Provided by: libebook-tools-perl_0.5.4-1.3_amd64 
NAME
EBook::Tools - Object class for manipulating and generating E-books
DESCRIPTION
This module provides an object interface and a number of related procedures intended to create or modify
documents centered around the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) standards, currently both
OEBPS v1.2 and OPS/OPF v2.0.
SYNOPSIS
use EBook::Tools qw(split_metadata system_tidy_xml);
$EBook::Tools::tidysafety = 2;
my $opffile = split_metadata('ebook.html');
my $otheropffile = 'alternate.opf';
my $retval = system_tidy_xml($opffile,'tidy-backup.xml');
my $ebook = EBook::Tools->new($opffile);
$ebook->fix_opf20;
$ebook->fix_misc;
$ebook->print;
$ebook->save;
$ebook->init($otheropffile);
$ebook->fix_oeb12;
$ebook->gen_epub;
DEPENDENCIES
Perl Modules
Archive::Zip
Data::UUID (or OSSP::UUID)
Date::Manip
Note that Date::Manip will die on MS Windows system unless the TZ environment variable is set in a
specific manner. See:
http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Date::Manip#TIME_ZONES
File::MimeInfo
HTML::Parser
Lingua::EN::NameParse
Tie::IxHash
Time::Local
URI::Escape
XML::Twig
Other Programs
Tidy
The command "tidy" needs to be available, and ideally on the path. If it isn't on the path, package
variable "$tidycmd" can be set to its absolute path. If tidy cannot be found, "system_tidy_xml()"
and "system_tidy_xhtml()" will be nonfunctional.
CONFIGURABLE PACKAGE VARIABLES
%bisacsubjects
A mapping of lowercase BISAC codes and text descriptions to standard capitalized text descriptions.
As BISG claims copyright on this and does not allow the lists to be redistributed, this list must be
downloaded and cached locally via "ebook dlbisac" before it is available.
Running the unit tests will cause this to happen automatically.
%bisactolc
An extremely incomplete mapping of lowercase BISAC codes and text descriptions to Library of Congress
standard subjects.
%booktypes
A hash mapping all-lowercase terms to a standard vocabulary to be used in <dc:type> elements.
%dcelements12
A tied IxHash mapping an all-lowercase list of Dublin Core metadata element names to the
capitalization dictated by the OEB 1.2 specification, used by the fix_oeb12() and fix_oeb12_dcmeta()
methods. Changing the tags in this list will change the tags recognized and placed inside the
<dc-metadata> element.
Order is preserved and significant -- fix_oeb12 will output DC metadata elements in the same order as
in this hash, though order for tags of the same name is preserved from the input file.
%dcelements20
A tied IxHash mapping an all-lowercase list of Dublin Core metadata element names to the all-
lowercase form dictated by the OPF 2.0 specification (which means it maps the all-lowercase tags to
themselves). It is used by the fix_opf20() and fix_opf20_dcmeta() methods. Changing the tags in
this list will change the tags recognized and placed directly under the <metadata> element.
Order is preserved and significant -- fix_opf20 will output DC metadata elements in the same order as
in this hash, though order for tags of the same name is preserved from the input file.
%lcsubjects
An extremely incomplete mapping of lowercase terms to Library of Congress subject classifications.
This is used for automatic normalization of subject elements. Every value in the hash has a
lowercase representation of itself as a key in addition to any aliases.
This MUST NOT contain mappings from BISAC codes or descriptors to Library of Congress subjects. Use
%bisactolc for that.
%nonxmlentity2char
This is the %entity2char conversion map from HTML::Entities with the 5 pre-defined XML entities (amp,
gt, lt, quot, apos) removed. This is used during by "init()" to sanitize the OPF file data before
parsing. This hash can be modified to allow and convert other non-standard entities to unicode
characters. See HTML::Entities for details.
%publishermap
A hash mapping known variants of publisher names to a canonical form, used by "fix_publisher()", and
thus also indirectly by "fix_misc()".
Keys should be entered in lowercase. The hash can also be set empty to prevent fix_publisher() from
taking any action at all.
%referencetypes
A hash mapping valid OPF 2.0 reference types to themselves, along with common variants to standard
types.
%relatorcodes
A hash mapping the MARC Relator Codes (see: http://www.loc.gov/marc/relators/relacode.html) to their
descriptive names.
%sexcodes
A hash normalizing subject tags for erotic fiction, as used by StoriesOnline, ASSTR, and Literotica,
among others.
Unlike the other mappings, this one is *not* lowercased, and the keys are case-sensitive. The hash
maps only to the canonical base code, but subject normalization will also add a prefix, defaulting to
the BISAC format of 'FICTION / Erotica / '.
%strangenames
%strangefileas
Hashes mapping mapping known incorrect outputs of name normalization to correct format. The first
handles the main name display, the second the file-as output.
$tidycmd
The tidy executable name. This has to be a fully qualified pathname if tidy isn't on the path.
Defaults to 'tidy'.
$tidyxhtmlerrors
The name of the error output file from system_tidy_xhtml(). Defaults to 'tidyxhtml-errors.txt'
$tidyxmlerrors
The name of the error output file from system_tidy_xml(). Defaults to 'tidyxml-errors.txt'
$tidysafety
The safety level to use when running tidy (default is 1). Potential values are:
"$tidysafety < 1":
No checks performed, no error files kept, works like a clean tidy -m
This setting is DANGEROUS!
"$tidysafety == 1":
Overwrites original file if there were no errors, but even if there were warnings. Keeps a log
of errors, but not warnings.
"$tidysafety == 2":
Overwrites original file if there were no errors, but even if there were warnings. Keeps a log
of both errors and warnings.
"$tidysafety == 3":
Overwrites original file only if there were no errors or warnings. Keeps a log of both errors
and warnings.
$tidysafety = 4>:
Never overwrites original file. Keeps a log of both errors and warnings.
%validspecs
A hash mapping valid specification strings to themselves, primarily used to undefine unrecognized
values. Default valid values are 'OEB12' and 'OPF20'.
CONSTRUCTORS AND INITIALIZATION
"new($filename)"
Instantiates a new EBook::Tools object. If $filename is specified, it will also immediately initialize
itself via the "init" method.
"init($filename)"
Initializes the object from an existing OPF file. If $filename is specified and exists, the OEB object
will be set to read and write to that file before attempting to initialize. Otherwise, if the object
currently points to an OPF file it will use that name. If there is no OPF filename data, and $filename
was not specified, it will make a last-ditch attempt to find an OPF file first by looking in
META-INF/container.xml, and if nothing is found there, by looking in the current directory for a single
OPF file.
If no such files or found (or more than one is found), the initialization croaks.
"init_blank(%args)"
Initializes an object containing nothing more than the basic OPF framework, suitable for adding new
documents when creating an e-book from scratch.
Arguments
"init_blank" takes up to three optional named arguments:
"opffile"
This specifies the OPF filename to use. If not specified, defaults to 'content.opf'
"author"
This specifies the content of the initial dc:creator element. If not specified, defaults to "Unknown
Author".
"title"
This specifies the content of the initial dc:title element. If not specified, defaults to "Unknown
Title".
Example
init_blank('opffile' => 'newfile.opf',
'title' => 'The Great Unknown');
ACCESSOR METHODS
The following methods return data deeper in the structure than the auto-accessors, but still do not
modify any object data or files.
