$ pip3 install orjson BeautifulSoup

$ phpbb-scraper.py [options] URL

Options:

  -f, --forum FORUM-SPEC
    Specify FORUM to scrape. Could be specified multiple times.
    FORUM-SPEC is FORUM-ID[:PASSWORD]
    PASSWORD is applied for all FORUM-ID if requested.
    FORUM-ID might contains several IDs as range or list:

      $ phpbb-scraper.py -f 2,5-10 ...
      $ phpbb-scraper.py -f 300,301:my-secret-password ...

  -t, --topic TOPIC-SPEC
    Specify Topics. Could be specified multiple times.
    TOPIC-SPEC is TOPIC-ID[:PASSWORD]
    PASSWORD is applied for all TOPIC-ID if requested.
    TOPIC-ID might contains several IDs as range or list:

      $ phpbb-scraper.py -t 8-20,40,30,1-5,3 ...

  -p, --pool-size SIZE
    Set pool size to SIZE

  -w, --workers WORKERS
    Set number of Process Workers to WORKERS

  -a, --user-agent USER-AGENT
  -c, --cookie COOKIE
    Authorize using USER-AGENT and COOKIE strings

  -o, --output DIRECTORY
    Scrape forum under DIRECTORY

  --force
    Force overwrite operation for topics even if they are already scraped.
    Specify twice to override previously downloaded files.

  -m, --save-media
    Save external media files ([img] and [fimg] links)

  -s, --save-attachments
    Save posts' attachments

  -u, --save-users
    Dump users list

  --parse-date
    Try to parse posts' date and save as UNIX timestamps.
    In combination with `-a' and `-c' you may change TimeZone to UTC and
    set date format in profile settings to:

      Y-m-d H:i:s T

  -v
    Increase verbosity level (from WARNING). Could be specified multiple times (WARNING->INFO->DEBUG)

  -l, --logfile FILE
    Log to FILE. If not specified, logging will be to console.

  -h, --help
    This message

$ phpbb-scraper.py -w 100 -f 13 -t 32-40,70 https://my-best-php-bb-forum.net