mobi-rs

A crate to work with MOBI format ebooks.

Usage

• add to Cargo.toml

  [dependencies]
  mobi = "0.8"

• main.rs

  use mobi::{Mobi, MobiError};
  fn main() -> Result<(), MobiError> {
  let book = vec![0, 0, 0];
  // You can either create a Mobi struct from a slice
  let m = Mobi::new(&book)?;
  // Or from an instance of io::Read
  let stdin = std::io::stdin();
  let mut handle = stdin.lock();
  let m = Mobi::from_read(&mut handle)?;
  // Or from filesystem
  let m = Mobi::from_path("/some/path/to/book.mobi")?;
  
  // Access metadata
  let title = m.title();
  let author = m.author().unwrap_or_default();
  let publisher = m.publisher().unwrap_or_default();
  let desc = m.description().unwrap_or_default();
  let isbn = m.isbn().unwrap_or_default();
  let pub_date = m.publish_date().unwrap_or_default();
  let contributor = m.contributor().unwrap_or_default();
  
  // Access Headers
  let metadata = &m.metadata;
  let header = &metadata.header; // Normal Header
  let pdheader = &metadata.palmdoc; // PalmDOC Header
  let mheader = &metadata.mobi; // MOBI Header
  let exth = &metadata.exth; // Extra Header
  
  // Access content
  let content = m.content_as_string();
  
  Ok(())
  }

  License

  The MIT License (MIT)

  Thanks to

  kroo for inspiration and idea.