How to Convert Wattpad to PDF Easily

Here’s a guide on how to easily convert Wattpad to PDF with a free tool. This tool is a PC software which you can run on any platform and download Wattpad stories.

The tools I have mentioned below are basically open source software that you can run easily on Windows. All you have to do is give them the URL of the Wattpad story and they will download it for you.

The slight problem with Wattpad is that you have to keep it open in the browser to read it. You cannot save Wattpad stories to PDF documents for offline reading.

The option is in the official mobile app but it doesn’t let you export it. That is why, you need a tool which can convert Wattpad stories to PDF. And we have found a tool like that called WattpadScript and it works great.

Software it can download entire Wattpad stories depending on the number of chapters it has. This software is direct and can easily download and convert Wattpad stories to PDF.

How to Convert Wattpad Stories to PDF With WattpadScript

WattpadScript is a software for converting Wattpad stories to PDF easily. WattpadScript is basically a simple Python script and also comes as a Windows binary.

You just need to run it and provide the URL of the Wattpad story you want to download and then it will save it as a suitable PDF for you.

And if it can’t save the story as a PDF, then it will definitely save it as HTML. Later, you can easily convert that HTML to PDF, either by printing it via a virtual printer or using the print to PDF option in Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

This tool comes as a Python script as well and if you are experienced with command line stuff then you can easily launch it.

So, follow the steps below to convert Wattpad stories to PDF for free using WattpadScript.

1. Download or clone this GitHub repository. Next, you have to extract its contents somewhere on your PC so that the file Wattscript.py and Wattscript.exe become visible.

Here you have to extract the archive wkhtmltox.7z and ensure that the extracted folder remains in the main root where the script and EXE files are located.

2. Now, you can run the script directly. Alternatively, you can simply double click on the EXE file to launch it. It will ask for the URL of the story which you can copy from Wattpad.

To copy a URL, make sure it’s formatted correctly. To get the Wattpad URL in this format, you click on the cover image and then copy it. (Below is an example of a correct URL).

https://www.wattpad.com/story/ID-title

3. After pasting the story URL, press Enter. Now, you will be asked to specify the title of the story to save the file. So, specify that and then it will start downloading stories.

4. Once done, you will find the PDF file corresponding to the story in the current working directory. It’s that simple.

This way, you can run this tool whenever you want to save a Wattpad story as a PDF. It works as expected, however, it takes some time to download the full chapter and convert it to PDF format.

And if it fails to save the story as PDF, then it will save it as HTML. This will be fixed in the next update.

But if you get an HTML file, then you can open it in Chrome or Edge and then print it to PDF using Ctrl+P option.

That’s how to convert Wattpad to PDF easily. I hope this article was useful for you! Thank you for your visit.