PacktPub Downloader

Script to download all your PacktPub books inspired by https://github.com/ozzieperez/packtpub-library-downloader

Since PacktPub restructured their website packtpub-library-downloader became obsolete because the downloader used webscraping. So I figured out that now PacktPub uses a REST API. Then I found which endpoint to use for downloading books and made a simple script. Feel free to fork and PR to improve. Packtpub's API isn't documented :'(

Usage:

pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py -e <email> -p <password> [-d <directory> -b <book file types> -s -v -q] [-i <bookids>]

Example: Download books in PDF format

python main.py -e hello@world.com -p p@ssw0rd -d ~/Desktop/packt -b pdf,epub,mobi,code

Docker integration

You must put your data in the .env file.

mv data.env-sample data.env

and replace the sample data with your login credentials.

docker-compose up

After the execution, you can see the content in the book directory.

Commandline Options

• -e, --email = Your login email
• -p, --password = Your login password
• -d, --directory = Directory to download into. Default is "media/" in the current directory
• -b, --books = Assets to download. Options are: pdf,mobi,epub,code,video
• -s, --separate = Create a separate directory for each book
• -v, --verbose = Show more detailed information
• -q, --quiet = Don't show information or progress bars
• -i, --ids = Products to download by id (If it is not specified, it will download all products that you have purchased)
• -R, --readme = Create a README.md file with info of the book (--separate option required)

Book File Types

• pdf: PDF format
• mobi: MOBI format
• epub: EPUB format
• code: Accompanying source code, saved as .zip files
• video: Some courses are in video format

I'm working on Python 3.6.0