"adult()"
Returns the text of the Mobipocket-specific <Adult> element, if it exists. Expected values are 'yes' and
undef.
"contributor_list()"
Returns a list containing the text of all dc:contributor elements (case-insensitive) or undef if none are
found.
In scalar context, returns the first contributor, not the last.
"coverimage()"
Returns the href to the cover image, or undef if none is found.
Checks the following in order:
<reference type="other.ms-coverimage-standard">
<EmbeddedCover>
<meta name="cover"> (as href)
<meta name="cover"> (as item id)
"date_list(%args)"
Returns the text of all dc:date elements (case-insensitive) matching the specified attributes.
In scalar context, returns the first match, not the last.
Returns undef if no matches are found.
Arguments
• "id" - 'id' attribute that must be matched exactly for the result to be added to the list
• "event" 'opf:event' or 'event' attribute that must be matched exactly for the result to be added to
the list
If both arguments are specified a value is added to the list if it matches either one (i.e. the logic is
OR).
"description()"
Returns the description of the e-book, if set, or undef otherwise.
"element_list(%args)"
Returns a list containing the text values of all elements matching the specified criteria.
Arguments
• "cond"
The XML::Twig search condition used to find the elements. Typically this is just the GI (tag) of the
element you wish to find, but it can also be a "qr//" expression, coderef, or anything else that
XML::Twig can work with. See the XML::Twig documentation for details.
If this is not specified, an error is added and the method returns undef.
• "id" (optional)
'id' attribute that must be matched exactly for the result to be added to the list
• "scheme" (optional)
'opf:scheme' or 'scheme' attribute that must be matched exactly for the result to be added to the
list
• "event" (optional)
'opf:event' or 'event' attribute that must be matched exactly for the result to be added to the list
If more than one of the arguments "id", "scheme", or "event" are specified a value is added to the list
if it matches any one (i.e. the logic is OR).
"errors()"
Returns an arrayref containing any generated error messages.
"identifier()"
Returns the text of the dc:identifier element pointed to by the 'unique-identifier' attribute of the root
'package' element, or undef if it could not be located.
"isbn_list(%args)"
Returns a list of all ISBNs matching the specified attributes. See "twigelt_is_isbn()" for a detailed
description of how the ISBN elements are found.
Returns undef if no matches are found.
In scalar context returns the first match, not the last.
See also "isbns(%args)".
Arguments
• "id" (optional)
'id' attribute that must be matched exactly for the result to be added to the list
• "scheme" (optional)
'opf:scheme' or 'scheme' attribute that must be matched exactly for the result to be added to the
list
If both arguments are specified a value is added to the list if it matches either one (i.e. the logic is
OR).
"isbns(%args)"
Returns all of the ISBN identifiers matching the specificied attributes as a list of hashrefs, with one
hash per ISBN identifier presented in the order that the identifiers are found. The hash keys are 'id'
(containing the value of the 'id' attribute), 'scheme' (containing the value of either the 'opf:scheme'
or 'scheme' attribute, whichever is found first), and 'isbn' (containing the text of the element).
If no entries are found, returns undef.
In scalar context returns the first match, not the last.
See also "isbn_list(%args)".
Arguments
"isbns()" takes two optional named arguments:
• "id" - 'id' attribute that must be matched exactly for the result to be added to the list
• "scheme" - 'opf:scheme' or 'scheme' attribute that must be matched exactly for the result to be added
to the list
If both arguments are specified a value is added to the list if it matches either one (i.e. the logic is
OR).
"languages()"
Returns a list containing the text of all dc:language (case-insensitive) entries, or undef if none are
found.
In scalar context returns the first match, not the last.
"manifest(%args)"
Returns all of the items in the manifest as a list of hashrefs, with one hash per manifest item in the
order that they appear, where the hash keys are 'id', 'href', and 'media-type', each returning the
appropriate attribute, if any.
In scalar context, returns the first match, not the last.
Arguments
"manifest()" takes four optional named arguments:
• "id" - 'id' attribute to match
• "href" - 'href' attribute to match
• "mtype" - 'media-type' attribute to match
• "logic" - logic to use (valid values are 'and' or 'or', default: 'and')
If any of the named arguments are specified, "manifest()" will return only items matching the specified
criteria. This is an exact case-sensitive match, but it can (especially in the case of mtype) still
return multiple elements.
Return values
Returns undef if there is no <manifest> element directly underneath <package>, or if <manifest> contains
no items.
See also
"manifest_hrefs()", "spine()"
Example
@manifest = $ebook->manifest(id => 'ncx',
mtype => 'text/xml',
logic => 'or');
"manifest_hrefs()"
Returns a list of all of the hrefs in the current OPF manifest, or the empty list if none are found.
In scalar context returns the first href, not the last.
See also: "manifest()", "spine_idrefs()"
"opf_namespace()"
Some OPF generators explicity assign 'opf:' in the gi as a prefix on OPF elements. This makes later
parsing more complex and is unnecessary, so this is stripped before any parsing takes place.
"opfdir()"
Returns the full filesystem path to the directory where the OPF metadata file will be stored, or undef if
either the top-level directory or the OPF subdirectory is not found.
"opffile()"
Returns the name of the file where the OPF metadata will be stored or undef if no value is found..
"opfpath()"
Returns the full filesystem path to the file where the OPF metadata will be stored or undef if either the
top level directory or the OPF filename is not found.
"primary_author()"
Finds the primary author of the book, defined as the first 'dc:creator' entry (case-insensitive) where
either the attribute opf:role="aut" or role="aut", or the first 'dc:creator' entry if no entries with
either attribute can be found. Entries must actually have text to be considered.
In list context, returns a two-item list, the first of which is the text of the entry (the author name),
and the second element of which is the value of the 'opf:file-as' or 'file-as' attribute (where
'opf:file-as' is given precedence if both are present).
In scalar context, returns the text of the entry (the author name).
If no entries are found, returns undef.
Uses "twigelt_is_author()" in the first half of the search.
Example
my ($fileas, $author) = $ebook->primary_author;
my $author = $ebook->primary_author;
"print_errors()"
Prints the current list of errors to STDERR.
"print_warnings()"
Prints the current list of warnings to STDERR.
"print_opf()"
Prints the OPF file to the default filehandle
"publishers()"
Returns a list containing the text of all dc:publisher (case-insensitive) entries, or undef if none are
found.
In scalar context returns the first match, not the last.
"retailprice()"
Returns a two-scalar list, the first scalar being the text of the Mobipocket-specific <SRP> element, if
it exists, and the second being the 'Currency' attribute of that element, if it exists.
In scalar context, returns just the text (price).
Returns undef if the SRP element is not found.
"review()"
Returns the text of the Mobipocket-specific <Review> element, if it exists. Returns undef if one is not
found.
"rights('id' => 'identifier')"
Returns a list containing the text of all of dc:rights or dc:copyrights (case-insensitive) entries in the
e-book, or undef if none are found.
In scalar context returns the first match, not the last.
If the optional named argument 'id' is specified, it will only return entries where the id attribute
matches the specified identifier. Although this still returns a list, if more than one entry is found, a
warning is logged.
Note that dc:copyrights is not a valid Dublin Core element -- it is included only because some broken
Mobipocket books use it.
"search_knownuids()"
Searches the OPF twig for the first dc:identifier (case-insensitive) element with an ID matching known
UID IDs.
