python-epub3 0.0.1.15

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pythonepub3 0.0.1.15

python-epub3
An awsome epub3 library.










python-epub3 is a Python library for managing ePub 3 books.
WARNING Currently under development, please do not use in production environment.
Installation
Install through github:
pip install git+https://github.com/ChenyangGao/python-epub3

Install through pypi:
pip install python-epub3

Quickstart
Let's say there is a sample.epub, with the content.opf file content is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<package version="3.3" unique-identifier="pub-id" xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf" >
<metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:opf="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf">
<dc:identifier id="pub-id">urn:uuid:bb4d4afe-f787-4d21-97b8-68f6774ba342</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>ePub</dc:title>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<meta property="dcterms:modified">2989-06-04T00:00:00Z</meta>
</metadata>
<manifest>
<item
id="nav"
href="nav.xhtml"
properties="nav"
media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>
<item
id="intro"
href="intro.xhtml"
media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>
<item
id="c1"
href="chap1.xhtml"
media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>
<item
id="c1-answerkey"
href="chap1-answerkey.xhtml"
media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>
<item
id="c2"
href="chap2.xhtml"
media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>
<item
id="c2-answerkey"
href="chap2-answerkey.xhtml"
media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>
<item
id="c3"
href="chap3.xhtml"
media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>
<item
id="c3-answerkey"
href="chap3-answerkey.xhtml"
media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>
<item
id="notes"
href="notes.xhtml"
media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>
<item
id="cover"
href="images/cover.svg"
properties="cover-image"
media-type="image/svg+xml"/>
<item
id="f1"
href="images/fig1.jpg"
media-type="image/jpeg"/>
<item
id="f2"
href="images/fig2.jpg"
media-type="image/jpeg"/>
<item
id="css"
href="style/book.css"
media-type="text/css"/>
</manifest>
<spine
page-progression-direction="ltr">
<itemref
idref="intro"/>
<itemref
idref="c1"/>
<itemref
idref="c1-answerkey"
linear="no"/>
<itemref
idref="c2"/>
<itemref
idref="c2-answerkey"
linear="no"/>
<itemref
idref="c3"/>
<itemref
idref="c3-answerkey"
linear="no"/>
<itemref
idref="notes"
linear="no"/>
</spine>
</package>

Import the python-epub3 module
>>> from epub3 import ePub

Create an e-book, which can take an actual existing e-book path as argument
>>> book = ePub("sample.epub")
>>> book
<ePub(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}package>, attrib={'version': '3.0', 'unique-identifier': 'BookId'}) at 0x102a93810>

View metadata
>>> book.metadata
<Metadata(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}metadata>) at 0x1035c3c50>
[<DCTerm(<{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}identifier>, attrib={'id': 'BookId'}, text='urn:uuid:bb4d4afe-f787-4d21-97b8-68f6774ba342') at 0x1031ea6d0>,
<DCTerm(<{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}language>, text='en') at 0x1035e4710>,
<DCTerm(<{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}title>, text='ePub') at 0x1035a00d0>,
<Meta(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}meta>, attrib={'property': 'dcterms:modified'}, text='2989-06-04T00:00:00Z') at 0x1035a0850>]

View the identifier, i.e. dc:identifier
>>> identifier = book.identifier
>>> identifier
'urn:uuid:bb4d4afe-f787-4d21-97b8-68f6774ba342'
>>> isinstance(identifier, str)
True

View and modify the title, i.e. dc:title
>>> title = book.title
>>> title
'ePub'
>>> book.title = "my first book"
>>> title
'my first book'

View and modify the language, i.e. dc:language
>>> language = book.language
>>> language
'en'
>>> book.language = "en-US"
>>> language
'en-US'

View and update the modification time 😂
>>> book.modified
'2989-06-04T00:00:00Z'
>>> e.mark_modified()
'3000-01-01T00:00:00Z'

