A simple script to fetch new books from HTTP

rcambrj · 05-24-2026, 07:22 AM

Howdy folks. I love that my old Paperwhite 1st Gen can still live on thanks to the great work done by the people of this forum.

Having an old unsupported Kindle, I was missing a way to get books onto it without using a USB cable, so I made https://github.com/rcambrj/kindle-book-fetcher

It's a simple script which fetches a web page, iterates over the links on that page, selects the ones which end in .epub, .mobi, .azw3; then downloads them if they don't already exist. Where does this web page exist? You need to serve it yourself or configure a hosting service, but a directory listing from nginx or Apache will suffice, then you just put your files in there and push "Fetch books".

Keen to hear what you think

dandaman · Yesterday, 06:29 AM

It's great for hands-free file transfer (if I don't want to touch my computer)

05-24-2026, 07:22 AM	#1
rcambrj Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2022 Device: Kindle PW 1st Gen	A simple script to fetch new books from HTTP Howdy folks. I love that my old Paperwhite 1st Gen can still live on thanks to the great work done by the people of this forum. Having an old unsupported Kindle, I was missing a way to get books onto it without using a USB cable, so I made https://github.com/rcambrj/kindle-book-fetcher It's a simple script which fetches a web page, iterates over the links on that page, selects the ones which end in .epub, .mobi, .azw3; then downloads them if they don't already exist. Where does this web page exist? You need to serve it yourself or configure a hosting service, but a directory listing from nginx or Apache will suffice, then you just put your files in there and push "Fetch books". Keen to hear what you think

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
K4 Simple HTTP server	ebenammi	Kindle Developer's Corner	0	12-27-2024 09:59 AM
How to get Business Standard to work, when it needs to fetch from a script	unkn0wn	Recipes	3	02-20-2022 03:24 AM
Using fetch-ebook-metadata from a python script	Terry Brown	Server	2	02-17-2022 08:31 AM
Script to fetch & send to Kindle (Mac/Linux)	clanger9	Calibre	5	07-10-2012 05:47 AM
HTTP Error 504 when fetch news from an intranet	forceps	Calibre	2	07-30-2011 12:01 AM

Yesterday, 06:29 AM	#2
dandaman Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2026 Location: London, United Kingdom Device: Kindle PW3, Kobo Clara Colour	It's great for hands-free file transfer (if I don't want to touch my computer)

Advert