Returns the ID if a match is found, undef otherwise
"search_knownuidschemes()"
Searches descendants of the OPF twig element for the first <dc:identifier> or <dc:Identifier> subelement
with the attribute 'scheme' or 'opf:scheme' matching a known list of schemes for unique IDs
NOTE: this is NOT a case-insensitive search! If you have to deal with really bizarre input, make sure
that you run "fix_oeb12()" or "fix_opf20()" before calling "fix_packageid()" or "fix_misc()".
Returns the ID if a match is found, undef otherwise.
"spec()"
Returns the version of the OEB specification currently in use. Valid values are "OEB12" and "OPF20".
This value will default to undef until "fix_oeb12" or "fix_opf20" is called, as there is no way for the
object to know what specification is being conformed to (if any) until it attempts to enforce it.
"spine()"
Returns all of the manifest items referenced in the spine as a list of hashrefs, with one hash per
manifest item in the order that they appear, where the hash keys are 'id', 'href', and 'media-type', each
returning the appropriate attribute, if any.
In scalar context, returns the first item, not the last.
Returns undef if there is no <spine> element directly underneath <package>, or if <spine> contains no
itemrefs. If <spine> exists, but <manifest> does not, or a spine itemref exists but points an ID not
found in the manifest, spine() logs an error and returns undef.
See also: "spine_idrefs()", "manifest()"
"spine_idrefs()"
Returns a list of all of the idrefs in the current OPF spine, or the empty list if none are found.
In scalar context, returns the first idref, not the last.
See also: "spine()", "manifest_hrefs()"
"subject_list()"
Returns a list containing the text of all dc:subject elements or undef if none are found.
In scalar context, returns the first subject, not the last.
"title()"
Returns the title of the e-book, or undef if no dc:title element (case-insensitive) exists. If a
dc:title element exists, but contains no text, returns an empty string.
"twig()"
Returns the raw XML::Twig object used to store the OPF metadata.
Although this twig can be manipulated via the standard XML::Twig methods, doing so requires caution and
is not recommended. In particular, changing the root element from here will cause the EBook::Tools
internal twig and twigroot attributes to become unlinked and the result of any subsequent action is not
defined.
"twigcheck()"
Croaks showing the calling location unless $self has both a twig and a twigroot, and the twigroot is
<package>. Used as a sanity check for methods that use twig or twigroot.
"twigroot()"
Returns the raw XML::Twig root element used to store the OPF metadata.
This twig element can be manipulated via the standard XML::Twig::Elt methods, but care should be taken
not to attempt to cut this element from its twig as doing so will cause the EBook::Tools internal twig
and twigroot attributes to become unlinked and the result of any subsequent action is not defined.
"warnings()"
Returns an arrayref containing any generated warning messages.
MODIFIER METHODS
Unless otherwise specified, all modifier methods return undef if an error was added to the error list,
and true otherwise (even if a warning was added to the warning list).
"add_document($href,$id,$mediatype)"
Adds a document to the OPF manifest and spine, creating <manifest> and <spine> if necessary. To add an
item only to the OPF manifest, see add_item().
Arguments
$href
The href to the document in question. Usually, this is just a filename (or relative path and
filename) of a file in the current working directory. If you are planning to eventually generate a
.epub book, all hrefs MUST be in or below the current working directory.
The method returns undef if $href is not defined or empty.
$id The XML ID to use. If not specified, defaults to the href with invalid characters removed.
This must be unique not only to the manifest list, but to every element in the OPF file. If a
duplicate ID exists, the method sets an error and returns undef.
$mediatype (optional)
The mime type of the document. If not specified, will attempt to autodetect the mime type, and if
that fails, will default to 'application/xhtml+xml'.
"add_error(@errors)"
Adds @errors to the list of object errors. Each member of @errors should be a string containing the
entire text of the error, with no ending newline.
SEE ALSO: "add_warning()", "clear_errors()", "clear_warnerr()"
"add_identifier(%args)"
Creates a new dc:identifier element containing the specified text, id, and scheme.
If a <dc-metadata> element exists underneath <metadata>, the identifier element will be created
underneath the <dc-metadata> in OEB 1.2 format, otherwise the title element is created underneath
<metadata> in OPF 2.0 format.
Returns the twig element containing the new identifier.
Arguments
"add_identifier()" takes three named arguments, one mandatory, two optional.
• "text" - the text of the identifier. This is mandatory, and the method croaks if it is not present.
• "scheme" - 'opf:scheme' or 'scheme' attribute to be added (optional)
• "id" - 'id' attribute to be added. If this is specified, and the id is already in use, a warning
will be added but the method will continue, removing the id attribute from the element that
previously contained it.
"add_item($href,$id,$mediatype)"
Adds a document to the OPF manifest (but not spine), creating <manifest> if necessary. To add an item
only to both the OPF manifest and spine, see add_document().
Arguments
$href
The href to the document in question. Usually, this is just a filename (or relative path and
filename) of a file in the current working directory. If you are planning to eventually generate a
.epub book, all hrefs MUST be in or below the current working directory.
$id The XML ID to use. If not specified, defaults to the href with all nonword characters removed.
This must be unique not only to the manifest list, but to every element in the OPF file. If a
duplicate ID exists, the method sets an error and returns undef.
$mediatype (optional)
The mime type of the document. If not specified, will attempt to autodetect the mime type, and if
that fails, will set an error and return undef.
add_metadata(%args)
Creates a metadata element with the specified text, attributes, and parent.
If a <dc-metadata> element exists underneath <metadata>, the language element will be created underneath
the <dc-metadata> and any standard attributes will be created in OEB 1.2 format, otherwise the element is
created underneath <metadata> in OPF 2.0 format.
Returns 1 on success, returns undef if no gi or if no text was specified.
Arguments
"gi"
The generic identifier (tag) of the metadata element to alter or create. If not specified, the
method sets an error and returns undef.
"parent"
The generic identifier (tag) of the parent to use for any newly created element. If not specified,
defaults to 'dc-metadata' if 'dc-metadata' exists underneath 'metadata', and 'metadata' otherwise.
A newly created element will be created under the first element found with this gi. A modified
element will be moved under the first element found with this gi.
Newly created elements will use OPF 2.0 attribute names if the parent is 'metadata' and OEB 1.2
attribute names otherwise.
"text"
This specifies the element text to set. If not specified, the method sets an error and returns
undef.
"id" (optional)
This specifies the ID to set on the element. If set and the ID is already in use, a warning is
logged and the ID is removed from the other location and assigned to the element.
"fileas" (optional)
This specifies the file-as attribute to set on the element.
"role" (optional)
This specifies the role attribute to set on the element.
"scheme" (optional)
This specifies the scheme attribute to set on the element.
Example
$retval = $ebook->add_metadata(gi => 'AuthorNonstandard',
text => 'Element Text',
id => 'customid',
fileas => 'Text, Element',
role => 'xxx',
scheme => 'code');
"add_subject(%args)"
Creates a new dc:subject element containing the specified text, code, and id.
If a <dc-metadata> element exists underneath <metadata>, the subject element will be created underneath
the <dc-metadata> in OEB 1.2 format, otherwise the title element is created underneath <metadata> in OPF
2.0 format.
Returns the twig element containing the new subject.
