Simple utility that extracts embedded metadata in common ebook formats. Works on mobi epub and most amazon kindle filetypes. Works as a CLI or can be used as a library. Usage details and examples provided below.
- Succesfully extracts metadata from .mobi .kfx .epub .azw .azw3 file formats
- No external dependencies
- Displays every bit of metadata information it finds and leaves out blh
- Python 3.3+
- Tested on Windows and Linux
pip install ebookatty
Using as a command line interface is super easy:
ebookatty path/to/ebook.epub
or import into your project...
from ebookatty import MetadataFetcherGNU LGPL v3.0 LICENSE FILE
example 1
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> from ebookatty import fetch_metadata
>>> file_path = "Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare.mobi"
>>> data = fetch_metadata(file_path)
>>> pprint(data)
{'author': 'William Shakespeare',
'codec': 'utf-8',
'codepage': '65001',
'contributor': 'calibre (0.7.23) [http://calibre-ebook.com]',
'description': 'SUMMARY: These violent delights have violent ends And in '
'their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, '
'consume. When Romeo first lays eyes on the bewitching Juliet, '
"it's love at first sight. But though their love runs true and "
'deep, it is also completely forbidden. With family and fate '
'determined to keep them apart, will Romeo and Juliet find a '
"way to be together? William Shakespeare's masterpiece is one "
'of the most enduring stories of star-crossed love of all '
'time. Beautifully presented for a modern teen audience with '
'both the original play and a prose retelling of the beloved '
'story, this is the must-have edition of a timeless classic.',
'doctype': 'EXTH; MOBI',
'filetype': '.mobi',
'identity': 'BOOKMOBI',
'isbn': '9780061965494',
'langid': '9',
'name': 'Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare',
'published': '2009-08-15T07:00:00+00:00',
'publisher': 'HarperCollins',
'rights': 'NONE',
'subject': 'William; Renaissance; Vendetta; Juvenile Nonfiction; Historical; '
"Children's Books; Man-woman relationships; Historical - "
"Renaissance; Love & Romance; Playscripts (Children's; Shakespeare "
'plays; Shakespeare; Irish; 1564-1616; YA); General; Young Adult '
'Graphic Novels; Classics; Young Adult General Interest & Leisure; '
"Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction; Welsh; Juliet (Fictitious "
'character); Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9); Conflict of '
'generations; Verona (Italy); Romeo (Fictitious character); '
'Juvenile Fiction; Scottish; Drama; English',
'title': 'Romeo and Juliet',
'type': '2',
'unique_id': '1974853891',
'updatedtitle': 'Romeo and Juliet',
'version': '0; 6'}example 1
ebookatty /path/to/ebooks/*.epubexample 2
ebookatty **/**/*.mobi
example 3
ebookatty /path/to/specific/ebook.azw3
example output
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Title A Philosophy of Software Design
Publisher Yaknyam Press, Palo Alto, CA
Creator John Ousterhout
Language en
Contributor calibre (3.33.1) [https://calibre-ebook.com]
Date 2019-01-22T08:00:00+00:00
Rights Copyright 2018 John K. Ousterhout
Subject modular decomposition; interface vs. implementation; computer programming; abstraction; software design; software complexity
Identifier B07N1XLQ7D; urn:uuid:19682118-2a9c-49ed-b1e9-1ceb58110b6f
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Author Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Title Beyond Good and Evil
Rights Public domain in the USA.
Tags Philosophy; Ethics; German
Pubdate 2003-08-01T04:00:00+00:00
Book_Producer calibre (4.17.0) [http://calibre-ebook.com]
Uuid 3f455008-90c8-40e8-8366-69b599b36a9a
Codec utf-8
Doctype MOBI; EXTH
Unique_Id 1417459778
Identity BOOKMOBI
Type 2
Version 6
Name Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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Title The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid
Creator John Casey; Euclid
Language en
Date 2022-08-10T09:11:00.913013+00:00; 2007-04-14
Rights Public domain in the USA.
