Efictopub

efictopub is a tool for downloading amateur fiction from the web and generating EPUB files.

This package provides the CLI tool efictopub and the Python module efictopub.

What are the features though

• Supports multiple fetching strategies, for numerous sites. See docs/fetchers.md for details.
  • Archive of our Own
  • Fanfiction.net
  • Reddit
  • Royal Road
  • SpaceBattles forums
  • WordPress
• Can include all comments, or just comment chains that include an author response
• Produces standard EPUB files
• Generates text-only covers for visibility in e-reader libraries
• Maintains a local archive in JSON format for integration with other tools
• Uses git to manage local archive history

CLI usage examples

# Reddit submissions containing "next" links
efictopub https://www.reddit.com/r/some_subreddit/comments/4t39sa/some_submission_title/ --title="My Great Story"

# Reddit submissions by author name and title pattern
efictopub https://www.reddit.com/u/some_redditor --fetcher-opt title_pattern="My Great Story" --title="My Great Story"

# Reddit submissions by reddit wiki page containing a list of links to chapters
efictopub https://www.reddit.com/r/some_subreddit/wiki/some_page --title="My Great Story"

# Fanfiction.net
efictopub https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8601250555/1/My-Great-Story

# Archive of our Own
efictopub https://archiveofourown.org/works/11310144

# Sequential WordPress chapters by start URL and end pattern
efictopub https://some-blog.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/1-1/ --fetcher-opt last_chapter_pattern="2013/11/19/interlude-end" --title="My Great Story"

# Spacebattles thread with categories of threadmarks
efictopub https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/my-great-story.555/ --title="My Great Story" --fetcher-opt "categories=threadmarks,omake,sidestory" --fetcher-opt "order=chrono"

# Royal Road
efictopub https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/555/my-great-story

# Re-render a story from the local efictopub archive
efictopub /path/to/archived/file.json

Library usage examples

from efictopub import Efictopub

args = {
    "target": "http://www.reddit.com/r/whatever/comments/t5555/my_great_story",
    "title": "My Great Story",
}

# instantiate the Efictopub object.
efictopub = Efictopub(args)

# The Story object. Referencing this lazily fetches the story from the source.
efictopub.story

# write the story to the archive. This will fetch the story, if it hasn't been yet.
efictopub.archive_story()

# write an EPUB file. This will fetch the story, if it hasn't been yet.
efictopub.write_epub()

# return EPUB file contents without writing to disk. This will fetch the story, if it hasn't been yet.
# NYI
efictopub.epub()

Options (CLI)

See also the built-in help text (efictopub --help).

• --fetcher FETCHER, -F FETCHER

  manually specify fetcher to use, overriding the automatic selection

• --config CONFIG_FILE, -c CONFIG_FILE

  override default config file

• --outfile OUTFILE, -o OUTFILE

  specify output file, for actions that support an output file (default varies per action)

• --no-archive

  do not write the story to the archive

• --clobber

  clobber uncommitted changes in the archive

• --comments {all,author,none}

  store and write comments, for fetchers that support comments. Set to author to only include comment trees that contain a comment by the story author.

• --no-write-epub

  do not write an EPUB file

• --fetcher-opt FETCHER_OPTS

  specify extra options passed through to fetchers. See docs/fetchers.md.

• --title TITLE, -t TITLE

  manually specify story title

• --author AUTHOR, -a AUTHOR

  manually specify story author

Options (module API)

The options described above can be passed in to the Efictopub constructor as a dict. See the example client app above.

Configuration file

Default options can be specified in a config file, which is respected in both CLI and API modes. See efictopub/config_default.yaml for the internal default config file, which also serves as an example.

Options specified as command-line arguments or passed to the Efictopub constructor take precedence over the config file.

A note about copyrights

Many written works are protected by copyright law. It is your responsibility when using this tool to ensure that your usage is permissible in all applicable jurisdictions.

A note about courtesy

Even in cases where use of this tool is legally permitted, some authors may prefer that you not use it under certain circumstances, or at all. For example, an author may be in the process of seeking a book deal. Please respect the wishes of authors.