Arguments
"add_subject()" takes four named arguments, one mandatory, three optional.
• "text" - the text of the subject. This is mandatory, and the method croaks if it is not present.
• "scheme" (optional) - 'opf:scheme' or 'scheme' attribute to be added. Be warned that neither the OEB
1.2 nor the OPF 2.0 specifications allow a scheme to be added to this element, so if this is
specified, the resulting OPF file will fail to validate against either standard.
• "basiccode" (optional) - 'BASICCode' attribute to be added. Be warned that this is a Mobipocket-
specific attribute that does not exist in either the OEB 1.2 nor the OPF 2.0 specifications, so if
this is specified, the resulting OPF file will fail to validate against either standard.
• "id" (optional) - 'id' attribute to be added. If this is specified, and the id is already in use, a
warning will be added but the method will continue, removing the id attribute from the element that
previously contained it.
"add_warning(@newwarning)"
Joins @newwarning to a single string and adds it to the list of object warnings. The warning should not
end with a newline newline.
SEE ALSO: "add_error()", "clear_warnings()", "clear_warnerr()"
"clear_errors()"
Clear the current list of errors
"clear_warnerr()"
Clear both the error and warning lists
"clear_warnings()"
Clear the current list of warnings
"delete_meta_filepos()"
Deletes metadata elements with the attribute 'filepos' underneath the given parent element
These are secondary metadata elements included in the output from mobi2html may that are not used.
"delete_subject(%args)"
Deletes dc:subject and dc:Subject elements based on text content or the id, scheme, or basiccode
attributes. Matches are case-sensitive.
Specifying multiple arguments will delete subject matching any of them.
This has the same potential arguments as add_subject.
Returns the count of elements deleted.
"fix_creators()"
Normalizes creator and contributor names and file-as attributes
Names are normalized to 'First Last' format, while file-as attributes are normalized to 'Last, First'
format.
This can damage some unusual names that do not match standard capitalization formats, so it is not made
part of "fix_misc()".
"fix_dates()"
Standardizes all <dc:date> elements via fix_datestring(). Adds a warning to the object for each date
that could not be fixed.
Called from "fix_misc()".
"fix_guide()"
Fixes problems related to the OPF guide elements, specifically:
• Ensures the guide element exists
• Moves all reference elements directly underneath the guide element
• Finds nonstandard reference types and either converts them to standard or prefaces them with 'other.'
• Finds reference elements with a href with only an anchor portion and assigns them to the first spine
href. This only works if the spine is in working condition, so it may be wise to run "fix_spine()"
before "fix_guide()" if the input is expected to be very badly broken.
Logs a warning if a reference href is found that does not appear in the manifest.
"fix_languages(%args)"
Checks through the <dc:language> elements (case-insensitive) and removes any duplicates. If no
<dc:language> elements are found, one is created.
TODO: Also convert language names to IANA language and region codes.
Arguments
• "default"
The default language string to use when creating a new language element. If not specified, defaults
to 'en'.
"fix_links()"
Checks through the links in the manifest and checks them for anything they might link to, adding anything
missing to the manifest.
A warning is added for every manifest item missing a href.
If no <manifest> element exists directly underneath the <package> root, or <manifest> contains no items,
the method logs a warning and returns undef. Otherwise, it returns 1.
"fix_manifest()"
Finds all <item> elements and moves them underneath <manifest>, creating <manifest> if necessary.
Logs a warning but continues if it finds an <item> with a missing id or href attribute. If both id and
href attributes are missing, logs a warning, skips moving the item entirely (unless it was already
underneath <manifest>, in which case it is moved to preserve its sort order along all other items under
<manifest>), but otherwise continues.
"fix_metastructure_basic()"
Verifies that <metadata> exists (creating it if necessary), and moves it to be the first child of
<package>. If additional <metadata> elements exist, their children are moved into the first one found
and then the extras are deleted.
Used in "fix_metastructure_oeb12()", "fix_packageid()", and "set_primary_author(%args)".
"fix_metastructure_oeb12()"
Verifies the existence of <metadata>, <dc-metadata>, and <x-metadata>, creating them as needed, and
making sure that <metadata> is a child of <package>, while <dc-metadata> and <x-metadata> are children of
<metadata>.
Used in "fix_oeb12()" and "fix_mobi()".
"fix_misc()"
Fixes miscellaneous potential problems in OPF data. Specifically, this is a shortcut to calling
"delete_meta_filepos()", "fix_packageid()", "fix_dates()", "fix_languages()", "fix_publisher()",
"fix_manifest()", "fix_spine()", "fix_subjects()", "fix_type()", "fix_guide()", and "fix_links()".
"fix_creators()" is not run from this, as it carries a risk of taking a correct name and making it
incorrect.
The objective here is that you can run either "fix_misc()" and either "fix_oeb12()" or "fix_opf20()" and
a perfectly valid OPF file will result from only two calls.
"fix_mobi()"
Manipulates the twig to fix Mobipocket-specific issues
• Force the OEB 1.2 structure (although not the namespace, DTD, or capitalization), so that
<dc-metadata> and <x-metadata> are guaranteed to exist.
• Find and move all Mobi-specific elements to <x-metadata>
• If no <output> element exists, creates one for a utf-8 ebook
Note that the forced creation of <output> will cause the OPF file to become noncompliant with IDPF
specifications.
"fix_oeb12()"
Modifies the OPF data to conform to the OEB 1.2 standard
Specifically, this involves:
• adding the OEB 1.2 doctype
• removing OPF 2.0 version and namespace attributes
• setting the OEB 1.2 namespace on <package>
• moving all of the dc-metadata elements underneath an element with tag <dc-metadata>, which itself is
forced to be underneath <metadata>, which is created if it doesn't exist.
• moving any remaining tags underneath <x-metadata>, again forced to be under <metadata>
• making the dc-metadata tags conform to the OEB v1.2 capitalization
"fix_oeb12_dcmetatags()"
Makes a case-insensitive search for tags matching a known list of DC metadata elements and corrects the
capitalization to the OEB 1.2 standard. Also corrects 'dc:Copyrights' to 'dc:Rights'. See global
variable $dcelements12.
The "fix_oeb12()" method does this also, but fix_oeb12_dcmetatags() is usable separately for the case
where you want DC metadata elements with consistent tag names, but don't want them moved from wherever
they are.
"fix_opf20()"
Modifies the OPF data to conform to the OPF 2.0 standard
Specifically, this involves:
• moving all of the dc-metadata and x-metadata elements directly underneath <metadata>
• removing the <dc-metadata> and <x-metadata> elements themselves
• lowercasing the dc-metadata tags (and fixing dc:copyrights to dc:rights)
• setting namespaces on dc-metata OPF attributes
• setting version and xmlns attributes on <package>
• setting xmlns:dc and xmlns:opf on <metadata>
"fix_opf20_dcmetatags()"
Makes a case-insensitive search for tags matching a known list of DC metadata elements and corrects the
capitalization to the OPF 2.0 standard. Also corrects 'dc:copyrights' to 'dc:rights'. See package
variable %dcelements20.
The "fix_opf20()" method does this also, but "fix_opf20_dcmetatags()" is usable separately for the case
where you want DC metadata elements with consistent tag names, but don't want them moved from wherever
they are.
