None end_idx = len(all_paragraphs) for i, p in enumerate(all_paragraphs): cls = get_css_class(p) if cls != BOOK_HEADER_CLASS: continue text = decode_text(p) if "Beyond Birth and Death" in text and "1974" in text: start_idx = i elif start_idx is not None: # Next p12 after BBD start = end of BBD end_idx = i break if start_idx is None: print( "ERROR: Could not find 'Beyond Birth and Death (1974)' header in other.html!" ) sys.exit(1) # Also check for END marker (p81 with text "END") as end boundary for i in range(start_idx + 1, end_idx): p = all_paragraphs[i] cls = get_css_class(p) if cls == END_MARKER_CLASS: text = p.get_text().strip() if text.upper() == "END": end_idx = i break return start_idx, end_idx def find_chapter_bookmarks(all_paragraphs: list, start_idx: int, end_idx: int) -> list: """Find all BBD chapter bookmark tags (p13) in the BBD range. Returns list of (paragraph_index, chapter_number, chapter_title). """ bookmarks = [] for i in range(start_idx, end_idx): p = all_paragraphs[i] cls = get_css_class(p) if cls == CHAPTER_BOOKMARK_CLASS: text = decode_text(p) m = re.match(r"BBD\s+(\d+):\s+(.+)", text.strip()) if m: ch_num = int(m.group(1)) ch_title = m.group(2).strip() bookmarks.append((i, ch_num, ch_title)) return bookmarks def extract_paragraphs( all_paragraphs: list, start_idx: int, end_idx: int, is_front_pages: bool = False, ) -> list: """Extract paragraphs for a section (chapter or intro segment). Handles all CSS classes within the BBD content. Groups consecutive p53 verse pādas into centered italic divs. """ result = [] verse_accumulator = [] def flush_verse(): if verse_accumulator: joined = "
".join(verse_accumulator) result.append(f'

{joined}
') verse_accumulator.clear() for i in range(start_idx, end_idx): p = all_paragraphs[i] cls = get_css_class(p) # Skip empty paragraphs if is_empty(p): continue # Skip noise classes if cls in SKIP_CLASSES: continue # Skip bookmark tags (p13) if cls == CHAPTER_BOOKMARK_CLASS: continue # Skip book title header (p12) if cls == BOOK_HEADER_CLASS: continue # Skip END marker (p81) if cls == END_MARKER_CLASS: continue # Check for dash lines — skip them text = decode_text(p) if is_dash_line(text): continue # Sanskrit verse pādas (p53) — accumulate into centered block if cls in VERSE_PADA_CLASSES: html = decode_html_content(p) if html: # Remove inner tags before re-wrapping stripped = re.sub(r"", "", html) verse_accumulator.append(stripped) continue # Non-verse paragraph — flush any accumulated verse first flush_verse() # Chapter heading (p27) — include as paragraph if cls == CHAPTER_HEADING_CLASS: html = decode_html_content(p) if html: result.append(html) continue # Title page text (p3) — include if cls == TITLE_PAGE_CLASS: html = decode_html_content(p) if html: result.append(html) continue # Table of contents (p80) — include in front-pages if cls == TOC_CLASS: html = decode_html_content(p) if html: result.append(html) continue # Bold quote paragraphs (p56, p30) — include as body if cls in BOLD_QUOTE_CLASSES: html = decode_html_content(p) if html: result.append(html) continue # Verse translation / body text (p44) if cls == TRANSLATION_CLASS: html = decode_html_content(p) if html: result.append(html) continue # Body paragraphs (p6) if cls in BODY_CLASSES: html = decode_html_content(p) if html: # Detect Sanskrit verses disguised as body paragraphs: # they start with and contain
(multi-line italic = verse) stripped_html = html.strip() if stripped_html.startswith("") and "", "", stripped_html) result.append( f'
{inner}
' ) else: result.append(html) continue # Any other class — try to extract content (be permissive) html = decode_html_content(p) if html and not is_dash_line(text): result.append(html) # Flush any trailing verse flush_verse() return result # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Main extraction logic # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def extract_bbd(soup: BeautifulSoup) -> dict: """Extract the entire Beyond Birth and Death (1974) from the parsed HTML. Returns a dict with: "intro_segments": list of intro segment dicts "chapters": list of chapter dicts "chapter_listing": list of {number, title} for intro.json """ all_paragraphs = list(soup.find_all("p")) # Step 1: Find BBD boundaries bbd_start, bbd_end = find_bbd_boundaries(all_paragraphs) print(f" BBD content: paragraphs {bbd_start} to {bbd_end}") print(f" Total paragraphs in range: {bbd_end - bbd_start}") # Step 2: Find