Filter for extension

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Filter for extension

fabianski7 opened this issue 3 years ago · comments

PDF files are very common in libgen, but they are not good for reading in digital readers like the Kindle.

Displaying only files of a certain extension (or not including them), such as epub or mobi, is ideal for those looking for a book to read on this device.

Manuel Vargas · Answer 1 · Wed Jan 06 2021 07:07:59 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Yep. That's a nice feature to have. However, it may take some work to implement filtering overall.

If you check the library I'm using as a base for my API, you'll see that there is no filtering option. You can search in several fields (title, author, even extension IIRC) and sort the results. However, there is no filtering option. Because of this, I haven't implemented filtering yet, but of course, I would like to. I'll keep this issue open for further discussion and possible solutions.

I'll try to find a workaround when I find some time. Feel free to open a PR here or in the API repo.

Manuel Vargas · Answer 2 · Thu May 27 2021 01:20:12 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

In the upcoming version 1.1.0, the Fiction section supports searching by file extension (just like the web version).

fabianski7 · Answer 3 · Thu May 27 2021 21:21:45 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

great news!

Orest Worhacz · Answer 4 · Mon Jul 05 2021 17:56:17 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Any info why is it not supported in Sci-Tech section?

Manuel Vargas · Answer 5 · Thu Jul 22 2021 08:58:16 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Any info why is it not supported in Sci-Tech section?

As I tried to explain previously, the non-official API I used as the backend for the app doesn't currently allow for that kind of filtering. Indeed, even the official web page only supports it in the Fiction section.