"fix_packageid()"
Checks the <package> element for the attribute 'unique-identifier', makes sure that it is mapped to a
valid dc:identifier subelement, and if not, searches those subelements for an identifier to assign, or
creates one if nothing can be found.
Requires that <metadata> exist. Croaks if it doesn't. Run "fix_oeb12()" or "fix_opf20()" before calling
this if the input might be very broken.
"fix_publisher()"
Standardizes publisher names in all dc:publisher entities, mapping known variants of a publisher's name
to a canonical form via package variable %publishermap.
Publisher entries with no text are deleted.
"fix_spine()"
Fixes problems with the OPF spine, specifically:
Moves all <itemref> elements underneath <spine>, creating <spine> if necessary.
"fix_subjects()"
Deletes empty and duplicate subject elements and normalizes existing subject text against the known
Library of Congress mappings.
If $self->{erotic} is true, then the book will be treated as a work of erotic fiction and the subjects
will go through preprocessing against the %sexcodes package variable, normalizing matches and prepending
'FICTION / Erotica / ' (with a trailing space).
This method is called as a component of "fix_misc()".
"fix_type()"
Normalizes <dc:type> elements against a limited list based on book types listed in Wikipedia.
"gen_epub(%args)"
Creates a .epub format e-book. This will create (or overwrite) the files 'mimetype' and
'META-INF/container.xml' in the current directory, creating the subdirectory META-INF as needed.
A NCX file will also be created if missing.
Arguments
This method can take two optional named arguments.
"filename"
The filename of the .epub output file. If not specified, takes the base name of the opf file and
adds a .epub extension.
"dir"
The directory to output the .epub file. If not specified, uses the current working directory. If a
specified directory does not exist, it will be created, or the method will croak.
Example
gen_epub(filename => 'mybook.epub',
dir => '../epub_books');
"gen_epub_files()"
Generates the "mimetype" and "META-INF/container.xml" files expected by a .epub container, but does not
actually generate the .epub file itself. This will be called automatically by "gen_epub".
The OPF will be normalized to the OPF 2.0 format.
If no NCX element exists, it will also be created.
"gen_ncx($filename)"
Creates a NCX-format table of contents from the package unique-identifier, the dc:title, dc:creator, and
spine elements, and then add the NCX entry to the manifest if it is not already referenced.
Adds an error and fails if any of those cannot be found. The first available dc:title is taken, but will
prioritize dc:creator elements with opf:role="aut" over those with no role attribute (see
twigelt_is_author() for details).
WARNING: This method REQUIRES that the e-book be in OPF 2.0 format to function correctly. Call
fix_opf20() before calling gen_ncx(). gen_ncx() will log an error and fail if $self{spec} is not set to
OPF20.
Arguments
$filename : The filename to save to. If not specified, will use 'toc.ncx'.
This method will overwrite any existing file.
Returns a twig containing the NCX XML, or undef on failure.
"save()"
Saves the OPF file to disk. Existing files are backed up to filename.backup.
"set_adult($bool)"
Sets the Mobipocket-specific <Adult> element, creating or deleting it as necessary. If $bool is true,
the text is set to 'yes'. If it is defined but false, any existing elements are deleted. If it is
undefined, the method immediately returns.
If a new element has to be created, "fix_metastructure_oeb12" is called to ensure that <x-metadata>
exists and the element is created under <x-metadata>, as Mobipocket elements are not recognized by
Mobipocket's software when placed directly under <metadata>
"set_cover(%args)"
Sets a cover image
In OPF 2.0, this is done by setting both a <meta name="cover"> element and a guide <reference
type="other.ms-coverimage-standard"> element (though some readers will also extract the first image found
in the HTML of the <reference type="cover"> element, which this method will not handle).
In OEB 1.2, this is done by setting the <EmbeddedCover> tag.
If the filename is not currently listed as an item in the manifest, it is added.
Arguments
"href"
The filename of the image file to use. This is mandatory.
"id"
The id attribute to assign to its item element
"spec"
The specification to use, either OEB12 or OPF20. If this is left undefined, the current spec state
will be checked, and if that is undefined, it will default to OPF20.
"set_date(%args)"
Sets the date metadata for a given event. If more than one dc:date or dc:Date element is present with
the specified event attribute, sets the first. If no dc:date element is present with the specified event
attribute, a new element is created.
If a <dc-metadata> element exists underneath <metadata>, the date element will be created underneath the
<dc-metadata> in OEB 1.2 format, otherwise the title element is created underneath <metadata> in OPF 2.0
format.
Returns 1 on success, logs an error and returns undef if no text or event was specified.
Arguments
"text"
This specifies the description to use as the text of the element. If not specified, the method sets
an error and returns undef.
"event"
This optionally specifies the event attribute for the date. This attribute is not valid in OPF 3.0
(which only allows publication date in this element) and should no longer be used.
"id" (optional)
This specifies the ID to set on the element. If set and the ID is already in use, a warning is
logged and the ID is removed from the other location and assigned to the element.
set_description(%args)
Sets the text and optionally ID of the first dc:description element found (case-insensitive). Creates
the element if one did not exist. If a <dc-metadata> element exists underneath <metadata>, the
description element will be created underneath the <dc-metadata> in OEB 1.2 format, otherwise the title
element is created underneath <metadata> in OPF 2.0 format.
Returns 1 on success, returns undef if no publisher was specified.
Arguments
"set_description()" takes one required and one optional named argument
"text"
This specifies the description to use as the text of the element. If not specified, the method
returns undef.
"id" (optional)
This specifies the ID to set on the element. If set and the ID is already in use, a warning is
logged and the ID is removed from the other location and assigned to the element.
Example
$retval = $ebook->set_description('text' => 'A really good book',
'id' => 'mydescid');
"set_erotic($bool)"
If $bool is true, "$self-"{erotic}> is set to 1, otherwise this is set to 0.
This will enable or disable special handling for erotic books, most notably in subject normalization.
This is not related in any way to "set_adult" which is a Mobipocket-specific flag.
Returns 1 if no argument is given, 0 otherwise.
"set_language(%args)"
Sets the text and optionally the ID of the first dc:language element found (case-insensitive). Creates
the element if one did not exist. If a <dc-metadata> element exists underneath <metadata>, the language
element will be created underneath the <dc-metadata> in OEB 1.2 format, otherwise the title element is
created underneath <metadata> in OPF 2.0 format.
Returns 1 on success, returns undef if no text was specified.
Arguments
"text"
This specifies the language set as the text of the element. If not specified, the method sets an
error and returns undef. This should be an IANA language code, and it will be lowercased before it
is set.
"id" (optional)
This specifies the ID to set on the element. If set and the ID is already in use, a warning is
logged and the ID is removed from the other location and assigned to the element.
Example
$retval = $ebook->set_language('text' => 'en-us',
'id' => 'langid');
set_meta(%args)
Sets a <meta> element in the <metadata> element area.
Arguments
"name"
The name attribute to use when finding or creating OPF 2.0 <meta> elements. Either this or the
property attribute (below) must be specified, but specifying both is an error.
"content"
The value of the content attribute to set on OPF 2.0 elements. If this value is empty or undefined,
but "name" is provided and matches an existing element, that element will be deleted.
"property"
The property attribute to use when finding or creating OPF 3.0 <meta> elements. Either this or
"name" (above) must be specified, but specifying both is an error.
"refines"
The refines attribute to use when finding or creating OPF 3.0 <meta> elements.
