Recipe for Le Monde Diplomatique, edición Cono Sur (Argentina)

tdido · 01-02-2013, 08:21 AM

Greets, all.

I've taken my first shot at writing a recipe. It's for fetching Le Monde Diplomatique edición Cono Sur (Argentina), which is in Spanish. It requires a subscription. You can find the recipe here.

I'd welcome any feedback if anyone finds it useful.

Cheers!

kovidgoyal · 01-02-2013, 01:10 PM

You've got some linux specific code in there for getting covers, that should be removed.

tdido · 01-02-2013, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You've got some linux specific code in there for getting covers, that should be removed.

Ah, yes, thank you for pointing that out. I've now replaced the fixed UNIX style path with a Python tempfile.

I'll try to test the recipe in a Windows machine as soon as I get access to one.

Cheers!

kovidgoyal · 01-02-2013, 10:53 PM

Couple of things:

1) Dont use NamedTemporaryFile, use one of the functions from calibre.ptempfile instead as they handle temp file locations in a consistent manner.

2) Dont use PIL, use the save_cover_data_to function from calibre/utils/magick/draw.py it is more robust (PIL is unmaintained, that function uses ImageMagick).

tdido · 01-03-2013, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

1) Dont use NamedTemporaryFile, use one of the functions from calibre.ptempfile instead as they handle temp file locations in a consistent manner.

Great, I'll change that. Thanks for the tip.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

2) Dont use PIL, use the save_cover_data_to function from calibre/utils/magick/draw.py it is more robust (PIL is unmaintained, that function uses ImageMagick).

Will do. One question though: what would be the best way to handle the cropping? The cover file, as available in the website, also contains the back cover, which should be removed.

Thanks!

kovidgoyal · 01-03-2013, 10:42 PM

Use minify_image and apss the resulting image object to save_cover_data

tdido · 01-05-2013, 11:10 AM

In the end I used your "Image" wrapper class, which provides a "crop" and a "save" methods, exactly what I needed. No optional Python modules used anymore

Thanks for the help, and let me know if there's anything else that could be improved.

Cheers!

kovidgoyal · 01-05-2013, 12:59 PM

Merged.

01-02-2013, 08:21 AM	#1
tdido Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Recipe for Le Monde Diplomatique, edición Cono Sur (Argentina) Greets, all. I've taken my first shot at writing a recipe. It's for fetching Le Monde Diplomatique edición Cono Sur (Argentina), which is in Spanish. It requires a subscription. You can find the recipe here. I'd welcome any feedback if anyone finds it useful. Cheers! Last edited by tdido; 01-02-2013 at 08:21 AM. Reason: typo

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01-02-2013, 01:10 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You've got some linux specific code in there for getting covers, that should be removed.

01-02-2013, 10:53 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Couple of things: 1) Dont use NamedTemporaryFile, use one of the functions from calibre.ptempfile instead as they handle temp file locations in a consistent manner. 2) Dont use PIL, use the save_cover_data_to function from calibre/utils/magick/draw.py it is more robust (PIL is unmaintained, that function uses ImageMagick).

01-03-2013, 10:42 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Use minify_image and apss the resulting image object to save_cover_data

01-05-2013, 11:10 AM	#7
tdido Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	In the end I used your "Image" wrapper class, which provides a "crop" and a "save" methods, exactly what I needed. No optional Python modules used anymore Thanks for the help, and let me know if there's anything else that could be improved. Cheers!

01-05-2013, 12:59 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Merged.

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