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get free o'reilly books
"""Script to download free O'Reilly ebooks."""
import asyncio
import os
import re
import sys
import aiohttp
filename_matcher = re.compile(r'http://www.oreilly.com/(.*)/free/(.*).csp')
session = None
async def main():
global session
session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
tasks = []
"""Create directories and download ebooks."""
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
categories = sys.argv[1:]
else:
categories = ['business', 'data', 'design', 'iot', 'programming', 'security', 'web-platform', 'webops-perf']
urls = ['http://www.oreilly.com/{}/free/'.format(x) for x in categories]
fs = await asyncio.gather(*[retrieve_filenames(url) for url in urls])
l = zip(list(zip(categories, urls)), fs)
for (category, url), filenames in l:
print(category)
if not os.path.exists(category):
os.makedirs(category)
for title, (book_category, files) in filenames.items():
path = os.path.join(category, title)
if not os.path.exists(path):
os.makedirs(path)
print('\t{}'.format(title))
for file in files:
print('\t\t{}'.format(file))
tasks.append(download_file(os.path.join(category, title, file),
'http://www.oreilly.com/{}/free/files/{}'.format(book_category, file)))
await asyncio.wait(tasks)
session.close()
async def download_file(path, url):
"""Download ebook files."""
async with session.get(url) as r:
with open(path, 'wb') as f:
while True:
chunk = await r.content.read(1024)
if not chunk:
break
f.write(chunk)
async def retrieve_filenames(url):
"""Get ebook names."""
async with session.get(url) as r:
response = await r.text()
matches = filename_matcher.findall(response)
extensions = ['{}.pdf'] # options - '{}.pdf', '{}.mobi', '{}.epub'
return {
name: (category, [x.format(name) for x in extensions])
for (category, name) in matches
}
if __name__ == '__main__':
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(main())
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Thank man, so pythonic way to download ebook. :D

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