"scheme"
The scheme attribute to use when creating or updating OPF 3.0 <meta> elements.
"text"
The text set on OPF 3.0 <meta> elements. If this value is empty or undefined, but "property" is
provided and the combination of "property" and "refines" matches an existing element, that element
will be deleted.
"lang"
The xml:lang attribute to set. This is valid on both OPF 2 and OPF 3 <meta> elements.
set_metadata(%args)
Sets the text and optionally the ID of the first specified element type found (case-insensitive).
Creates the element if one did not exist (with the exact capitalization specified).
If a <dc-metadata> element exists underneath <metadata>, the language element will be created underneath
the <dc-metadata> and any standard attributes will be created in OEB 1.2 format, otherwise the element is
created underneath <metadata> in OPF 2.0 format.
Returns 1 on success, returns undef if no gi or if no text was specified.
Arguments
"gi"
The generic identifier (tag) of the metadata element to alter or create. If not specified, the
method sets an error and returns undef.
"parent"
The generic identifier (tag) of the parent to use for any newly created element. If not specified,
defaults to 'dc-metadata' if 'dc-metadata' exists underneath 'metadata', and 'metadata' otherwise.
A newly created element will be created under the first element found with this gi. A modified
element will be moved under the first element found with this gi.
Newly created elements will use OPF 2.0 attribute names if the parent is 'metadata' and OEB 1.2
attribute names otherwise.
"text"
This specifies the element text to set. If not specified, the method sets an error and returns
undef.
"id" (optional)
This specifies the ID to set on the element. If set and the ID is already in use, a warning is
logged and the ID is removed from the other location and assigned to the element.
"fileas" (optional)
This specifies the file-as attribute to set on the element.
"role" (optional)
This specifies the role attribute to set on the element.
"scheme" (optional)
This specifies the scheme attribute to set on the element.
Example
$retval = $ebook->set_metadata(gi => 'AuthorNonstandard',
text => 'Element Text',
id => 'customid',
fileas => 'Text, Element',
role => 'xxx',
scheme => 'code');
set_opffile($filename)
Sets the filename used to store the OPF metadata.
Returns 1 on success; sets an error message and returns undef if no filename was specified.
set_retailprice(%args)
Sets the Mobipocket-specific <SRP> element (Suggested Retail Price), creating or deleting it as
necessary.
If a new element has to be created, "fix_metastructure_oeb12" is called to ensure that <x-metadata>
exists and the element is created under <x-metadata>, as Mobipocket elements are not recognized by
Mobipocket's software when placed directly under <metadata>
Arguments
• "text"
The price to set as the text of the element. If this is undefined, the method sets an error and
returns undef. If it is set but false, any existing <SRP> element is deleted.
• "currency" (optional)
The value to set on the 'Currency' attribute. If not provided, defaults to 'USD' (US Dollars)
set_primary_author(%args)
Sets the text, id, file-as, and role attributes of the primary author element (see "primary_author()" for
details on how this is found), or if no primary author exists, creates a new element containing the
information.
This method calls "fix_metastructure_basic()" to enforce the presence of the <metadata> element. When
creating a new element, the method will use the OEB 1.2 element name and create the element underneath
<dc-metadata> if an existing <dc-metadata> element is found underneath <metadata>. If no existing
<dc-metadata> element is found, the new element will be created with the OPF 2.0 element name directly
underneath <metadata>. Regardless, it is probably a good idea to call "fix_oeb12()" or "fix_opf20()"
after calling this method to ensure a consistent scheme.
Arguments
Three optional named arguments can be passed:
• "text"
Specifies the author text to set. If omitted and a primary author element exists, the text will be
left as is; if omitted and a primary author element cannot be found, an error message will be
generated and the method will return undef.
• "fileas"
Specifies the 'file-as' attribute to set. If omitted and a primary author element exists, any
existing attribute will be left untouched; if omitted and a primary author element cannot be found,
the newly created element will not have this attribute.
• "id"
Specifies the 'id' attribute to set. If this is specified, and the id is already in use, a warning
will be added but the method will continue, removing the id attribute from the element that
previously contained it.
If this is omitted and a primary author element exists, any existing id will be left untouched; if
omitted and a primary author element cannot be found, the newly created element will not have an id
set.
If called with no arguments, the only effect this method has is to enforce that either an 'opf:role' or
'role' attribute is set to 'aut' on the primary author element.
Return values
Returns 1 if successful, returns undef and sets an error message if the author argument is missing and no
primary author element was found.
"set_publisher(%args)"
Sets the text and optionally the ID of the first dc:publisher element found (case-insensitive). Creates
the element if one did not exist. If a <dc-metadata> element exists underneath <metadata>, the publisher
element will be created underneath the <dc-metadata> in OEB 1.2 format, otherwise the title element is
created underneath <metadata> in OPF 2.0 format.
Returns 1 on success, returns undef if no publisher was specified.
Arguments
"set_publisher()" takes one required and one optional named argument
"text"
This specifies the publisher name to set as the text of the element. If not specified, the method
returns undef.
"id" (optional)
This specifies the ID to set on the element. If set and the ID is already in use, a warning is
logged and the ID is removed from the other location and assigned to the element.
Example
$retval = $ebook->set_publisher('text' => 'My Publishing House',
'id' => 'mypubid');
set_review(%args)
Sets the text and optionally ID of the first <Review> element found (case-insensitive), creating the
element if one did not exist.
This is a Mobipocket-specific element and if it needs to be created it will always be created under
<x-metadata> with "fix_metastructure_oeb12()" called to ensure that <x-metadata> exists.
Returns 1 on success, returns undef if no review text was specified
Arguments
"text"
This specifies the description to use as the text of the element. If not specified, the method
returns undef.
"id" (optional)
This specifies the ID to set on the element. If set and the ID is already in use, a warning is
logged and the ID is removed from the other location and assigned to the element.
Example
$retval = $ebook->set_review('text' => 'This book is perfect!',
'id' => 'revid');
"set_rights(%args)"
Sets the text of the first dc:rights or dc:copyrights element found (case-insensitive). If the element
found has the gi of dc:copyrights, it will be changed to dc:rights. This is to correct certain
noncompliant Mobipocket files.
Creates the element if one did not exist. If a <dc-metadata> element exists underneath <metadata>, the
title element will be created underneath the <dc-metadata> in OEB 1.2 format, otherwise the title element
is created underneath <metadata> in OPF 2.0 format.
Returns 1 on success, returns undef if no rights string was specified.
Arguments
• "text"
This specifies the text of the element. If not specified, the method returns undef.
• "id" (optional)
This specifies the ID to set on the element. If set and the ID is already in use, a warning is
logged but the method continues anyway.
"set_spec($spec)"
Sets the OEB specification to match when modifying OPF data. Allowable values are 'OEB12', 'OPF20', and
'MOBI12'.
Returns 1 if successful; returns undef and sets an error message if an unknown specification was set.
"set_timestamp()"
Sets the <meta property="dcterms:modified"> element to the current timestamp and removes duplicate or
nonstandard timestamps.
"set_title(%args)"
Sets the text or id of the first dc:title element found (case-insensitive). Creates the element if one
did not exist. If a <dc-metadata> element exists underneath <metadata>, the title element will be
created underneath the <dc-metadata> in OEB 1.2 format, otherwise the title element is created underneath
<metadata> in OPF 2.0 format.
