Download and compile books from online literature websites
Supported websites:
| Website | Example of the book's index page | Additional dependencies |
|---|---|---|
| 无忧书城 | https://www.51shucheng.net/wangluo/huaqiangu | |
| 七猫小说 | https://www.qm11.cc/book/9436/ | |
| 七猫中文网 | https://www.qimao.com/shuku/1761744/ | |
| 九九藏书网 | https://www.99csw.com/book/3952/136682.htm | Google Chrome |
Users are supposed to be familiar with
Create a Python virtual environment and run the following command.
pip install -r requirements.txt
Install XeLaTex and ensure the operation system can recognize it when calling xelatex in the terminal.
Download required fonts to support handling books written in corresponding character sets.
Required fonts
| Character set | Font |
|---|---|
| Latin | (None) |
| Chinese | SourceHanSerifCN-Regular.ttf |
If the the targeted book is written in multiple languages, the user must find one font that can correctly display all languages. This program doesn't support using multiple fonts.
Denote the book's index page is $book_index, the local folder to save the book is $local. Run the following command to download a book.
python main.py -s "$book_index" -t "$local"
For more features, run the following command.
python main.py -h
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Run the following command.
python export_latex.py -t "$local" -
Proofread text in
$local/book.tex, and amend the content manually. -
Copy the required font to
$local. -
Run the following command, and review the content of
$local/book.pdf. If table of content is missing, run again (try maximum 3 times).cd $local xelatex book.tex -
Manually amend the content of
$local/book.texand repeat step 4, until the content of$local/book.pdfis correct. -
Run the following command to clear files after using. The
$\LaTeX$ file and the rendered book won't be deleted.python clear_cache.py -t "$local"
Save proxies config to file proxies.json in format of requests proxies.