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epub-press-js

0.5.3 • Public • Published

epub-press-js

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A javascript client for building books with EpubPress.

Install

npm install --save epub-press-js

Test

Unit Tests

npm test

Browser Test

open tests/browserTest.html

NodeJS Test

node tests/nodeTest.js

Build

# Single build 
npm run-script build
 
# Build + watch 
npm start

Usage

Browser
<script src="node_modules/epub-press-js/build/index.js"></script>
<script>var EpubPress = window.EpubPress;</script> 
NodeJS
const EpubPress = require('epub-press-js');
Creating a Book
const ebook = new EpubPress({
    title: 'Best of HackerNews',
    description: 'Favorite articles from HackerNews in May, 2016',
    sections: [
        {
            url: 'http://medium.com/@techBlogger/why-javascript-is-dead-long-live-php',
            html: '<html><body><p>Lulz.</p></body></html>',
        }
    ]
});
 
// OR
 
const ebook = new EpubPress({
    title: 'Best of HackerNews',
    description: 'Favorite articles from HackerNews in May, 2016',
    urls: [
        'http://medium.com/@techBlogger/why-js-is-dead-long-live-php'
    ]
});
Publishing
ebook.publish().then(() =>
    ebook.download();  // Default epub
    // or ebook.email('epubpress@gmail.com')
).then(() => {
    console.log('Success!');
}).catch((error) => {
    console.log(`Error: ${error}`);
});
Checking Status
ebook.checkStatus().then((status) => {
 
}).catch((error) => {});
Event Listening
const onStatusUpdate = (status) => { console.log(status.message); };
 
// Adding callback
ebook.on('statusUpdate', onStatusUpdate);
 
// Removing callback
ebook.removeListener('statusUpdate', onStatusUpdate)
Check for updates
// epub-press-js updates
EpubPress.checkForUpdates().then((message) => {
    console.log(message); // Undefined if no update required
});
 
// epub-press-chrome updates
EpubPress.checkForUpdates('epub-press-chrome', '0.9.0').then((message) => {
    console.log(message);
});

API

new EpubPress(metadata) => ebook
  • metadata.sections: Object with the url and html for a chapter.
  • metadata.urls: Array of urls.
  • metadata.title: Title for the book.
  • metadata.description: Description for the book.
  • metadata.filetype: File format to use for downloads.
ebook.publish() => Promise
ebook.download(filetype) => Promise
  • filetype: 'mobi' or 'epub' (Default 'epub')
ebook.email(email, filetype) => Promise
  • filetype: 'mobi' or 'epub' (Default 'epub')
  • email: Email address to deliver ebook to.
ebook.checkStatus() => Promise => status
  • status.progress: Percentage complete. (0 -> 100)
  • status.message: Status message.
ebook.on('statusUpdate', (status) => {}) => callback
  • status.progress: Percentage complete. (0 -> 100)
  • status.message: Description of current step.
ebook.removeListener(eventName, callback)
  • eventName: Name of the event callback exists on.
  • callback: Listener to be removed.
EpubPress.checkForUpdates(clientName, clientVersion) => Promise => Update Message | undefined
  • clientName: EpubPress client library to check. (Default: epub-press-js)
  • clientVersion: Version of client. (Default: EpubPress.VERSION)

Issues

  • Safari downloads the file as Unknown. You then must manually add the file extension (eg. .epub or .mobi)

Feel free to report any other issues:

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Install

npm i epub-press-js

Repository

github.com/haroldtreen/epub-press-clients

Homepage

github.com/haroldtreen/epub-press-clients#readme

Weekly Downloads

3

Version

0.5.3

License

GPL-3.0+

Unpacked Size

119 kB

Total Files

7

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Collaborators

  • haroldtreen
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