/Lector

An API for your Kindle data

Primary LanguagePythonMIT LicenseMIT

Lector

An API for your Kindle data.

Python bindings are provided but any language that can run the JavaScript found in api.py from within a Kindle Cloud Reader session may easily access this data.

Dependencies

PhantomJS:

  • macOS (Homebrew)
    • brew install --cask phantomjs
  • Ubuntu (at least 14.04)
    • Guide provided and maintained by @julionc here

Usage

import lector

api = lector.KindleCloudReaderAPI('my_amazon_username', 'my_amazon_password')
my_library = api.get_library_metadata()
book = my_library[0]
book_progress = api.get_book_progress(book.asin)
_, current_page, last_page = book_progress.page_nums

print 'Currently reading %s (Page %d of %d)' % (book.title, current_page, last_page)