Note: This project is no longer being maintained in favor of bore.

Script to download books from www.allitebooks.com

The following dependencies are required:

• Python
• Pip
• Virtualenv (via pip)

In a fresh terminal, navigate to the directory you want to store the pdf files in. Then, execute the following commands:

$ virtualenv allitebook_venv
$ source allitebook_venv/bin/activate
$ git clone https://www.github.com/pchan37/allitebook
$ cd allitebook
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python Allitebook.py

• Features the usage of a blacklist to skip certain links
• Fixed bugs when saving progress
  • AssertionError causes the program to crash before it has saved current progress
  • Progress was not saved when the program finished
• Fixed bug when determining the adjusted page to start on
  • Miscalculation lead to an off-by-one error

• Features the ability to save progress with a configuration file (Press Ctrl-C)
• Features logging of broken links
• Features atomic writing of pdf and txt files

• Features a downloading engine that starts from the last page and work its way to the beginning
  • Download the book in pdf format
  • Scrap the book description and save it as a .txt file
  • Scrap the book category and save both files in that folder