rbook

A fast, format-agnostic, ergonomic ebook library with a focus on EPUB.

The primary goal of rbook is to provide an easy-to-use high-level API for handling ebooks. Most importantly, this library is designed with future formats in mind (CBZ, FB2, MOBI, etc.) via core traits defined within the ebook and reader module, allowing all formats to share the same "base" API.

Documentation

• API documentation
• Changelog

Features

Here is a non-exhaustive list of the features rbook provides:

Default crate features

These are toggleable features for rbook that are enabled by default in a project's cargo.toml file:

Usage

rbook can be used by adding it as a dependency in a project's cargo.toml file:

[dependencies]
rbook = "0.6.9"                                           # with default features
# rbook = { version = "0.6.9", default-features = false } # excluding default features

WebAssembly

The wasm32-unknown-unknown target is supported by default.

Examples

Opening and reading an EPUB file

use rbook::{Epub, prelude::*}; // Prelude for traits

fn main() {
    // Open an epub from a file or directory
    // * `Read + Seek` implementations supported via `read(...)`
    let epub = Epub::options()
        .strict(false) // Disable strict checks (`true` by default)
        .open("tests/ebooks/example_epub")
        .unwrap();

    // Create a reader instance 
    // * Configurable via `reader_builder()`
    let mut reader = epub.reader();
    
    // Print the readable content
    while let Some(Ok(data)) = reader.read_next() {
        assert_eq!("application/xhtml+xml", data.manifest_entry().media_type());
        println!("{}", data.content());
    }
}

Accessing metadata: Retrieving the main title

use rbook::{Epub, prelude::*};
use rbook::ebook::metadata::{LanguageKind, TitleKind};

fn main() {
    let epub = Epub::open("tests/ebooks/example_epub").unwrap();
    
    // Retrieve the main title (all titles retrievable via `titles()`)
    let title = epub.metadata().title().unwrap();
    assert_eq!("Example EPUB", title.value());
    assert_eq!(TitleKind::Main, title.kind());

    // Retrieve the first alternate script of a title
    let alternate_script = title.alternate_scripts().next().unwrap();
    assert_eq!("サンプルEPUB", alternate_script.value());
    assert_eq!("ja", alternate_script.language().scheme().code());
    assert_eq!(LanguageKind::Bcp47, alternate_script.language().kind());
}

Accessing metadata: Retrieving the first creator

use rbook::{Epub, prelude::*};
use rbook::ebook::metadata::LanguageKind;

fn main() {
    let epub = Epub::open("tests/ebooks/example_epub").unwrap();

    // Retrieve the first creator
    let creator = epub.metadata().creators().next().unwrap();
    assert_eq!("John Doe", creator.value());
    assert_eq!(Some("Doe, John"), creator.file_as());
    assert_eq!(0, creator.order());

    // Retrieve the main role of a creator (all roles retrievable via `roles()`)
    let role = creator.main_role().unwrap();
    assert_eq!("aut", role.code());
    assert_eq!(Some("marc:relators"), role.source());

    // Retrieve the first alternate script of a creator
    let alternate_script = creator.alternate_scripts().next().unwrap();
    assert_eq!("山田太郎", alternate_script.value());
    assert_eq!("ja", alternate_script.language().scheme().code());
    assert_eq!(LanguageKind::Bcp47, alternate_script.language().kind());
}

Extracting images from the manifest

use rbook::{Epub, prelude::*};
use std::{fs, path::Path};

fn main() {
    let epub = Epub::open("tests/ebooks/example_epub").unwrap();
    
    // Create an output directory for the extracted images
    let out = Path::new("extracted_images");
    fs::create_dir_all(&out).unwrap();
    
    for image in epub.manifest().images() {
        // Read the raw image bytes
        let bytes = image.read_bytes().unwrap();

        // Extract the filename from the href and write to disk
        let filename = image.href().name().decode(); // Decode as EPUB hrefs may be URL-encoded
        fs::write(out.join(&*filename), bytes).unwrap();
    }
}

More examples are available in the documentation: https://docs.rs/rbook