View metadata again
>>> book.metadata
<Metadata(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}metadata>) at 0x1075cdfd0>
[<DCTerm(<{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}identifier>, attrib={'id': 'BookId'}, text='urn:uuid:bb4d4afe-f787-4d21-97b8-68f6774ba342') at 0x10750c350>,
<DCTerm(<{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}language>, text='en') at 0x10a6835d0>,
<DCTerm(<{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}title>, text='ePub') at 0x10a682550>,
<Meta(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}meta>, attrib={'property': 'dcterms:modified'}, text='3000-01-01T00:00:00Z') at 0x10a77f6d0>]

View manifest
>>> book.manifest
{'nav': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'nav', 'href': 'nav.xhtml', 'properties': 'nav', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e1e10>,
'intro': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'intro', 'href': 'intro.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e2190>,
'c1': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c1', 'href': 'chap1.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e25d0>,
'c1-answerkey': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c1-answerkey', 'href': 'chap1-answerkey.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e2990>,
'c2': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c2', 'href': 'chap2.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e3350>,
'c2-answerkey': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c2-answerkey', 'href': 'chap2-answerkey.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1075aded0>,
'c3': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c3', 'href': 'chap3.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1075af950>,
'c3-answerkey': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c3-answerkey', 'href': 'chap3-answerkey.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1075ae710>,
'notes': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'notes', 'href': 'notes.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1075ae3d0>,
'cover': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'cover', 'href': 'images/cover.svg', 'properties': 'cover-image', 'media-type': 'image/svg+xml'}) at 0x1075ae610>,
'f1': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'f1', 'href': 'images/fig1.jpg', 'media-type': 'image/jpeg'}) at 0x109a39950>,
'f2': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'f2', 'href': 'images/fig2.jpg', 'media-type': 'image/jpeg'}) at 0x107534310>,
'css': <Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'css', 'href': 'style/book.css', 'media-type': 'text/css'}) at 0x107534290>}

>>> book.manifest.list()
[<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'nav', 'href': 'nav.xhtml', 'properties': 'nav', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e1e10>,
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'intro', 'href': 'intro.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e2190>,
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c1', 'href': 'chap1.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e25d0>,
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c1-answerkey', 'href': 'chap1-answerkey.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e2990>,
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c2', 'href': 'chap2.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e3350>,
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c2-answerkey', 'href': 'chap2-answerkey.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1075aded0>,
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c3', 'href': 'chap3.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1075af950>,
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c3-answerkey', 'href': 'chap3-answerkey.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1075ae710>,
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'notes', 'href': 'notes.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1075ae3d0>,
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'cover', 'href': 'images/cover.svg', 'properties': 'cover-image', 'media-type': 'image/svg+xml'}) at 0x1075ae610>,
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'f1', 'href': 'images/fig1.jpg', 'media-type': 'image/jpeg'}) at 0x109a39950>,
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'f2', 'href': 'images/fig2.jpg', 'media-type': 'image/jpeg'}) at 0x107534310>,
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'css', 'href': 'style/book.css', 'media-type': 'text/css'}) at 0x107534290>]

Get an item
>>> book.manifest[0]
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'nav', 'href': 'nav.xhtml', 'properties': 'nav', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e1e10>

>>>book.manifest['nav']
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'nav', 'href': 'nav.xhtml', 'properties': 'nav', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e1e10>

>>> book.manifest('nav.xhtml')
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'nav', 'href': 'nav.xhtml', 'properties': 'nav', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1073e1e10>

View spine
>>> book.spine
{'intro': <Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'intro'}) at 0x107533c90>,
'c1': <Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'c1'}) at 0x109a88ed0>,
'c1-answerkey': <Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'c1-answerkey'}) at 0x109a88f50>,
'c2': <Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'c2'}) at 0x109a89110>,
'c2-answerkey': <Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'c2-answerkey'}) at 0x109a891d0>,
'c3': <Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'c3'}) at 0x109a89290>,
'c3-answerkey': <Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'c3-answerkey'}) at 0x109a89350>,
'notes': <Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'notes'}) at 0x109a893d0>}