Subject Mathematics, Greek; Euclid's Elements
Identifier http://www.gutenberg.org/21076
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Author William Shakespeare
Title Romeo and Juliet
Publisher HarperCollins
Rights NONE
Isbn 9780061965494
Pubdate 2009-08-15T07:00:00+00:00
Book_Producer calibre (0.7.23) [http://calibre-ebook.com]
Codec utf-8
Doctype MOBI; EXTH
Unique_Id 1974853891
Identity BOOKMOBI
Type 2
Version 6
Name Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
Tags Renaissance; Shakespeare plays; Love & Romance; Classics; Welsh; Historical; Man-woman relationships; 1564-1616; Shakespeare;
Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction; Juliet (Fictitious character); Verona (Italy); Playscripts (Children's; Historical -
Renaissance; YA); Conflict of generations; English; Young Adult Graphic Novels; Drama; General; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9);
Scottish; Juvenile Fiction; Irish; William; Children's Books; Romeo (Fictitious character); Vendetta; Young Adult General Interest &
Leisure; Juvenile Nonfiction
Comments SUMMARY: These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume. When
Romeo first lays eyes on the bewitching Juliet, it's love at first sight. But though their love runs true and deep, it is also completely
forbidden. With family and fate determined to keep them apart, will Romeo and Juliet find a way to be together? William Shakespeare's
masterpiece is one of the most enduring stories of star-crossed love of all time. Beautifully presented for a modern teen audience with
both the original play and a prose retelling of the beloved story, this is the must-have edition of a timeless classic.
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Author Margaret Mitchell
Title Gone with the wind
Publisher Avon Books
Tags Unread; Fiction
Comments SUMMARY: The turbulent romance of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler is shaped by the ravages of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Isbn 9780380001095
Pubdate 1973-10-14T22:00:00+00:00
Book_Producer calibre (0.8.46) [http://calibre-ebook.com]
Codec utf-8
Doctype MOBI; EXTH
Unique_Id 2030054980
Identity BOOKMOBI
Type 2
Version 6
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Author Plato
Title The Republic
Rights Public domain in the USA.
Tags Utopias -- Early works to 1800; Justice -- Early works to 1800; Classical literature; Political science -- Early works to 1800
Pubdate 1998-10-01T04:00:00+00:00
Book_Producer calibre (4.17.0) [http://calibre-ebook.com]
Uuid 7422f1b5-a40a-4579-8945-def5c386c88e
Codec utf-8
Doctype MOBI; EXTH
Unique_Id 2377915433
Identity BOOKMOBI
Type 2
Version 6
Name The Republic - Plato
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Author Unknown
Title The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992
Rights Public domain in the USA.
Tags Computers -- Slang -- Dictionaries; Electronic data processing -- Terminology -- Humor; Computers -- Humor
Pubdate 1992-08-01T00:00:00+00:00
Book_Producer calibre (3.14.0) [https://calibre-ebook.com]
Uuid fbd99707-2c14-44b9-99c3-09d444860816
Codec utf-8
Doctype MOBI; EXTH
Unique_Id 2480398827
Identity BOOKMOBI
Type 2
Version 8
Name The-Hacker's-Dictionary
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Title The Kama Sutra of Vatsayayana
Creator Unknown
Language en
Identifier 80e2d8c5-6ced-4337-9300-92ab5bd9d311
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Title The New Hacker"s Dictionary
Pubdate 2017-12-25T18:05:35.914130+00:00
Book_Producer calibre (3.14.0) [http://calibre-ebook.com]
Uuid 2ea796bd-f62a-48b8-be48-83ae9606f757
Codec utf-8
Doctype MOBI; EXTH
Unique_Id 2418361619
Identity BOOKMOBI
Type 2
Version 8
Name The-New-Hacker's-Dictionary
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