Convert CBR (supports media type `application/x-rar-compressed; version=5`) to CBZ

cbr-to-cbz.py

 
import os
import shutil
import patoolib

input_directory = '/path/to/input/direcotry'

# List of filenames
filenames = [
  '01 - Example comic 1 (2020)', 
  '02 - Example comic 2 (2020)', 
  '03 - Example comic 3 (2020)'
]

for filename in filenames:
    rar_file_path = os.path.join(input_directory, filename + ".cbr")

    if os.path.exists(rar_file_path):
        # Convert RAR to CBZ (ZIP with .cbz extension)
        cbz_file_path = os.path.join(input_directory, filename + '.cbz')
        print(f"Processing '{rar_file_path}'")
        patoolib.repack_archive(rar_file_path, cbz_file_path)
        
        # Delete the original RAR file from directory A
        os.remove(rar_file_path)
    else:
      print(f"File '{rar_file_path}' not found")

print("Process completed successfully.")

Usage:

$ python -m venv .venv
$ source .venv/bin/activate
$ pip install patool
$ python main.py