>>> book.spine.list()
[<Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'intro'}) at 0x107533c90>,
<Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'c1'}) at 0x109a88ed0>,
<Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'c1-answerkey'}) at 0x109a88f50>,
<Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'c2'}) at 0x109a89110>,
<Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'c2-answerkey'}) at 0x109a891d0>,
<Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'c3'}) at 0x109a89290>,
<Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'c3-answerkey'}) at 0x109a89350>,
<Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'notes'}) at 0x109a893d0>]

Get an itemref
>>> book.spine[0]
<Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'intro'}) at 0x107533c90>

>>>book.manifest['intro']
<Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'intro'}) at 0x107533c90>

Add a file
>>> item = book.manifest.add("chapter0001.xhtml", id="chapter0001")
>>> item
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'chapter0001', 'href': 'chapter0001.xhtml', 'media-type': 'application/xhtml+xml'}) at 0x1079bb190>

Open and write some textual data to it
>>> file = item.open("w")
>>> file
<_io.TextIOWrapper name='/var/folders/k1/3r19jl7d30n834vdmbz9ygh80000gn/T/tmpzubn_x2f/69bccdc4-50b5-404a-8117-33fe47648f3a' encoding='utf-8'>
>>> file.write('''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE html>
... <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops">
... <head>
... <title></title>
... </head>
... <body>
... <p>&#160;</p>
... </body>
... </html>''')
211
>>> file.close()

Read it again
>>> print(item.read_text())
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops">
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<p>&#160;</p>
</body>
</html>

Add the item to spine
>>> book.spine.add(item)
<Itemref(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}itemref>, attrib={'idref': 'chapter0001'}) at 0x1133e4510>

Add an external file
>>> item = book.manifest.add("features.js", "js/features.js")
>>> item
<Item(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}item>, attrib={'id': 'c8d322e0-a960-44ea-bf15-66d1dbbce15d', 'href': 'features.js', 'media-type': 'text/javascript'}) at 0x1038db390>

Add a dc:creator metadata
>>> book.metadata.add("dc:creator", dict(id="creator"), text="ChenyangGao")
<DCTerm(<{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}creator>, attrib={'id': 'creator'}, text='ChenyangGao') at 0x103ced950>

Add a <meta> metadata
>>> book.metadata.add("meta", dict(refines="#creator", property="role", scheme="marc:relators", id="role"), text="author")
<Meta(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}meta>, attrib={'refines': '#creator', 'property': 'role', 'scheme': 'marc:relators', 'id': 'role'}, text='author') at 0x105128a50>

Find metadata
>>> book.metadata.find("dc:creator")
<DCTerm(<{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}creator>, attrib={'id': 'creator'}, text='ChenyangGao') at 0x103ced950>
>>> book.metadata.dc("creator")
<DCTerm(<{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}creator>, attrib={'id': 'creator'}, text='ChenyangGao') at 0x103ced950>
>>> book.metadata.meta('[@property="role"]')
<Meta(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}meta>, attrib={'refines': '#creator', 'property': 'role', 'scheme': 'marc:relators', 'id': 'role'}, text='author') at 0x105128a50>
>>> book.metadata.property_meta("role")
<Meta(<{http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf}meta>, attrib={'refines': '#creator', 'property': 'role', 'scheme': 'marc:relators', 'id': 'role'}, text='author') at 0x105128a50>

Pack the book
>>> book.pack("book_i_made.epub")

View tutorial for more details.
Features


Proxy underlying XML element nodes to operate on OPF document.


Support querying nodes using ElementPath.


Manifest supports file system interfaces, referenced os.path, shutil, pathlib.Path.


Numerous lazy loading features, just like Occam's razor.

Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.
-- Occam's razor


We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.
-- Isaac Newton


Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
-- Albert Einstein



Caching instance, not created repeatedly, and recycled in a timely manner.


Allow adding any openable files, as long as there is an open method and its parameters are compatible with open.


Stream processing, supporting various operators such as map, reduce, filter, etc.


Various proxies and bindings fully realize multiple ways to achieve the same operational objective.


Documentation
https://python-epub3.readthedocs.io