/packtpub-library-downloader

Script to download all your PacktPub ebooks and videos

Primary LanguagePython

PacktPub Library Downloader

Automatically download all your eBooks and videos. (See: PacktPub Free Daily Book)

Usage:

python downloader.py -e <email> -p <password> [-d <directory> -b <book assets> -v <video assets>]
Example: Download books in PDF and EPUB formats and accompanying source code
python downloader.py -e hello@world.com -p p@ssw0rd -d ~/Desktop/packt -b pdf,epub,code
Example: Download videos, their cover image, and accompanying source code
python downloader.py -e hello@world.com -p p@ssw0rd -d ~/Desktop/packt -v video,cover,code
Example: Download Integrated Courses (Interactive-Ebooks), their cover image, and accompanying source code
python downloader.py -e hello@world.com -p p@ssw0rd -d ~/Desktop/packt -c course,cover,code
Example: Download everything
python downloader.py -e hello@world.com -p p@ssw0rd -d ~/Desktop/packt -b pdf,epub,mobi,cover,code,info -v video,cover,code -c course,cover,code

Commandline Options

  • -e, --email = Your login email
  • -p, --password = Your login password
  • -d, --directory = Directory to download into. Default is "packtpub_media/" in the current directory
  • -v, --videos = Assets to download. Options are: video,cover,code
  • -b, --books = Assets to download. Options are: pdf,mobi,epub,cover,code,info
  • -c, --courses = Assets to download. Options are: course,cover,code

Video Assets

  • video: The video file
  • cover: Cover image
  • code: Accompanying source code

Book Assets

  • pdf: PDF format
  • mobi: MOBI format
  • epub: EPUB format
  • cover: Cover image
  • code: Accompanying source code
  • info: Creates a JSON file with the title, ISBN, # of pages, and description. (note: it slows downloads)

Course Assets

  • course: The interactive ebook (with integrated videos etc.)
  • cover: Cover image
  • code: Accompanying source code

Dependencies:

  • Requests for HTTP requests:

      pip install requests

  • lxml for HTML parsing:

      pip install lxml

Tested working on Python 2.7.11 and Python 3.6.0 :: Anaconda 4.3.0 (64-bit)