Arguments
set_title() takes two optional named arguments. If neither is specified, the method will do nothing.
• "text"
This specifies the text of the element. If not specified, and no title element is found, an error
will be set and the method will return undef -- set_title() will refuse to create a dc:title element
with no text.
• "id"
This specifies the ID to set on the element. If set and the ID is already in use, a warning is
logged but the method continues anyway.
"set_type(%args)"
Sets the text and optionally the ID of the first dc:type element found (case-insensitive). Creates the
element if one did not exist. If a <dc-metadata> element exists underneath <metadata>, the publisher
element will be created underneath the <dc-metadata> in OEB 1.2 format, otherwise the title element is
created underneath <metadata> in OPF 2.0 format.
Returns 1 on success, returns undef if no publisher was specified.
Arguments
"set_type()" takes one required and one optional named argument
"text"
This specifies the publisher name to set as the text of the element. If not specified, the method
returns undef.
"id" (optional)
This specifies the ID to set on the element. If set and the ID is already in use, a warning is
logged and the ID is removed from the other location and assigned to the element.
Example
$retval = $ebook->set_type('text' => 'Short Story',
'id' => 'mytypeid');
PROCEDURES
All procedures are exportable, but none are exported by default. All procedures can be exported by using
the ":all" tag.
"_lc"
Wrapper for CORE::lc to get around the fact that builtins can't be used in dispatch tables prior to Perl
5.16.
WARNING: this procedure may disappear once Perl 5.16 is standard on all systems in common use! For that
reason, this is not exportable.
"_uc"
Wrapper for CORE::uc to get around the fact that builtins can't be used in dispatch tables prior to Perl
5.16.
WARNING: this procedure may disappear once Perl 5.16 is standard on all systems in common use! For that
reason, this is not exportable.
"capitalize($string)"
Capitalizes the first letter of each word in $string.
Returns the corrected string.
"clean_filename($string)"
Takes an input string and cleans out any characters that would not be valid in a filename.
Returns the cleaned string.
"create_epub_container($opffile)"
Creates the XML file META-INF/container.xml pointing to the specified OPF file.
Creates the META-INF directory if necessary. Will destroy any non-directory file named 'META-INF' in the
current directory. If META-INF/container.xml already exists, it will rename that file to
META-INF/container.xml.backup.
Arguments
$opffile
The OPF filename (and path, if necessary) to use in the container. If not specified, looks for a
sole OPF file in the current working directory. Fails if more than one is found.
Return values
Returns a twig representing the container data if successful, undef otherwise
"create_epub_mimetype()"
Creates a file named 'mimetype' in the current working directory containing 'application/epub+zip' (no
trailing newline)
Destroys and overwrites that file if it exists.
Returns the mimetype string if successful, undef otherwise.
"debug($level,@message)"
Prints a debugging message to "STDERR" if package variable $debug is greater than or equal to $level. A
trailing newline is appended, and should not be part of @message.
Returns true or dies.
"excerpt_line($text)"
Takes as an argument a list of text pieces that will be joined. If the joined length is less than 70,
all of the joined text is returned.
If the joined length is greater than 70, the return string is the first 30 characters followed by ' [...]
' followed by the last 30 characters.
"find_in_path($pattern,@extradirs)"
Searches through $ENV{PATH} (and optionally any additional directories specified in @extradirs) for the
first regular file matching $pattern. $pattern itself can take two forms: if passed a "qr//" regular
expression, that expression is used directly. If passed any other string, that string will be used for a
case-insensitive exact match where the extension '.bat', '.com', or '.exe' is optional (i.e. the final
pattern will be "qr/^ $pattern (\.bat|\.com|\.exe)? $/ix").
Returns the first match found, or undef if there were no matches or if no pattern was specified.
"find_links($filename)"
Searches through a file for href and src attributes, and returns a list of unique links with any named
anchors removed (e.g. 'myfile.html#part7' returns as just 'myfile.html'). If no links are found, or the
file does not exist, returns undef.
Does not check to see if the links are local. Requires that links be surrounded by double quotes, not
single or left bare. Assumes that any link will not be broken across multiple lines, so it will (for
example) fail to find:
<img src=
"myfile.jpg">
though it can find:
<img
src="myfile.jpg">
This also does not distinguish between local files and remote links.
"find_opffile()"
Attempts to locate an OPF file, first by calling "get_container_rootfile()" to check the contents of
"META-INF/container.xml", and then by looking for a single file with the extension ".opf" in the current
working directory.
Returns the filename of the OPF file, or undef if nothing was found.
"fix_datestring($datestring)"
Takes a date string and attempts to convert it to the limited subset of ISO8601 allowed by the OPF
standard (YYYY, YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD).
In the special case of finding MM/DD/YYYY, it assumes that it was a Mobipocket-mangled date, and not only
converts it, but will strip the day information if the day is '01', and both the month and day
information if both month and day are '01'. This is because Mobipocket Creator enforces a complete
MM/DD/YYYY even if the month and day aren't known, and it is common practice to use 01 for an unknown
value.
Arguments
$datestring
A date string in a format recognizable by Date::Manip
Returns $fixeddate
$fixeddate : the corrected string, or undef on failure
"get_container_rootfile($container)"
Opens and parses an OPS/epub container, extracting the 'full-path' attribute of element 'rootfile'
Arguments
$container
The OPS container to parse. Defaults to 'META-INF/container.xml'
Return values
Returns a string containing the rootfile on success, undef on failure.
"hashvalue_key_self(\%hash, $modifier)"
Takes as an argument a hash reference and an optional modifier and inserts a new key for every value in
that hash if no such key already exists.
If the modifer is set to 'lc' or 'uc', the value is either lowercased or uppercased respectively before
it is used as a key.
Croaks if the first argument is not a hashref, or if an invalid modifier string is used.
"hexstring($bindata)"
Takes as an argument a scalar containing a sequence of binary bytes. Returns a string converting each
octet of the data to its two-digit hexadecimal equivalent. There is no leading "0x" on the string.
"print_memory($label)"
Checks /proc/$PID/statm and prints out a line to STDERR showing the current memory usage. This is a
debugging tool that will likely fail to do anything useful on a system without a /proc system compatible
with Linux.
Arguments
$label
If defined, will be output along with the memory usage.
Returns 1 on success, undef otherwise.
"split_metadata($metahtmlfile, $metafile)"
Takes a psuedo-HTML containing one or more <metadata>...</metadata> blocks and splits out the metadata
blocks into an XML file ready to be used as an OPF document. The input HTML file is rewritten without
the metadata.
If $metafile (or the temporary HTML-only file created during the split) already exists, it will be moved
to filename.backup.
Arguments
$metahtmlfile
The filename of the pseudo-HTML file
$metafile (optional)
The filename to write out any extracted metadata. If not specified, will default to the basename of
$metahtmlfile with '.opf' appended.
Returns the filename the metadata was written to, or undef if no metadata was found.
"split_pre($htmlfile,$outfilebase)"
Splits <pre>...</pre> blocks out of a source HTML file into their own separate HTML files including
required headers. Each block will be written to its own file following the naming format
"$outfilebase-###.html", where ### is a three-digit number beginning at 001 and incrementing for each
block found. If $outfilebase is not specified, it defaults to the basename of $htmlfile with
"-pre-###.html" appended. The
Returns a list containing all filenames created.
