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 Here is an example, of using the both parts of the script, with the list https://bookwyrm.social/list/2634/s/calvin-and-hobbes
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 # download the bookwyrm list at https://bookwyrm.social/list/2634/s/calvin-and-hobbes and save the contents into a yaml as well as all the cover images into a folder at calvin-and-hobbes
 python3 main.py bookwyrm-download --list-url="https://bookwyrm.social/list/2634/s/calvin-and-hobbes" --output-dir="calvin-and-hobbes"
 # from the yaml and directory of images downloaded in the previous step, generate a static html page using the template in templates/bookshelf.html