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#!/usr/bin/env ruby | |
# gem install active_support | |
require 'active_support/inflector' | |
require 'active_support/core_ext/string' | |
# gem install webrick (only ruby3) | |
require 'webrick' | |
# gem install mechanize | |
require 'mechanize' | |
# set this variable to https://read.amazon.ca if you are in Canada (or likewise elsewere) | |
root_url = ENV['KINDLE_URL'] || "https://read.amazon.com" | |
login = ENV['KINDLE_USER'] || raise("Need KINDLE_USER env var") | |
pass = ENV['KINDLE_PASS'] || raise("Need KINDLE_PASS env var") | |
output_dir = if ARGV[0].nil? or !File.directory?(ARGV[0]) | |
STDERR.puts "#{File.basename(__FILE__)} [valid output directory]" | |
exit(1) | |
else | |
File.expand_path(ARGV[0]) | |
end | |
m = Mechanize.new | |
m.user_agent_alias = 'Mac Safari' | |
m.cookie_jar.load("cookies.yaml") if File.exist?("cookies.yaml") | |
at_exit { m.cookie_jar.save("cookies.yaml", session: true) } | |
response = m.get("#{root_url}/notebook") | |
if form = response.form("signIn") | |
# attempt to login | |
form = response.form("signIn") | |
form.email = ENV['KINDLE_USER'] | |
form.password = ENV['KINDLE_PASS'] | |
response = m.submit(form, form.buttons.first) | |
end | |
if response.title != "Kindle: Your Notes and Highlights" | |
STDERR.puts "Unexpected page. Additional security or captcha? Check your phone." | |
file = File.open('/tmp/amazon.html', "w+") do |f| | |
f << response.body | |
end | |
STDERR.puts "Inspect: #{file.path}" | |
exit(1) | |
end | |
# Get all books | |
books = response.search("div#kp-notebook-library").children.select { |child| child.attributes["id"].present? } | |
# Write each out as formatted markdown file to | |
books.each do |book| | |
full_title = title = book.children.search("h2").first.text.squish | |
# If the book title has a colon in it we terminate the title there | |
title = $1 if title =~ /^([^\:]+)\:/ | |
filename = title.strip.gsub(/[^\w]/, '_') | |
filename = title.parameterize(preserve_case: true, separator: '_') | |
puts "* writing #{title} to #{filename}.md" | |
File.open("#{output_dir}/#{filename}.md", "w+") do |f| | |
asin = book.attributes["id"].value.squish | |
author = book.children.search("p").first.text.split(":").last.strip.squish | |
# Write markdown header | |
f.puts "# #{full_title}" | |
f.puts " by [[#{author}]], asin: [#{asin}](kindle://book?action=openasin=#{asin})" | |
f.puts " #Book" | |
highlights = m.get("#{root_url}/kp/notebook?captcha_verified=1&asin=#{asin}&contentLimitState=&") | |
.search("div#kp-notebook-annotations").children | |
.select { |child| child.name == "div" } | |
.select { |child| child.children.search("div.kp-notebook-highlight").first.present? } | |
highlights.each do |highlight| | |
text = highlight.children.search("div.kp-notebook-highlight").first.text.squish | |
location = highlight.children.search("input#kp-annotation-location").first.attributes["value"].value | |
# Write markdown highlights | |
f.puts | |
f.puts "---" | |
f.print "#{text}" | |
f.puts " - location: [#{location}](kindle://book?action=open&location=#{location}&asin=#{asin})" | |
end | |
end | |
end |
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This is great. Another tool that gets the job done is Readwise and their Markdown exporter.