[!WARNING] The extension was taken down from Chrome WebStore. All similar extensions in Chrome WebStore are fraud. Do not install from there.
Internet Archive Downloader
In Internet Archive, Some books can be borrowed to read online for a limited period. The extension will try to download these books.
In HathiTrust Digital Library. books with full view permission is also supported.
The extension works by fetching every leaf of a book, constructing a PDF stream on the fly targeting to disk storage. So it can handle books of thousands of leafs easily with little memory.
What It Can Do
- Download a book as a PDF file with text embedded
- Download a book as a collection of image files (JPEG/PNG) one for each leaf, and the text of the book
- Optional leaf range
- Optional leaf quality
- Download multiple books in parallel
Install manually
Install as the following directions supports automatic updates.
Chrome extension
- Navigate to releases page, find and download the latest iadownloader-x.x.x.crx.
- Drag and Drop the CRX file from file manager to Extensions page on browser (developer mode must be enabled).
- Due to the install restriction of Chrome with extensions which are not from Chrome WebStore, take the following steps:
- Windows: Download registry file windows.reg. Double click to run it. The file will allow Internet Archive Downloader extension CRX file to install in Chrome, Edge, Brave and Vivaldi browser.
- Mac OS: Download policy file for Chrome / Edge / Brave. Double click to run it. Then from System Preferences (or System Settings) find the item of "Profile" (it may be in current page, or inside "General", "Security and Privacy" item, dependent of Mac OS version). In the "Profile" setting page, click "install" button to activate it. The profiles will allow Internet Archive Downloader extension CRX file to install in Chrome, Edge and Brave browser.
- Linux: Supported by default.
Edge extension
- Navigate to releases page, find and download the latest iadownloader-edge-x.x.x.crx.
- Drag and Drop the CRX file from file manager to Extensions page on Edge (developer mode must be enabled).
Firefox extension
- Run Firefox, navigate to releases page, find and click the latest iadownloader-x.x.x.xpi to install.
Install from repository
- Chrome WebStore (Taken down)
- Edge Addons
- Mozilla Addons (Firefox)
Configuration
For Firefox, permissions of access to relative websites must be granted in the "Permissions" tab of the extension detail page.
Usage
Internet Archive:
In archive.org, the availability of books lies in three categories: 1) Lending Library 2) Borrow 14 days 3) Always Available
The extension works with category 1 and 2.
After borrowing a book, two new buttons, "Quality" and "Download", appear under the book viewer alongside the "Favorite" button.