Python interface to Library Genesis.
Currently supports the libgen.io mirror. Will need to write custom parsers for other mirrors in the future.
This is fork of [pylibgen](https://github.com/JoshuaRLi/pylibgen) meant to work with python 2.7 without any external dependecnies (like requests)
>>> from pylibgen import Library
>>> lg = Library()
>>> ids = lg.search('automate the boring stuff', 'title')
>>> ids
['1421206', '1421207', '1421208', '1351717', '1381538', '1381540', '1529338']
>>> books = lg.lookup(ids)
>>> from pprint import pprint; pprint(books[0])
{'author': 'Albert Sweigart',
'edition': '',
'extension': 'epub',
'filesize': '4485769',
'identifier': '978-1593275990',
'md5': '054255117b2e86251415292ef48320fd',
'pages': '0',
'title': 'Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for '
'Total Beginners',
'year': '2015'}
>>> lg.get_download_url(books[0]['md5'])
'http://libgen.io/get.php?md5=054255117b2e86251415292ef48320fd&key=NQTP585IPY102LYG'pylibgen is tested to work with python 3.3 - 3.6.
Due to the nature of the service Library Genesis provides, its mirrors often get taken down. Feel free to submit any pull requests to update constants.MIRRORS as time goes on!
Library.get_download_url will by default parse the temporary download key from libgen's ads.php redirect page. This is necessary for a valid direct download URL since libgen uses those temp keys to get more ad revenue.
If you want to support Library Genesis, I recommend passing enable_ads=True to Library.get_download_url. This will return the plain download URL, which shows an ad first when visited.
Use this at your own risk. I am not responsible or liable for any piracy, copyright infringement, or other things committed by anyone using pylibgen. Blah blah lawyer stuff, etc.