# ebooklib Package

## `ebooklib` Package

## `epub` Module

class `ebooklib.epub.``EpubBook`

  Bases: `object`

  `add_author`(author, file_as=None, role=None, uid='creator')

    Add author for this document

  `add_item`(item)

    Add additional item to the book. If not defined, media type and chapter id will be defined for the item.

    Args:

    - item: Item instance

  `add_metadata`(namespace, name, value, others=None)

    Add metadata

  `add_prefix`(name, uri)

    Appends custom prefix to be added to the content.opf document

        >>> epub_book.add_prefix('bkterms', 'http://booktype.org/')

    Args:

    - name: namespave name
    - uri: URI for the namespace

  `get_item_with_href`(href)

    Returns item for defined HREF.

        >>> book.get_item_with_href('EPUB/document.xhtml')

    Args:

    - href: HREF for the item we are searching for

    Returns: | Returns item object. Returns None if nothing was found.

  `get_item_with_id`(uid)

    Returns item for defined UID.

        >>> book.get_item_with_id('image_001')

    Args:

    - uid: UID for the item

    Returns: | Returns item object. Returns None if nothing was found.

  `get_items`()

    Returns all items attached to this book.

    Returns: | Returns all items as tuple.

  `get_items_of_media_type`(media_type)

    Returns all items of specified media type.

    Args:

    - media_type: Media type for items we are searching for

    Returns: | Returns found items as tuple.

  `get_items_of_type`(item_type)

    Returns all items of specified type.

        >>> book.get_items_of_type(epub.ITEM_IMAGE)

    Args:

    - item_type: Type for items we are searching for

    Returns: | Returns found items as tuple.

  `get_metadata`(namespace, name)

    Retrieve metadata

  `get_template`(name)

    Returns value for the template.

    Args:

    - name: template name

    Returns: | Value of the template.

  `reset`()

    Initialises all needed variables to default values

  `set_cover`(file_name, content, create_page=True)

    Set cover and create cover document if needed.

    Args:

    - file_name: file name of the cover page
    - content: Content for the cover image
    - create_page: Should cover page be defined. Defined as bool value (optional). Default value is True.

  `set_direction`(direction)

    Args:

    - direction: Options are “ltr”, “rtl” and “default”

  `set_identifier`(uid)

    Sets unique id for this epub

    Args:

    - uid: Value of unique identifier for this book

  `set_language`(lang)

    Set language for this epub. You can set multiple languages. Specific items in the book can have different language settings.

    Args:

    - lang: Language code

  `set_template`(name, value)

    Defines templates which are used to generate certain types of pages. When defining new value for the template we have to use content of type ‘str’ (Python 2) or ‘bytes’ (Python 3).

    At the moment we use these templates:
      - ncx
      - nav
      - chapter
      - cover

    Args:

    - name: Name for the template
    - value: Content for the template

  `set_title`(title)

    Set title. You can set multiple titles.

    Args:

    - title: Title value

  `set_unique_metadata`(namespace, name, value, others=None)

    Add metadata if metadata with this identifier does not already exist, otherwise update existing metadata.

class `ebooklib.epub.``EpubCover`(uid='cover-img', file_name='')

  Bases: `ebooklib.epub.EpubItem`

  Represents Cover image in the EPUB file.

  `get_type`()

    Guess type according to the file extension. Might not be the best way how to do it, but it works for now.

    Items can be of type:
      - ITEM_UNKNOWN = 0
      - ITEM_IMAGE = 1
      - ITEM_STYLE = 2
      - ITEM_SCRIPT = 3
      - ITEM_NAVIGATION = 4
      - ITEM_VECTOR = 5
      - ITEM_FONT = 6
      - ITEM_VIDEO = 7
      - ITEM_AUDIO = 8
      - ITEM_DOCUMENT = 9
      - ITEM_COVER = 10

    We map type according to the extensions which are defined in ebooklib.EXTENSIONS.

