# rbook
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> A fast, format-agnostic, ergonomic ebook library with a focus on EPUB.
The primary goal of `rbook` is to provide an easy-to-use high-level API for handling ebooks.
Most importantly, this library is designed with future formats in mind
(`CBZ`, `FB2`, `MOBI`, etc.) via core traits defined within the [ebook](https://docs.rs/rbook/latest/rbook/ebook)
and [reader](https://docs.rs/rbook/latest/rbook/reader) module, allowing all formats to share the same "base" API.
## Documentation
- [API documentation](https://docs.rs/rbook)
- [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md)
## Features
Here is a non-exhaustive list of the features `rbook` provides:
| **EPUB 2 and 3** | Read-only (for now) view of EPUB `2` and `3` formats. | [epub module](https://docs.rs/rbook/latest/rbook/ebook/epub) |
| **Reader** | Random‐access or sequential iteration over readable content. | [reader module](https://docs.rs/rbook/latest/rbook/reader) |
| **Detailed Types** | Abstractions built on expressive traits and types. | |
| **Metadata** | Typed access to titles, creators, publishers, languages, tags, roles, attributes, and more. | [metadata module](https://docs.rs/rbook/latest/rbook/ebook/metadata) |
| **Manifest** | Lookup and traverse contained resources such as readable content (XHTML) and images. | [manifest module](https://docs.rs/rbook/latest/rbook/ebook/manifest) |
| **Spine** | Chronological reading order and preferred page direction. | [spine module](https://docs.rs/rbook/latest/rbook/ebook/spine) |
| **Table of Contents (ToC)** | Navigation points, including the EPUB 2 guide and EPUB 3 landmarks. | [toc module](https://docs.rs/rbook/latest/rbook/ebook/toc) |
| **Resources** | On-demand retrieval of bytes or strings for any manifest resource; data is not loaded up-front until requested. | [resource module](https://docs.rs/rbook/latest/rbook/ebook/resource) |
### Default crate features
These are toggleable features for `rbook` that are
enabled by default in a project's `Cargo.toml` file:
| **prelude** | Convenience [prelude](https://docs.rs/rbook/latest/rbook/prelude) ***only*** including common traits. |
| **threadsafe** | Enables `Send` + `Sync` constraint for `Epub`. |
## Usage
`rbook` can be used by adding it as a dependency in a project's `Cargo.toml` file:
```toml
[dependencies]
rbook = "0.6.12" # With default features
# rbook = { version = "0.6.12", default-features = false } # Excluding default features
```
## WebAssembly
The `wasm32-unknown-unknown` target is supported by default.
## Examples
### Opening and reading an EPUB file
```rust
use rbook::{Epub, prelude::*}; // Prelude for traits
fn main() {
// Open an epub from a file or directory
// * `Read + Seek` implementations supported via `read(...)` for byte streams/buffers
let epub = Epub::options()
.strict(false) // Disable strict checks (`true` by default)
.skip_toc(true) // Skips ToC-related parsing, such as toc.ncx (`false` by default)
.open("tests/ebooks/example_epub")
.unwrap();
// Create a reader instance
// * Configurable via `reader_builder()`
let mut reader = epub.reader();
// Print the readable content
while let Some(Ok(data)) = reader.read_next() {
let resource_kind = data.manifest_entry().resource_kind();
assert_eq!("application/xhtml+xml", resource_kind.as_str());
assert_eq!("xhtml", resource_kind.subtype());
println!("{}", data.content());
}
}
```
### Accessing metadata: Retrieving the main title
```rust
use rbook::{Epub, prelude::*};
use rbook::ebook::metadata::{LanguageKind, TitleKind};
fn main() {
let epub = Epub::open("tests/ebooks/example_epub").unwrap();
// Retrieve the main title (all titles retrievable via `titles()`)
let title = epub.metadata().title().unwrap();
assert_eq!("Example EPUB", title.value());
assert_eq!(TitleKind::Main, title.kind());
// Retrieve the first alternate script of a title
let alternate_script = title.alternate_scripts().next().unwrap();
assert_eq!("サンプルEPUB", alternate_script.value());
assert_eq!("ja", alternate_script.language().scheme().code());
assert_eq!(LanguageKind::Bcp47, alternate_script.language().kind());
}
```
### Accessing metadata: Retrieving the first creator
```rust
use rbook::{Epub, prelude::*};
use rbook::ebook::metadata::LanguageKind;
fn main() {
// If only metadata is needed, skipping helps quicken parsing time and reduce space.
let epub = Epub::options()
// These flags are `false` by default
.skip_toc(true)
.skip_manifest(true)
.skip_spine(true)
.open("tests/ebooks/example_epub")
.unwrap();
// Retrieve the first creator
let creator = epub.metadata().creators().next().unwrap();
assert_eq!("John Doe", creator.value());
assert_eq!(Some("Doe, John"), creator.file_as());
assert_eq!(0, creator.order());
// Retrieve the main role of a creator (all roles retrievable via `roles()`)
let role = creator.main_role().unwrap();
assert_eq!("aut", role.code());
assert_eq!(Some("marc:relators"), role.source());
// Retrieve the first alternate script of a creator
let alternate_script = creator.alternate_scripts().next().unwrap();
assert_eq!("山田太郎", alternate_script.value());
assert_eq!("ja", alternate_script.language().scheme().code());
assert_eq!(LanguageKind::Bcp47, alternate_script.language().kind());
}
```
### Extracting images from the manifest
```rust
use rbook::{Epub, prelude::*};
use std::{fs, path::Path};
fn main() {
let epub = Epub::open("tests/ebooks/example_epub").unwrap();
// Create an output directory for the extracted images
let out = Path::new("extracted_images");
fs::create_dir_all(&out).unwrap();
for image in epub.manifest().images() {
// Read the raw image bytes
let bytes = image.read_bytes().unwrap();
// Extract the filename from the href and write to disk
let filename = image.href().name().decode(); // Decode as EPUB hrefs may be URL-encoded
fs::write(out.join(&*filename), bytes).unwrap();
}
}
```
> [!TIP]
> More examples are available in the documentation: <https://docs.rs/rbook>
## MSRV
The current Minimum Supported Rust Version is [1.88.0](https://releases.rs/docs/1.88.0/).
## License
Licensed under [**Apache License, Version 2.0**](LICENSE).
### Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license,
shall be licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.