Documentation for the Kobo Sync API?

dstaley · 01-22-2022, 05:11 PM

I recently discovered that calibre-web uses the api_endpoint configuration to masquerade as the Kobo API, allowing you to sync books using the built-in functionality rather than relying on a sideloaded application to perform the synchronization. Is there any documentation on how exactly this API works, including the response bodies? I'd love to build something similar, albeit a bit less featureful than calibre-web since I'm not a Calibre user.

davidfor · 01-22-2022, 08:46 PM

The Kobo API is a private API for their use only. They have not publicly documented it. Whatever calibre-web does has been reverse engineered. You will either have to do it yourself, or look at calibre-web.

01-22-2022, 05:11 PM	#1
dstaley Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle Voyage	Documentation for the Kobo Sync API? I recently discovered that calibre-web uses the api_endpoint configuration to masquerade as the Kobo API, allowing you to sync books using the built-in functionality rather than relying on a sideloaded application to perform the synchronization. Is there any documentation on how exactly this API works, including the response bodies? I'd love to build something similar, albeit a bit less featureful than calibre-web since I'm not a Calibre user.

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01-22-2022, 08:46 PM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	The Kobo API is a private API for their use only. They have not publicly documented it. Whatever calibre-web does has been reverse engineered. You will either have to do it yourself, or look at calibre-web.