!!!!! THE PROJECT IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT, PLEASE SEE TODO.txt FOR MORE INFORMATION !!!!!

Note: This project is currently on hiatus while I work on other projects.

Simple EBook server

This project is designed to be a simple browser based UI for accessing e-books stored in a folder on the server.

The primary functionality is the library, which automaticaly populates itself with the contents of the "books" folder.

The library will display each sub-folder and it's content and allow users to download the files for reading, or view supported file types (Currently supports PDF, with EPUB on the To-do list)

The project also includes a management page that lets the user interact with a python flask API to manipulate the library and associated software features, such as the book data, folders and their contents, access options and thumbnails.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

• Expand support to more file types
• Finish replacing old php scripts using python and js (will be stored in depreciated)
• Overhaul CSS for better aesthetics and possible mobile use

Running the project

To run the server and website you will need to take the following steps:

• Install a LAMP stack with php (will change in future), I followed this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDcbb_VjIQs
• Install python version 3.9 or later
• Download the files from github and copy them into the web root, which should be at: /var/www/html/
• Open a command prompt and CD into the /var/www/html/Simple_Ebook_Server directory
• Run the command "NPM install" to fetch any needed JS packages
• Run the command: export FLASK_APP="BookAPI.py" to point flask at the correct file.
• Run the command: flask run --host=0.0.0.0 to run the API. NOTE: the project is still WIP and this will change
• With the API now running, naviagte to: Device IP/Simple_Ebook_Server/Home.html
• Enjoy looking around and reading the supplied public domain books.

Note: this is a node.js project so it will require npm install to get dependencies