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Fixes cover images for IDW's Transformers Humble Bundle epub: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/transformers-2019-idw-books
# Fixes cover images in epub files
# Run this file wherever you want, just change the path in the last line to a directory containing all your epub files.
class EpubCoverFixer
class MetaTagNotFound < StandardError; end
attr_reader :starting_dir
def initialize(dir)
@starting_dir = dir
end
def run
Dir.foreach(starting_dir) do |name|
if name.match? /^\./
puts "Skipping #{name}"
else
puts "#{name}"
path = File.expand_path(starting_dir + '/' + name)
unzipped_dir = unzip(path)
update_cover(unzipped_dir)
new_file = zip(unzipped_dir)
cleanup(unzipped_dir)
end
puts "Fixed #{new_file}"
end
end
private def unzip(path)
puts " Unzipping..."
unzip_to = path.split('.').first
`rm -rf #{unzip_to}`
`unzip #{path} -d #{unzip_to}`
unzip_to
end
private def update_cover(dir)
puts " Updating cover..."
path = dir + '/OEBPS/content.opf'
opf = File.read(path)
if opf.match? /\<meta name="cover" content="cover-image" \/\>/
opf.gsub!(/\<meta name="cover" content="cover-image" \/\>/, '<meta name="cover" content="cover-img" />')
write_file(path, opf)
puts " Replaced <meta> tag"
else
raise MetaTagNotFound
end
end
private def zip(dir)
puts " Zipping..."
filename = "#{dir.split('/').last}-fixed.epub"
`cd #{dir} && zip -r ../#{filename} *`
"#{starting_dir}/#{filename}"
end
private def cleanup(dir)
`rm -rf #{dir}`
end
private def write_file(path, contents)
File.open(path, 'w') do |file|
file.puts contents
end
end
end
EpubCoverFixer.new(File.join('/path', 'to', 'downloads')).run
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