pylibgen

Python search and download interface for Library Genesis.

Installation

pylibgen can be installed through pip!

$ pip install pylibgen

Alternatively, you can just put a copy of pylibgen.py to wherever you need it:

$ curl -L https://git.io/vyES7 -o pylibgen.py

Usage

You're probably looking for pylibgen-cli, which is a CLI wrapper around pylibgen's functionality, but here is a demonstration in the interactive interpreter:

>>> import pylibgen
>>> m = pylibgen.MIRRORS[0]
>>> ids = pylibgen.search(m, 'automate the boring stuff', 'title')
>>> data = pylibgen.lookup(m, ids)
>>> from pprint import pprint; pprint(data[0])

{'author': 'Albert Sweigart',
 'edition': '',
 'extension': 'epub',
 'filesize': '4485769',
 'identifier': '978-1593275990',
 'md5': '054255117b2e86251415292ef48320fd',
 'pages': '0',
 'title': 'Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for '
          'Total Beginners',
 'year': '2015'}

>>> pylibgen.get_download_url(m, data[0]['md5'])

'http://libgen.io/get.php?md5=054255117b2e86251415292ef48320fd&key=NQTP585IPY102LYG'

Compatibility

pylibgen supports python 3.3 - 3.6.

Notes

Due to the nature of the service Library Genesis provides, its mirrors often get taken down. Feel free to submit any pull requests to update pylibgen.MIRRORS as time goes on!

Support Library Genesis!

The get_download_url implementation will parse the temporary download key necessary for a direct download URL from the libgen ads.php redirect.

If you want to support Library Genesis, I recommend passing enable_ads=True to get_download_url, as this will return the plain MD5 download URL which shows an ad first.

Disclaimer

Use this at your own risk. I am not responsible/liable for any piracy/copyright infringement/etc. committed by anyone using pylibgen. Blah blah lawyer stuff, etc.

outkaj / pylibgen