    Returns: | Returns type of the item as number.

class `ebooklib.epub.``EpubCoverHtml`(uid='cover', file_name='cover.xhtml', image_name='', title='Cover')

  Bases: `ebooklib.epub.EpubHtml`

  Represents Cover page in the EPUB file.

  `get_content`()

    Returns content for cover page as HTML string. Content will be of type ‘str’ (Python 2) or ‘bytes’ (Python 3).

    Returns: | Returns content of this document.

  `is_chapter`()

    Returns if this document is chapter or not.

    Returns: | Returns book value.

exception `ebooklib.epub.``EpubException`(code, msg)

  Bases: `Exception`

class `ebooklib.epub.``EpubHtml`(uid=None, file_name='', media_type='', content=None, title='', lang=None, direction=None, media_overlay=None, media_duration=None)

  Bases: `ebooklib.epub.EpubItem`

  Represents HTML document in the EPUB file.

  `add_item`(item)

    Add other item to this document. It will create additional links according to the item type.

    Args:

    - item: item we want to add defined as instance of EpubItem

  `add_link`(**kwgs)

    Add additional link to the document. Links will be embeded only inside of this document.

        >>> add_link(href='styles.css', rel='stylesheet', type='text/css')

  `get_body_content`()

    Returns content of BODY element for this HTML document. Content will be of type ‘str’ (Python 2) or ‘bytes’ (Python 3).

    Returns: | Returns content of this document.

  `get_content`(default=None)

    Returns content for this document as HTML string. Content will be of type ‘str’ (Python 2) or ‘bytes’ (Python 3).

    Args:

    - default: Default value for the content if it is not defined.

    Returns: | Returns content of this document.

  `get_language`()

    Get language code for this book item. Language of the book item can be different from the language settings defined globaly for book.

    Returns: | As string returns language code.

  `get_links`()

    Returns list of additional links defined for this document.

    Returns: | As tuple return list of links.

  `get_links_of_type`(link_type)

    Returns list of additional links of specific type.

    Returns: | As tuple returns list of links.

  `get_type`()

    Always returns ebooklib.ITEM_DOCUMENT as type of this document.

    Returns: | Always returns ebooklib.ITEM_DOCUMENT

  `is_chapter`()

    Returns if this document is chapter or not.

    Returns: | Returns book value.

  `set_language`(lang)

    Sets language for this book item. By default it will use language of the book but it can be overwritten with this call.

class `ebooklib.epub.``EpubImage`

  Bases: `ebooklib.epub.EpubItem`

  Represents Image in the EPUB file.

  `get_type`()

    Guess type according to the file extension. Might not be the best way how to do it, but it works for now.

    Items can be of type:
      - ITEM_UNKNOWN = 0
      - ITEM_IMAGE = 1
      - ITEM_STYLE = 2
      - ITEM_SCRIPT = 3
      - ITEM_NAVIGATION = 4
      - ITEM_VECTOR = 5
      - ITEM_FONT = 6
      - ITEM_VIDEO = 7
      - ITEM_AUDIO = 8
      - ITEM_DOCUMENT = 9
      - ITEM_COVER = 10

    We map type according to the extensions which are defined in ebooklib.EXTENSIONS.

    Returns: | Returns type of the item as number.

class `ebooklib.epub.``EpubItem`(uid=None, file_name='', media_type='', content=b'', manifest=True)

  Bases: `object`

  Base class for the items in a book.

  `get_content`(default=b'')

    Returns content of the item. Content should be of type ‘str’ (Python 2) or ‘bytes’ (Python 3)

    Args:

    - default: Default value for the content if it is not already defined.

    Returns: | Returns content of the item.

  `get_id`()

    Returns unique identifier for this item.

    Returns: | Returns uid number as string.

  `get_name`()

    Returns name for this item. By default it is always file name but it does not have to be.

    Returns: | Returns file name for this item.

  `get_type`()

    Guess type according to the file extension. Might not be the best way how to do it, but it works for now.

