Getting the TOC from an ePub

davidfor · 11-18-2012, 04:34 AM

For something I am trying with the Kobo driver, I need to retrieve the TOC from ePubs. I first look at this earlier in the year and have implemented something using calibre.ebooks.oeb.iterator. It works, but I am wondering if there is another way.

What I need is the TOC entry with the title and the path for the link. Is there a best way to get this?

kovidgoyal · 11-18-2012, 11:13 AM

Look at metadata/epub.py that will show you how to get the parsed OPF from an epub easily. IIRC the opf object has a .toc attribute you can use to access the toc.

11-18-2012, 04:34 AM	#1
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Getting the TOC from an ePub For something I am trying with the Kobo driver, I need to retrieve the TOC from ePubs. I first look at this earlier in the year and have implemented something using calibre.ebooks.oeb.iterator. It works, but I am wondering if there is another way. What I need is the TOC entry with the title and the path for the link. Is there a best way to get this?

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11-18-2012, 11:13 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Look at metadata/epub.py that will show you how to get the parsed OPF from an epub easily. IIRC the opf object has a .toc attribute you can use to access the toc.

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