"strip_script(%args)"
Strips any <script>...</script> blocks out of a HTML file.
Arguments
"infile"
Specifies the input file. If not specified, the sub croaks.
"outfile"
Specifies the output file. If not specified, it defaults to "infile" (i.e. the input file is
overwritten).
"noscript"
If set to true, the sub will strip <noscript>...</noscript> blocks as well.
"system_result($caller,$retval,@syscmd)"
Checks the result of a system call and croak on failure with an appropriate message. For this to work,
it MUST be used as the line immediately following the system command.
Arguments
$caller
The calling function (used in output message)
$retval
The return value of the system command
@syscmd
The array passed to the system call
Return Values
Returns 0 on success
Croaks on failure.
"system_tidy_xhtml($infile,$outfile)"
Runs tidy on a XHTML file semi-safely (using a secondary file)
Converts HTML to XHTML if necessary
Arguments
$infile
The filename to tidy
$outfile
The filename to use for tidy output if the safety condition to overwrite the input file isn't met.
Defaults to "infile-tidy.ext" if not specified.
Global variables used
$tidycmd
the location of the tidy executable
$tidyxhtmlerrors
the filename to use to output errors
$tidysafety
the safety factor to use (see CONFIGURABLE GLOBAL VARIABLES, above)
Return Values
Returns the return value from tidy
0 - no errors
1 - warnings only
2 - errors
Dies horribly if the return value is unexpected
"system_tidy_xml($infile,$outfile)"
Runs tidy on an XML file semi-safely (using a secondary file)
Arguments
$infile
The filename to tidy
$outfile (optional)
The filename to use for tidy output if the safety condition to overwrite the input file isn't met.
Defaults to "infile-tidy.ext" if not specified.
Global variables used
$tidycmd
the name of the tidy executable
$tidyxmlerrors
the filename to use to output errors
$tidysafety
the safety factor to use (see CONFIGURABLE GLOBAL VARIABLES, above)
Return values
Returns the return value from tidy
0 - no errors
1 - warnings only
2 - errors
Dies horribly if the return value is unexpected
"trim"
Removes any whitespace characters from the beginning or end of every string in @list (also works on
scalars).
trim; # trims $_ inplace
$new = trim; # trims (and returns) a copy of $_
trim $str; # trims $str inplace
$new = trim $str; # trims (and returns) a copy of $str
trim @list; # trims @list inplace
@new = trim @list; # trims (and returns) a copy of @list
This was shamelessly copied from japhy's example at perlmonks.org:
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=36684
If needed for large lists, it would probably be better to use String::Strip.
"twigelt_create_uuid($gi)"
Creates an unlinked element with the specified gi (tag), and then assigns it the id and scheme attributes
'UUID'.
Arguments
$gi : The gi (tag) to use for the element
Default: 'dc:identifier'
Returns the element.
"twigelt_detect_duplicate($element1, $element2)"
Takes two twig elements and returns 1 if they have the same GI (tag), text, and attributes, but are not
actually the same element. The GI comparison is case-insensitive. The others are case-sensitive.
Returns 0 otherwise.
Croaks if passed anything but twig elements.
"twigelt_fix_oeb12_atts($element)"
Checks the attributes in a twig element to see if they match OPF names with an opf: namespace, and if so,
removes the namespace. Used by the fix_oeb12() method.
Takes as a sole argument a twig element.
Returns that element with the modified attributes, or undef if the element didn't exist. Returns an
unmodified element if both att and opf:att exist.
"twigelt_fix_opf20_atts($element)"
Checks the attributes in a twig element to see if they match OPF names, and if so, prepends the OPF
namespace. Used by the fix_opf20() method.
Takes as a sole argument a twig element.
Returns that element with the modified attributes, or undef if the element didn't exist.
"twigelt_is_author($element)"
Takes as an argument a twig element. Returns true if the element is a dc:creator (case-insensitive) with
either a opf:role="aut" or role="aut" attribute defined. Returns undef otherwise, and also if the
element has no text.
Croaks if fed no argument, or fed an argument that isn't a twig element.
Intended to be used as a twig search condition.
Example
my @elements = $ebook->twigroot->descendants(\&twigelt_is_author);
"twigelt_is_isbn($element)"
Takes as an argument a twig element. Returns true if the element is a dc:identifier (case-insensitive)
where any of the id, opf:scheme, or scheme attributes start with 'isbn', '-isbn', 'eisbn', or 'e-isbn'
(again case-insensitive).
Returns undef otherwise, and also if the element has no text.
Croaks if fed no argument, or fed an argument that isn't a twig element.
Intended to be used as a twig search condition.
Example
my @elements = $ebook->twigroot->descendants(\&twigelt_is_isbn);
"twigelt_is_knownuid($element)"
Takes as an argument a twig element. Returns true if the element is a dc:identifier (case-insensitive)
element with an "id" attribute matching the known IDs of proper unique identifiers suitable for a
package-id (also case-insensitive). Returns undef otherwise.
Croaks if fed no argument, or fed an argument that isn't a twig element.
Intended to be used as a twig search condition.
Example
my @elements = $ebook->twigroot->descendants(\&twigelt_is_knownuid);
"usedir($dir)"
Changes the current working directory to the one specified, creating it if necessary.
Returns the current working directory before the change. If no directory is specified, returns the
current working directory without changing anything.
Croaks on any failure.
"userconfigdir()"
Returns the directory in which user configuration files and helper programs are expected to be found,
creating that directory if it does not exist. Typically, this directory is "$ENV{HOME}/.ebooktools", but
on MSWin32 systems if that directory does not already exist,
"$ENV{USERPROFILE}/ApplicationData/EBook-Tools" is returned (and potentially created) instead.
If $ENV{HOME} (and $ENV{USERPROFILE} on MSWin32) are either not set or do not point to a directory, the
sub returns undef.
"ymd_validate($year,$month,$day)"
Make sure month and day have valid values. Return the passed values if they are, return 3 undefs if not.
Testing of month or day can be skipped by passing undef in that spot.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
• fix_links() could be improved to download remote URIs instead of ignoring them.
• fix_links() needs to check the <reference> links under <guide>
• fix_links() needs to be redone with HTML::TreeBuilder or Mojo::DOM to avoid the weakness with
newlines between attribute names and values
• Need to implement fix_tours() that should collect the related elements and delete the parent if none
are found. Empty <tours> elements aren't allowed.
• fix_languages() needs to convert language names into IANA language codes.
• set_language() should add a warning if the text isn't a valid IANA language code.
• NCX generation only generates from the spine. It should be possible to use a TOC html file for
generation instead. In the long term, it should be possible to generate one from the headers and
anchors in arbitrary HTML files.
• It might be better to use sysread / index / substr / syswrite in &split_metadata to handle the split
in 10k chunks, to avoid massive memory usage on large files.
This may not be worth the effort, since the average size for most books is less than 500k, and the
largest books are rarely over 10M.
• The only generator is currently for .epub books. PDF, PalmDoc, Mobipocket, Plucker, and iSiloX are
eventually planned.
• Although I like keeping warnings associated with the ebook object, it may be better to throw
exceptions on errors and catch them later. This probably won't be implemented until it bites someone
who complains, though.
• Unit tests are incomplete
AUTHOR
Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2008-2013 Zed Pobre
Licensed to the public under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2