    Items can be of type:
      - ITEM_UNKNOWN = 0
      - ITEM_IMAGE = 1
      - ITEM_STYLE = 2
      - ITEM_SCRIPT = 3
      - ITEM_NAVIGATION = 4
      - ITEM_VECTOR = 5
      - ITEM_FONT = 6
      - ITEM_VIDEO = 7
      - ITEM_AUDIO = 8
      - ITEM_DOCUMENT = 9
      - ITEM_COVER = 10

    We map type according to the extensions which are defined in ebooklib.EXTENSIONS.

    Returns: | Returns type of the item as number.

  `set_content`(content)

    Sets content value for this item.

    Args:

    - content: Content value

class `ebooklib.epub.``EpubNav`(uid='nav', file_name='nav.xhtml', media_type='application/xhtml+xml')

  Bases: `ebooklib.epub.EpubHtml`

  Represents Navigation Document in the EPUB file.

  `is_chapter`()

    Returns if this document is chapter or not.

    Returns: | Returns book value.

class `ebooklib.epub.``EpubNcx`(uid='ncx', file_name='toc.ncx')

  Bases: `ebooklib.epub.EpubItem`

  Represents Navigation Control File (NCX) in the EPUB.

class `ebooklib.epub.``EpubReader`(epub_file_name, options=None)

  Bases: `object`

  `DEFAULT_OPTIONS` = {}
  `load`()
  `process`()
  `read_file`(name)

class `ebooklib.epub.``EpubSMIL`(uid=None, file_name='', content=None)

  Bases: `ebooklib.epub.EpubItem`

  `get_type`()

    Guess type according to the file extension. Might not be the best way how to do it, but it works for now.

    Items can be of type:
      - ITEM_UNKNOWN = 0
      - ITEM_IMAGE = 1
      - ITEM_STYLE = 2
      - ITEM_SCRIPT = 3
      - ITEM_NAVIGATION = 4
      - ITEM_VECTOR = 5
      - ITEM_FONT = 6
      - ITEM_VIDEO = 7
      - ITEM_AUDIO = 8
      - ITEM_DOCUMENT = 9
      - ITEM_COVER = 10

    We map type according to the extensions which are defined in ebooklib.EXTENSIONS.

    Returns: | Returns type of the item as number.

class `ebooklib.epub.``EpubWriter`(name, book, options=None)

  Bases: `object`

  `DEFAULT_OPTIONS` = {'epub2_guide': True, 'epub3_landmark': True, 'epub3_pages': True, 'landmark_title': 'Guide', 'package_direction': False, 'pages_title': 'Pages', 'play_order': {'enabled': False, 'start_from': 1}, 'spine_direction': True}
  `process`()
  `write`()

class `ebooklib.epub.``Link`(href, title, uid=None)

  Bases: `object`

class `ebooklib.epub.``Section`(title, href='')

  Bases: `object`

`ebooklib.epub.``read_epub`(name, options=None)

  Creates new instance of EpubBook with the content defined in the input file.

      >>> book = ebooklib.read_epub('book.epub')

  Args:

  - name: full path to the input file
  - options: extra options as dictionary (optional)

  Returns: | Instance of EpubBook.

`ebooklib.epub.``write_epub`(name, book, options=None)

  Creates epub file with the content defined in EpubBook.

      >>> ebooklib.write_epub('book.epub', book)

  Args:

  - name: file name for the output file
  - book: instance of EpubBook
  - options: extra opions as dictionary (optional)

## `utils` Module

`ebooklib.utils.``create_pagebreak`(pageref, label=None, html=True)

`ebooklib.utils.``debug`(obj)

`ebooklib.utils.``get_headers`(elem)

`ebooklib.utils.``get_pages`(item)

`ebooklib.utils.``get_pages_for_items`(items)

`ebooklib.utils.``guess_type`(extenstion)

`ebooklib.utils.``parse_html_string`(s)

`ebooklib.utils.``parse_string`(s)

## Subpackages

- plugins Package
  - `base` Module
  - `booktype` Module
  - `sourcecode` Module
  - `standard` Module
  - `tidyhtml` Module