packt-ebook-downloader v1.0.0

packt-ebook-downloader

An easy way to download ebooks from your Packt account.

Based on the humblebundle-ebook-downloader tool.

Installation

To run the tool, you can either install NodeJS and use npm to install it, or install Docker and run it as a docker container.

NPM

To install it via npm, run:

$ npm install -g packt-ebook-downloader

You can now use the tool by running the packt-ebook-downloader command.

Docker

To run the tool via Docker, run:

docker run -v $(PWD)/download:/download --rm -it packt-ebook-downloader -d /download --access-token "access_token_here" --refresh-token "refresh_token_here"

This will download the books to the download folder in your current work directory.

Note that when using Docker the option to interactively log in isn't available, therefore you need to get your access and refresh tokens from the relevant cookies in your browser (access_token_live/refresh_token_live) after logging in to the Packt website.

When using the tool installed via npm, it will launch a browser and let you log in interactively instead.

Usage

$ packt-ebook-downloader --help

    Usage: packt-ebook-downloader [options]

    Options:
    -V, --version                            output the version number
    -d, --download-folder <download_folder>  Download folder (default: "download")
    -l, --download-limit <download_limit>    Parallel download limit (default: 1)
    -f, --format <format>                    What format to download the ebook in (all, epub, mobi, pdf) (default: "epub")
    -a, --access-token <access_token>        Optional: If you want to run headless, you can specify your access and refresh tokens from your browser
    (access_token_live)
    -r, --refresh-token <refresh_token> 
    (refresh_token_live)     
    --debug                                  Enable debug logging
    -h, --help                               output usage information

Contributors

Thanks to the contributors from the original humblebundle-ebook-downloader project.

• David Marby (original author)
• J. Longman
• Johannes Löthberg
• jaycuse

License

See LICENSE.md