Al-Islam.org Parser

A python script to parse data from Al-Islam.org's books.

By: Ali Mir

Created: November 27, 2016

Python version: 3xx

Pull requests are always appreciated :)

Usage

Make sure to first install Beautiful Soup.

Get Book Metadata: get_a_book_metadata(url)

Returns a book object containing description, tags, categories, etc.

Example:

import parseAlIslam

tabatabai_book = parseAlIslam.get_a_book_metadata("https://www.al-islam.org/a-shiite-anthology-muhammad-husayn-tabatabai")
print tabatabai_book.title # A Shi'ite Anthology

Get All Books Metadata: get_all_book_metaData()

Returns a list of book objects.

Link for entire books collection: http://al-islam.org/print/book/export/html/

Download an Ebook: download_ebook(url)

Downloads ebook of the Al-Islam.org book url.

Ebook name: title of the book

Ebook format: epub