bookstairs/bookhunter
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A download tools for clawing the ebooks from internets.
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README.md
Original⏬ bookhunter
Downloading books from talebook, SoBooks 中小学教材 and Telegram Channels. This is a totally rewritten fork compared to its original version.
🚧 Development
- Go Releaser is used for releasing and local building
- golangci-lint is used for code style.
- pre-commit is used for checking code before committing.
💾 Install
🍎 Homebrew (for macOS, Linux)
brew tap bookstairs/tap
brew install bookhunter
💻 Scope (for Windows)
scoop bucket add bookstairs https://github.com/bookstairs/scoop-bucket.git
scoop install bookstairs/bookhunter
🛠 Manually
Download the latest release in release page. Choose related tarball by your running environment.
📚 Usage
| Website | Address | Direct Download | Aliyun | Lanzou | Telecom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 智慧教育平台 | https://basic.smartedu.cn/tchMaterial | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Talebook | https://github.com/talebook/talebook | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| SoBooks | https://sobooks.cc | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Telegram | https://t.me | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Hsu Life | https://book.hsu.life | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Login Aliyundrive to get the refreshToken
We would show a QR code at the first time. And cache the refreshToken after successfully login.
bookhunter aliyun
Download textbooks for Kids
Usage:
bookhunter k12 [flags]
Flags:
-d, --download string The book directory you want to use (default ".")
-h, --help help for k12
--ratelimit int The allowed requests per minutes for every thread (default 30)
-t, --thread int The number of download thead (default 1)
Global Flags:
-c, --config string The config path for bookhunter
-k, --keyword strings The keywords for books
--proxy string The request proxy
--retry int The retry times for a failed download (default 3)
-s, --skip-error Continue to download the next book if the current book download failed (default true)
--verbose Print all the logs for debugging
Register account in Talebook
Usage:
bookhunter talebook register [flags]
Flags:
-e, --email string The talebook email
-h, --help help for register
-p, --password string The talebook password
-u, --username string The talebook username
-w, --website string The talebook link
Global Flags:
-c, --config string The config path for bookhunter
-k, --keyword strings The keywords for books
--proxy string The request proxy
--retry int The retry times for a failed download (default 3)
-s, --skip-error Continue to download the next book if the current book download failed (default true)
--verbose Print all the logs for debugging
Download books from Talebook
Usage:
bookhunter talebook download [flags]
Flags:
-d, --download string The book directory you want to use (default ".")
-f, --format strings The file formats you want to download (default [epub,azw3,mobi,pdf,zip])
-h, --help help for download
-i, --initial int The book id you want to start download (default 1)
-p, --password string The talebook password
--ratelimit int The allowed requests per minutes for every thread (default 30)
-r, --rename Rename the book file by book id
-t, --thread int The number of download thead (default 1)
-u, --username string The talebook username
-w, --website string The talebook link
Global Flags:
-c, --config string The config path for bookhunter
-k, --keyword strings The keywords for books
--proxy string The request proxy
--retry int The retry times for a failed download (default 3)
-s, --skip-error Continue to download the next book if the current book download failed (default true)
--verbose Print all the logs for debugging
Download books from SoBooks
Usage:
bookhunter sobooks [flags]
Flags:
--code string The secret code for SoBooks (default "244152")
-d, --download string The book directory you want to use (default ".")
-e, --extract Extract the archive file for filtering
-f, --format strings The file formats you want to download (default [epub,azw3,mobi,pdf,zip])
-h, --help help for sobooks
-i, --initial int The book id you want to start download (default 1)
--ratelimit int The allowed requests per minutes for every thread (default 30)
-r, --rename Rename the book file by book id
-t, --thread int The number of download thead (default 1)
Global Flags:
-c, --config string The config path for bookhunter
-k, --keyword strings The keywords for books
--proxy string The request proxy
--retry int The retry times for a failed download (default 3)
-s, --skip-error Continue to download the next book if the current book download failed (default true)
--verbose Print all the logs for debugging
Download books from Telegram groups
Example command: bookhunter telegram --appID ****** --appHash ****** --thread 4 --proxy http://127.0.0.1:7890 --channelID https://t.me/sharebooks4you
Please refer Creating your Telegram Application to obtain your appID
and appHash.
Usage:
bookhunter telegram [flags]
Flags:
--appHash string The app hash for telegram
--appID int The app id for telegram
--channelID string The channel id for telegram
-d, --download string The book directory you want to use (default ".")
-e, --extract Extract the archive file for filtering
-f, --format strings The file formats you want to download (default [epub,azw3,mobi,pdf,zip])
-h, --help help for telegram
-i, --initial int The book id you want to start download (default 1)
--mobile string The mobile number, we will add +86 as default zone code
--ratelimit int The allowed requests per minutes for every thread (default 30)
--refresh Refresh the login session
-r, --rename Rename the book file by book id
-t, --thread int The number of download thead (default 1)
Global Flags:
-c, --config string The config path for bookhunter
-k, --keyword strings The keywords for books
--proxy string The request proxy
--retry int The retry times for a failed download (default 3)
-s, --skip-error Continue to download the next book if the current book download failed (default true)
--verbose Print all the logs for debugging
Download books from Hsu Life
Example command: bookhunter hsu --username ****** --password ******
Usage:
bookhunter hsu [flags]
Flags:
-d, --download string The book directory you want to use (default ".")
-f, --format strings The file formats you want to download (default [epub,azw3,mobi,pdf,zip])
-h, --help help for hsu
-i, --initial int The book id you want to start download (default 1)
-p, --password string The hsu.life password
--ratelimit int The allowed requests per minutes for every thread (default 30)
-r, --rename Rename the book file by book id
-t, --thread int The number of download thead (default 1)
-u, --username string The hsu.life username
Global Flags:
-c, --config string The config path for bookhunter
-k, --keyword strings The keywords for books
--proxy string The request proxy
--retry int The retry times for a failed download (default 3)
-s, --skip-error Continue to download the next book if the current book download failed (default true)
--verbose Print all the logs for debugging
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