Calibre Access in Python Script

[KissMeKiwi]

Hi,

I am trying to create a request bot in Discord. I successfully created it with movies and tv shows, and am working on getting books working now.

I am confident I can get the book requests, but I also want an option for users to get a book sent to their email (mainly for Amazon's send to kindle).

My goal is:

1. User performs a search for a book (or even an author)
2. A list of books/authors is returned to the user
3. User selects a book or author (if author, it then displays a list of books by the author)
4. User selects a book
5. Book is sent to their kindle email

What I am curious, is there an API or module to interact with calibre through python? Really I would need to look for a book, grab an epub (convert if it doesn't exist), and send it via an email. I saw some other links but it seemed like that was creating an entire environments for it and it got me confused.

[theducks]

Calibre has a powerful set of commandline tools.
Visit the online help: commandline tools for the gory details (no Pythons were harmed )

[KissMeKiwi]

Originally Posted by theducks

Calibre has a powerful set of commandline tools.
Visit the online help: commandline tools for the gory details (no Pythons were harmed )

Okay so in theory, I can just run shell commands on the same machine which really should be doable in python.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by KissMeKiwi

What I am curious, is there an API or module to interact with calibre through python? Really I would need to look for a book, grab an epub (convert if it doesn't exist), and send it via an email. I saw some other links but it seemed like that was creating an entire environments for it and it got me confused.

API documentation for the database interface: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/en/db_api.html

API documentation for the e-book editing tools: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/en/polish.html

You can use the API in your python scripts. To execute the script, you use this command:
calibre-debug /path/to/your/python/script.py

Originally Posted by KissMeKiwi

Okay so in theory, I can just run shell commands on the same machine which really should be doable in python.

Command Line Interface: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/en/...cli-index.html
Yes, using the Command Line Interface.

[KissMeKiwi]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

API documentation for the database interface: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/en/db_api.html

API documentation for the e-book editing tools: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/en/polish.html

You can use the API in your python scripts. To execute the script, you use this command:
calibre-debug /path/to/your/python/script.py


Command Line Interface: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/en/...cli-index.html
Yes, using the Command Line Interface.

Thanks for showing me I have to use the calibre-debug, I saw that doc but was very confused. Is there anyway to access that api outside of the calibre-debug environment? I plan on running this in a container and it might be tough to get all the dependencies and get everything set up.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by KissMeKiwi

Thanks for showing me I have to use the calibre-debug, I saw that doc but was very confused. Is there anyway to access that api outside of the calibre-debug environment? I plan on running this in a container and it might be tough to get all the dependencies and get everything set up.

There's no need to set up a development environment. 'calibre-debug.exe' is an executable that comes with calibre regular install. Just open your terminal and type the command I gave you.