A Node server for manipulating Calibre libraries from a simple HTTP API. If you're looking for a simple way to work with Calibre directly in Node, try node-calibre instead.

Abandoned

Unless a maintainer for this project is found or the Xyfir Network's needs change, this project will likely not receive any more updates. This was originally built to serve as part of the back end for the now-defunct xyBooks. The code has changed very little since when it was originally written in 2016. Some xyBooks-specific features have been modified or removed from this open source release, although some remnants of the old system may still be found.

Setup

This was built only to run on POSIX systems and was tested exclusively on Ubuntu.

git clone ...
cd http-calibre
npm install
cp config.default.js config.js

Now you need to set the config file. directories.libraries and directories.uploads are the root directories for where library and upload files and folders will be stored. These should be absolute paths. port is obviously the port that the server will run on.

# install calibre if needed
# https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux
sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh | sudo sh /dev/stdin
# start the server
npm start

You can now use the API. There is no documentation other than the comments and code within controllers/.