O and A Levels Xtremepapers Downloader

This Python script allows users to download past papers for O Level and AS/A Level examinations from the Xtremepapers website.

Features

• Choose between O Level and AS/A Level examinations
• View available subjects for the chosen examination level
• Select multiple subjects for download
• Automatically organizes downloaded papers into subject and paper type folders

Requirements

• Python 3.6 or higher
• requests library
• beautifulsoup4 library

Installation

1. Ensure you have Python 3.6+ installed on your system.

2. Install the required libraries:

pip install requests beautifulsoup4

3. Download the script using curl:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fam007e/OandALvl-exam-paper-downloader/refs/heads/main/o_and_a_lv_qp_sdl.py -o o_and_a_lv_qp_sdl.py

Usage

1. Run the script:

python o_and_a_lv_qp_sdl.py

2. Follow the on-screen prompts:

   • Choose the examination level (O Level or AS/A Level)
   • Select the subjects you want to download papers for
   • Wait for the download to complete

3. The downloaded papers will be organized in folders by examination level, subject, and paper type (ms for mark schemes, qp for question papers, and misc for other types).

Note

Please be respectful of the Xtremepapers website and avoid overloading their servers with too many requests in a short time.

Merging Papers

After downloading the papers, you can run the pdfmerger.sh script to merge the papers by type using poppler utility package pdfunite:

bash pdfmerger.sh

The script will:

• Find and merge the papers (question papers, mark schemes, etc.) for each paper type (e.g., qp_1, qp_2, etc.) into single PDFs.
• Save the merged PDFs in the merged directory.
• Organize the downloaded papers into folders by examination level, subject, and paper type (ms for mark schemes, qp for question papers, and misc for other types).

License

This project is open source and available under the LICENSE.

Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome. Feel free to check issues page if you want to contribute.