pykindler

Command line tool that automatically detects and converts downloaded e-books to mobi format (and auto-uploads to Kindle, on a schedule)

Where to get it

The source code is currently hosted on GitHub at: https://github.com/VivekBits2210/pykindler

Package is deployed at Python Package Index (PyPI)

pip3 install pykindler

Ensure Calibre is installed (Guide)

sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh | sudo sh /dev/stdin

Know your Kindle's e-mail address here

Dependencies

• UNIX based system needed (Linux, MacOS)
• Calibre

Which packages are used under the hood?

• pyenchant - Offers an English Dictionary, helpful in detecting if a file is a book
• python-crontab - Allows scheduling of pykindler jobs that auto-convert and email your books in the background
• pgi - Auto-detects your downloads folder
• black - Code formatter
• argparse - Neater interface with command line arguments
• keyring - Safe storage of email credentials

Usage

• In default mode, pykindler will auto-detect your downloads folder and populate 'Converted_Books' and 'Processed_Books' folders

pykindler-run

• In custom mode, specify your downloads folder and setup a twice-a-day conversion job

pykindler-run --folder /home/some-user/Desktop --job

• If you just want to convert one file, specify it after --file

pykindler-run --file /home/some-user/Desktop/my-book.epub

• If you want to not convert to mobi, choose your own extension with --ext

pykindler-run --file /home/some-user/Desktop/my-book.mobi --ext epub

• For more help

pykindler-run -h

License

MIT

Getting Help

For usage questions, the best place to go to is StackOverflow.

Contributing to pykindler

All contributions, bug reports, bug fixes, documentation improvements, enhancements, and ideas are welcome. Here is what I plan to do next Please feel free to mail ideas to the maintainer: [viveknayak2210@gmail.com]