BookRip

Overview

BookRip is a Bash script designed to download images of a book from the flipbook.apps.gwo.pl website, merge them into a PDF, and name the output based on the book's title. The script provides color-coded status messages for a more interactive experience.

Features

• Downloads book images sequentially.
• Automatically names the PDF based on the book's title.
• Merges downloaded images into a single PDF file.

Requirements

Before using the script, ensure you have the following installed:

• curl: For fetching the book's title and downloading images.
• ImageMagick: For merging images into a PDF.

Installation

You can install and use BookRip by cloning it from GitHub. Follow these steps:

1. Open your terminal.
2. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/PiotrGebczyk/BookRip.git

3. Navigate into the cloned directory:

   cd BookRip

4. Make the script executable:

   chmod +x BookRip.sh

Now, you're ready to use the script to download books.

Finding Book IDs

To use the script, you'll need the bookid of the book you want to download. You can find it using a Google search prompt. Here's how:

1. Open Google.

2. Type the following search prompt:

   [Title] site:flipbook.apps.gwo.pl

   Replace [Title] with the name of the book you're looking for.

3. The search results will show you a link to the book. Extract the bookid from the URL:

   https://flipbook.apps.gwo.pl/display/[bookid]
   

Usage

1. After finding the bookid, you can run the script like this:

   ./BookRip.sh <bookid>

   Replace <bookid> with the actual book ID from the Flipbook URL.

2. The script will:

   • Fetch the book’s title and display it in green.
   • Download all the pages of the book into a folder.
   • Merge them into a single PDF file.
   • Display status messages in yellow during the merging process.

Example

Downloading a book with the ID 12345 and name Textbook123abc

./BookRip.sh 12345

You are downloading: "Textbook123abc"  :)
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  247k  100  247k    0     0   574k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  577k
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  212k  100  212k    0     0   632k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  636k
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
Book downloaded. Merging and cleaning.
Book "Textbook123abc" (probably) succesfully downloaded