PacktPub Library Downloader

Automatically download all your eBooks and videos. (See: PacktPub Free Daily Book)

Usage:

python downloader.py -e <email> -p <password> [-d <directory> -b <book assets> -v <video assets>]

Example: Download books in PDF and EPUB formats and accompanying source code

python downloader.py -e [email protected] -p p@ssw0rd -d ~/Desktop/packt -b pdf,epub,code

Example: Download videos, their cover image, and accompanying source code

python downloader.py -e [email protected] -p p@ssw0rd -d ~/Desktop/packt -v video,cover,code

Example: Download Integrated Courses (Interactive-Ebooks), their cover image, and accompanying source code

python downloader.py -e [email protected] -p p@ssw0rd -d ~/Desktop/packt -c course,cover,code

Example: Download everything

python downloader.py -e [email protected] -p p@ssw0rd -d ~/Desktop/packt -b pdf,epub,mobi,cover,code,info -v video,cover,code -c course,cover,code

Commandline Options

• -e, --email = Your login email
• -p, --password = Your login password
• -d, --directory = Directory to download into. Default is "packtpub_media/" in the current directory
• -v, --videos = Assets to download. Options are: video,cover,code
• -b, --books = Assets to download. Options are: pdf,mobi,epub,cover,code,info
• -c, --courses = Assets to download. Options are: course,cover,code

Video Assets

• video: The video file
• cover: Cover image
• code: Accompanying source code

Book Assets

• pdf: PDF format
• mobi: MOBI format
• epub: EPUB format
• cover: Cover image
• code: Accompanying source code
• info: Creates a JSON file with the title, ISBN, # of pages, and description. (note: it slows downloads)

Course Assets

• course: The interactive ebook (with integrated videos etc.)
• cover: Cover image
• code: Accompanying source code

Dependencies:

• Requests for HTTP requests:

    pip install requests
  

• lxml for HTML parsing:

    pip install lxml
  

Tested working on Python 2.7.11 and Python 3.6.0 :: Anaconda 4.3.0 (64-bit)