simplest-epub-generator 0.1.0

A simplest EPUB file generator with image support.

EPUB Generator

EPUB Generator is a simplest Python library for creating EPUB e-books with support for images and HTML content.

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Table of Contents

• Installation
• Examples
• API
• License

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Installation

Install the library with pip:

pip install simplest_epub_generator

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Examples

Example 1: Creating a book with plain text and images

from pathlib import Path
from simplest_epub_generator import Chapter, Epub


chapter1 = Chapter(
    title="Chapter 1",
    text="This is the text of the first chapter. \nNew paragraph."
)

chapter2 = Chapter(
    title="Chapter 2",
    text="This is the text of the second chapter. <img src='./images/example.jpg' />"
)

book = Epub(book_name="Simple Book", author="Author")
book.add_chapters([chapter1, chapter2])
book.write_file(Path("./simple_book.epub"))

Example 2: Creating a book with HTML content and images

from pathlib import Path
from simplest_epub_generator import Chapter, Epub


chapter1 = Chapter(
    title="<h1>HTML Chapter</h1>",
    text="<p>Text with <strong>HTML</strong>.</p><img src='./images/example.jpg' />",
    is_html=True
)

book = Epub(book_name="HTML Book", author="Author")
book.add_chapter(chapter1)
book.write_file(Path("./html_book.epub"))

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API

Chapter Class

A class representing a chapter in an EPUB book.

Constructor parameters

• title (str): Title of the chapter.
• text (str): Text content of the chapter.
• is_html (bool, optional): Flag indicating if title and text contain HTML markup. Defaults to False.
• lang (str, optional): Language of the chapter. Defaults to "eng".

Class attributes

• self.title (str): Title of the chapter.
• self.html_content (str): A variable containing the title and text in HTML format.
• self.lang (str): Language of the chapter.

Methods

• remove_tags(html: str) -> str: Removes HTML tags from a string.
• get_image_paths() -> Set[str]: Extracts image paths from the chapter's HTML content.

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Epub Class

A class for creating and managing an EPUB book.

Constructor parameters

• book_name (str): Name of the book.
• lang (str, optional): Language of the book. Defaults to "eng".
• author (str, optional): Author of the book. Defaults to an empty string.

Class attributes

• self.book_name (str): Name of the book.
• self.lang (str): Language of the book.
• self.author (str): Author of the book.

Methods

• add_chapter(chapter: Chapter): Adds a chapter to the book.
• add_chapters(chapters: List[Chapter]): Adds multiple chapters to the book.
• write_file(path: Path): Saves the book to a file at the specified path.

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.