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61 lines
1.6 KiB
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# epub-metadata-generator
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Generates a `metadata.xml` file for an EPUB from various online sources, given a few identifiers.
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Currently supports the following providers:
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|Provider|Input|
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|--------|-----|
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|OpenLibrary|ISBN|
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## Installation
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You can install it from NPM
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```
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npm i -g epub-metadata-generator
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```
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## Usage
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You can use the provided command-line-executable:
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```sh
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generate-epub-xml 9780596101190 /tmp/9780596101190.xml
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cat /tmp/9780596101190.xml
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```
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```xml
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
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<metadata>
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<dc:identifier opf:scheme="ISBN-13">9780596101190</dc:identifier>
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<dc:identifier opf:scheme="ISBN-10">0596101198</dc:identifier>
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<dc:creator opf:role="aut">Dan Woods</dc:creator>
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<dc:creator opf:role="aut">Gautam Guliani</dc:creator>
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<dc:title id="title">Open Source for the Enterprise</dc:title>
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<dc:title id="subtitle">Managing Risks, Reaping Rewards</dc:title>
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<meta refines="#subtitle" property="title-type">subtitle</meta>
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<dc:language>eng</dc:language>
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<dc:publisher>O'Reilly Media, Inc.</dc:publisher>
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</metadata>
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```
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You can use this file in `pandoc` directly:
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`pandoc input.html --epub-metadata=/tmp/9780596101190.xml file.epub`
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Alternatively, you can use the NPM package programatically as well:
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```javascript
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const E = require('epub-metadata-generator')
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E.write(filepath, ISBN);
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```
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## License
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Licensed under the [MIT License](https://nemo.mit-license.org/). See LICENSE file for details.
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## Credits
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Some of the code in `openlibrary.js` is based on the [node-isbn-catalogue](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-isbn-catalogue) package, which was based on [palmerabollo/node-isbn](https://github.com/palmerabollo/node-isbn). Both are under AGPL.
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