A very minimal epub-reader, focused on reading epub related metadata.
npm install @iarna/epub-readerA very minimal epub-reader, focused on reading epub related metadata.
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const epubReader = require('epub-reader')
const info = await epubReader('filename.epub')
This should be able to read epub2 and epub3 type documents with reasonable fidelity.
info has the following metadata extracted from Dublin Core fields of the
same name, with the exception of tags which is an array produced bysubject
splitting the field on commas.
`
identifier
language
title
source
publisher
creator
description
date
tags
modified
toc: [...chapters]
It also has the following calibre specific metadata:
`
timestamp
title_sort
And finally it understands the following calibre custom fields:
`
updated
words
authorurl
status
fandom
chapters have file and name properties and a get` method that will get the content of the chapter out of the epub.