Prints a json manifest of an archive.org book

json_manifest.py

import requests
import argparse
import json

my_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
my_parser.add_argument('-id', '--id', help='ID of the book (https://archive.org/details/XXXX).', type=str)

args = my_parser.parse_args()
book_id = args.id
url = "https://archive.org/details/"+book_id

r = requests.get(url).text
infos_url = "https:" + r.split('bookManifestUrl="')[1].split('"\n')[0]	
response = requests.get(infos_url)

with open('data.json', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    json.dump(response.json(), f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=4)
print("="*40)
print(f"Printed json manifest for: https://archive.org/details/{book_id}")