lib2opds 0.1.1

Directory based library to OPDS feeds generator

Lib2OPDS

lib2opds generates OPDS (version 1.2) catalog for local e-book library so it can be hosted utilizing web server. Currently meta data extraction is supported only for ePUB format.

Features

• Directory hierarchy support
• Virtual directories: new books, authors, etc.
• ePUB format: metadata extraction, thumbnail generation
• PDF format: metadata extraction, thumbnail generation
• "Lazy" updating of feeds. lib2opds re-generates feeds only when new files are added into the library
• Sidecar files for metadata extraction
• Global and local configuration files as well as command line options
• Caching for better processing of libraries with many books

How to install

lib2opds is distributed on PyPI. The best way to install it is with pipx.

pipx install lib2opds

How to use

$ tree ./test-library/
./test-library/
├── Linux
│   └── How Linux Works - Brian Ward.epub
└── Science Fiction
    ├── All Systems Red.epub
    └── I, Robot - Isaac Asimov.epub

$ lib2opds --opds-base-uri "/opds/" --library-base-uri "/library/" --library-dir "./test-library" --opds-dir "./output"

$ tree ./output/
./output/

├── covers
│   ├── 03e1b3fe-66b2-43eb-b9f1-da72813419e2
│   ├── 14cdd72c-680c-491c-a017-ddd0d2dbb1d2
│   └── e01dab66-3f78-402a-9ac8-83ebc6b24f11
├── feeds
│   ├── 101bcb13-37bf-4e13-a543-22c5ff3567d3.xml
│   ├── 127ae484-af53-4056-9cff-517984321e26.xml
│   └── db1d5760-72f5-4f23-af42-d9d6406207c9.xml
└── index.xml

/etc/lib2opds.ini is used by default and options can be overridden via command line arguments.

Example of configuration file for Nginx:

location /library {
        alias /library-dir;
}

location /opds {
        auth_basic  "Library Area";
        auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/htpasswd;
        alias /opds-dir;
        index root.xml index.xml;
}

location /opds/covers {
        alias /opds-dir/covers;
}

Library location here is not protected with basic auth because of the bug in some e-book reader software.

Tested devices and applications

• PocketBook devices
• KyBook 3 EBook Reader