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Python script to bulk download free Springer books
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
import os | |
import csv | |
import urllib | |
import wget | |
with open("./textbooks.csv", newline="") as csvfile: | |
textbooks = csv.DictReader(csvfile) | |
for book in textbooks: | |
isbn = book["Print ISBN"] | |
print(f"\nDownloading {isbn}") | |
book_dir = f"./{isbn}" | |
os.mkdir(book_dir) | |
doi_url = book["DOI URL"] | |
doi = doi_url.replace("http://doi.org/", "") | |
pdf_url = f"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/{doi}.pdf" | |
epb_url = f"https://link.springer.com/download/epub/{doi}.epub" | |
try: | |
wget.download(pdf_url, f"{book_dir}/{isbn}.pdf") | |
except urllib.error.HTTPError as e: | |
print("\nNo PDF.") | |
try: | |
wget.download(epb_url, f"{book_dir}/{isbn}.epub") | |
except urllib.error.HTTPError as e: | |
print("\nNo EPUB.") |
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