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ISCC - EPUB Processing#

EPUB handling module.

epub_thumbnail(fp) #

Creat thumbnail from EPUB document cover image.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
fp

Filepath to EPUB document.

required

Returns:

Type Description

Thumbnail image as PIL Image object

epub_meta_embed(fp, meta) #

Embed metadata into a copy of the EPUB file.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
fp

Filepath to source EPUB file

required
meta IsccMeta

Metadata to embed into EPUB

required

Returns:

Type Description

Filepath to the new EPUB file with updated metadata

epub_cover(fp) #

Extract the cover image bytes from an EPUB file.

This function attempts to locate the cover image by: 1. Checking the EPUB2 metadata cover reference 2. Checking the EPUB3 cover-image manifest property 3. Scanning for image files with 'cover' in the name 4. Falling back to the first image file from the manifest

URL-encoded paths in the OPF manifest are decoded before zip archive lookup. If no image is found, it raises an error.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
fp

Filepath to EPUB file

required

Returns:

Type Description

Raw bytes of the cover image

Raises:

Type Description
IsccExtractionError

If no cover image can be found.

epub_process_container(fp, **options) #

Extract and process images from EPUB file. Skips processing for fixed layout EPUBs.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
fp

Filepath to EPUB file

required
options

Processing options

{}

Returns:

Type Description

List of IsccMeta objects for embedded images

epub_extract_images(fp, output_dir) #

Extract images from EPUB file to output directory where both width and height are >= min_image_size.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
fp

Filepath to EPUB file

required
output_dir

Directory to extract images to

required

Returns:

Type Description

List of paths to extracted images

is_fixed_layout_epub(fp) #

Check if an EPUB is a fixed layout publication.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
fp

Path to EPUB file

required

Returns:

Type Description

True if the EPUB is fixed layout, False otherwise