Packtpub Downloader
This python script claims automatically the daly free ebook on packtpub.com.
Install
This script need the lxml and requests libs:
yum install python-lxml python-requests python-yaml
Remove the .example from the config.yml and fill it with your credentials.
The last step is, to make a entry for cron so it runs frequently.
Usage
usage: PacktPubDownloader.py [-h] [-c] [-d] [-b BOOKLIB] [-p PASSWORD]
[-e EMAIL] [-t {pdf,epub,mobi}]
Packtpub Downloader is a python script to download ebooks from packtpub.com
and claim the daily free ebook.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c, --claim-free-book
claims the free book
-d, --download downloads all books available in my books
-b BOOKLIB, --booklib BOOKLIB
sets the download destination
-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
sets the password for your packtpub account
-e EMAIL, --email EMAIL
sets the email for your packtpub account
-t {pdf,epub,mobi}, --file-type {pdf,epub,mobi}
stets the type to download