all chapter bookmarks chapter_bookmarks = find_chapter_bookmarks(all_paragraphs, bbd_start, bbd_end) print(f" Found {len(chapter_bookmarks)} BBD chapter bookmarks") for pos, ch_num, ch_title in chapter_bookmarks: print(f" [chapter {ch_num}] paragraph {pos}: {ch_title}") # Step 3: Extract front pages # From book start (bbd_start) to first chapter bookmark (BBD 1) intro_segments = [] if chapter_bookmarks: front_pages_end = chapter_bookmarks[0][0] else: front_pages_end = bbd_end front_pages_paragraphs = extract_paragraphs( all_paragraphs, bbd_start, front_pages_end, is_front_pages=True ) intro_segments.append( { "slug": "front-pages", "title": "Front Pages", "type": "intro-segment", "book": "bbd", "order": 1, "paragraphs": front_pages_paragraphs, } ) # Step 4: Extract chapters chapters = [] for idx, (ch_pos, ch_num, ch_title) in enumerate(chapter_bookmarks): content_start = ch_pos + 1 # Content ends at next chapter bookmark or bbd_end if idx + 1 < len(chapter_bookmarks): content_end = chapter_bookmarks[idx + 1][0] else: content_end = bbd_end paragraphs = extract_paragraphs(all_paragraphs, content_start, content_end) ch = { "book": "bbd", "chapter": ch_num, "title": ch_title, "type": "chapter", "paragraphs": paragraphs, } chapters.append(ch) # Step 5: Build chapter listing for intro.json chapter_listing = [ {"number": ch["chapter"], "title": ch["title"]} for ch in chapters ] return { "intro_segments": intro_segments, "chapters": chapters, "chapter_listing": chapter_listing, } # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Output # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def write_json(data, filepath): """Write data as formatted JSON to filepath, creating directories as needed.""" os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(filepath), exist_ok=True) with open(filepath, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f: json.dump(data, f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2) def main(): base_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) html_path = os.path.join(base_dir, "public", "html", "other.html") output_base = os.path.join(base_dir, "lib", "jsons", "books", "bbd") if not os.path.exists(html_path): print(f"ERROR: {html_path} not found!") sys.exit(1) print(f"Reading {html_path}...") with open(html_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f: soup = BeautifulSoup(f, "html.parser") print("Extracting Beyond Birth and Death (1974)...\n") result = extract_bbd(soup) intro_segments = result["intro_segments"] chapters = result["chapters"] chapter_listing = result["chapter_listing"] # --- Write intro.json --- intro_meta = { "book": "bbd", "title": "Beyond Birth and Death", "author": "His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda", "year": 1974, "description": "An introduction to the science of the self, transcending the cycle of birth and death through Kṛṣṇa consciousness.", "totalChapters": 5, "chapters": chapter_listing, } intro_path = os.path.join(output_base, "intro.json") write_json(intro_meta, intro_path) print(f"\n Written: {intro_path}") # --- Write intro segments --- print(f"\n--- Intro Segments ---") for seg in intro_segments: filepath = os.path.join(output_base, "intro", f"{seg['slug']}.json") write_json(seg, filepath) print( f" {seg['order']}. {seg['title']}: {len(seg['paragraphs'])} paragraphs → {filepath}" ) # --- Write chapters --- print(f"\n--- Chapters ---") for ch in chapters: ch_num_str = str(ch["chapter"]).zfill(2) filepath = os.path.join(output_base, "chapters", f"{ch_num_str}.json") write_json(ch, filepath) print( f" Ch {ch['chapter']:>2}: {len(ch['paragraphs']):>3} paragraphs — " f"{ch['title']}" ) # --- Summary --- total_intro_paras = sum(len(s["paragraphs"]) for s in intro_segments) total_chapter_paras = sum(len(ch["paragraphs"]) for ch in chapters) total_paras = total_intro_paras + total_chapter_paras print(f"\n{'=' * 60}") print(f" EXTRACTION SUMMARY") print(f"{'=' * 60}") print(f" Intro segments: {len(intro_segments)}") print(f" Chapters: {len(chapters)}") print(f" Total paragraphs: {total_paras}") print(f" Intro: {total_intro_paras}") print(f" Chapters: {total_chapter_paras}") if chapters: print(f" Avg paras/chapter: {total_chapter_paras / len(chapters):.1f}") print(f" Output directory: {output_base}/") # --- Samples --- print(f"\n--- Sample: Front Pages ---") if intro_segments: front = intro_segments[0] for i, p in enumerate(front["paragraphs"][:5]): preview = re.sub(r"<[^>]+>", "", p)[:100] print(f" [{i}] {preview}...") if chapters: print(f"\n--- Sample: Chapter 1 ({chapters[0]['title']}) ---") ch1 = chapters[0] for i, p in enumerate(ch1["paragraphs"][:5]): preview = re.sub(r"<[^>]+>", "", p)[:100] print(f" [{i}] {preview}...") if chapters and len(chapters) > 1: print( f"\n--- Sample: Chapter {chapters[-1]['chapter']} ({chapters[-1]['title']}) ---" ) last = chapters[-1] for i, p in enumerate(last["paragraphs"][:5]): preview = re.sub(r"<[^>]+>", "", p)[:100] print(f" [{i}] {preview}...") # --- Quality Checks --- print(f"\n--- Quality Checks ---") # Check all 5 chapters present expected_chapters = set(range(1, 6)) actual_chapters = set(ch["chapter"] for ch in chapters) missing = expected_chapters - actual_chapters extra = actual_chapters - expected_chapters if missing: print(f" ⚠ Missing chapters: {sorted(missing)}") if extra: print(f" ⚠ Extra chapters: {sorted(extra)}") if not missing and not extra: print(f" ✅ All 5 chapters present") # Check all 1 intro segment present expected_intros = {"front-pages"} actual_intros = {s["slug"] for s in intro_segments} missing_intros = expected_intros - actual_intros extra_intros = actual_intros - expected_intros if missing_intros: print(f" ⚠ Missing intro segments: {missing_intros}") if extra_intros: print(f" ⚠ Extra intro segments: {extra_intros}") if not missing_intros and not extra_intros: print(f" ✅ All 1 intro segments present") # Check empty chapters empty_chapters = [ch["chapter"] for ch in chapters if len(ch["paragraphs"]) == 0] if empty_chapters: print(f" ⚠ Empty chapters (0 paragraphs): {empty_chapters}") else: print(f" ✅ No empty chapters") # Check empty intro segments empty_intros = [s["slug"] for s in intro_segments if len(s["paragraphs"]) == 0] if empty_intros: print(f" ⚠ Empty intro segments: {empty_intros}") else: print(f" ✅ No empty intro segments") # Check ScaGoudy decoding print(f"\n--- ScaGoudy Decoding Check ---") all_text = "" for ch in chapters: all_text += " ".join(ch["paragraphs"][:20]) for seg in intro_segments: all_text += " ".join(seg["paragraphs"][:10]) # Check for properly decoded words if "Kṛṣṇa" in all_text: print(f" ✅ 'Kṛṣṇa' found (ScaGoudy properly decoded)") else: print(f" ⚠ 'Kṛṣṇa' not found — ScaGoudy decoding may have failed") if "Bhagavad-gītā" in all_text: print(f" ✅ 'Bhagavad-gītā' found (ScaGoudy properly decoded)") elif "gītā" in all_text or "Gītā" in all_text: print(f" ✅ 'gītā' found (ScaGoudy properly decoded)") else: print(f" ⚠ 'Gītā' not found — ScaGoudy decoding may have failed") if "Prabhupāda" in all_text: print(f" ✅ 'Prabhupāda' found (ScaGoudy properly decoded)") # Check for un-decoded ScaGoudy remnants (common encoded chars) scagoudy_remnants = 0 for ch in chapters: for p in ch["paragraphs"]: if "Kåñëa" in p or "Prabhupäda" in p: scagoudy_remnants += 1 for seg in intro_segments: for p in seg["paragraphs"]: if "Kåñëa" in p or "Prabhupäda" in p: scagoudy_remnants += 1 if scagoudy_remnants == 0: print(f" ✅ No ScaGoudy remnants detected") else: print(f" ⚠ {scagoudy_remnants} paragraphs with ScaGoudy remnants") # Check for centered verse blocks verse_block_count = 0 for ch in chapters: for p in ch["paragraphs"]: if '
' in p: verse_block_count += 1 if verse_block_count > 0: print(f" ✅ {verse_block_count} centered Sanskrit verse blocks found") else: print(f" ⚠ No centered verse blocks found — verse grouping may have failed") # Check for residual span tags span_count = 0 for ch in chapters: for p in ch["paragraphs"]: if 'class="' in p and "]+>", "", p) if is_dash_line(plain): dash_count += 1 for seg in intro_segments: for p in seg["paragraphs"]: plain = re.sub(r"<[^>]+>", "", p) if is_dash_line(plain): dash_count += 1 if dash_count == 0: print(f" ✅ No dashed-line paragraphs in output") else: print(f" ⚠ {dash_count} dashed-line paragraphs found in output") # Show a verse block sample print(f"\n--- Sample: Verse Block ---") for ch in chapters: for p in ch["paragraphs"]: if '
' in p: preview = re.sub(r"<[^>]+>", "", p)[:120] print(f" {preview}...") break else: continue break # Chapter title decoding check print(f"\n--- Chapter Title Decoding Check ---") for ch in chapters: title = ch["title"] if "å" in title or "ë" in title or "ñ" in title or "ä" in title: print(f" ⚠ Chapter {ch['chapter']} title has un-decoded ScaGoudy: {title}") else: print(f" ✅ Ch {ch['chapter']}: {title}") print(f"\nDone! ✨") if __name__ == "__main__": main()