What is this?

This vendor-agnostic script is used to download pdfs (and covers) from different services.

Disclaimer

This script is provided "as is", without any type of warranty. I am not responsible of any harm or nuclear war that this may cause. Even though this script exists, you are responsibile of the PDFs generated. Check if the backup of books is legal in your country. Redistribution of PDFs is highly discouraged and not supported by the Author.

Please contact me on "Issues" if you want to issue a takedown notice.

State of features

service	pdf download	table of contents	pdf size	max logins	page labels	login expire	cover	rendered	refershes tokens	additional information
MyLim	perfect	excellent	excellent	no	not yet/depends on vendor	?	yes	no	no
Pearson Reader+ / Pearson+	perfect/yes	(depends on vendor)/excellent	big	no	yes/depends on vendor/no	?	yes	sometimes	yes	decryption of zip file takes a lot: contact me if you have found a workaround.
bSmart / HoepliAcademy+	yes	yes (very small)	very big (100+ mb)	no	yes	?	yes	no	no
Mondadori HUB Scuola	yes	yes	very big (100+ mb)	no	yes (disable because glitches)	?	yes	no	no
MEE2 / Blinklearning	yes	yes (very small)	good/excellent	no/1token4ever	no	never	yes	no	no
easyeschool	yes	yes (very small)	excellent	no/1token4ever	no	never	yes	no	no
Oxford Learner’s Bookshelf	yes	yes (small)	very big	?	not yet/no	?	yes	no	no
Laterza diBooK	yes	yes/(depends on vendor)	excellent	?	not yet/no	?	yes	no	no
Raffaello Player	yes	yes	very big	?	yes	?	yes	no	no
Cambridge GO	yes	yes	big	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Palumbo Editore - Saggi Digitali	yes	yes	average/big	no	no	no	yes	no	no
Cengage Read	yes	yes	enormous (500+ mb)	no	yes	?	yes	yes	yes
Oxford Reading Club	yes	yes/(depends on vendor)	big	2	no	?	yes	no	no
Sanoma My Place	yes	yes	small/excellent	no	yes	very quickly	yes	yes	no

Apps that I am aware of but I can't work with beacuse I don't have books:

• Appbook (might be a shitty html webview)
• Digimparo (giuntitvp instance)
• Vitalsource (american platform, very good protection)
• digibook24 ("The platform was developed by bsmartlabs"?)
• Edisco Flowbook (more giuntitvp-like garbage?)

TODO

• Make a CLI interface with argparser
• Token versioning
• pdfgrabber versioning
• Add "perfect" token checks
• General code quality improvement (better management of exceptions)
• Make toc and labels generation raise non-critical warnings

Installation

1. download the latest version of Python
   • on windows, when installing though the set up wizard, make sure to select the checkbox to add python to PATH
   • on linux and macos, use your package manager of choice (brew install python3 or apt install python3, etc...)
2. downlaod the pdfgrabber repo
   • using git: git clone https://github.com/FelixFrog/pdfgrabber.git
   • manually: download the zip (green button labeled "code") and extract it
3. open your local clone of pdfgrabber
4. open the terminal in that directory and run:
   1. pip install -r requirements.txt (takes care of installing every needed libraries)
   2. playwright install chromium (installs the browser needed for html rendering)
   3. run the script
      • python3 main.py (linux and macos)
      • py main.py (windows)
5. once inside the pdfgrabber CLI:
   • to download a book: press d and follow the instructions.
   • the output file will be files/<service>/<book name>.pdf

Services that were once supported but now aren't

Zanichelli services

A (very) informal takedown notice from Zanichelli was issued.

Scuolabook

Scuolabook has shutdown on 01/01/2024

Support

For personalized support, contact me on telegram. We also accept donations, so we can keep this project up!

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