Python 3.11.0 : EbookLib python library - part 002.

The last version 3.3 of this file type was published by the EPUB 3 Working Group as a Candidate Recommendation Snapshot on 21 February 2023 ...

I haven't written about the ePub format and python since 2022 because I was busy with all kinds of tasks.

Then I presented a short introduction with some examples on how to create an ePUB file, see that tutorial article.

I like this file type, especially the last format that allows many features, including inserting SVG vector files.

Installing the package is easy on a windows 10 with the pip utility.

pip install ebooklib --user

In the folder with the svg image named cover.svg I created a python file with this content.

from ebooklib import epub

# Create a new EPUB book
book = epub.EpubBook()

# Set the book metadata
book.set_title('My EPUB Book')
book.set_language('en')

# Add a cover image
cover_svg = epub.EpubItem(uid="cover_svg", file_name="cover.svg", media_type="image/svg+xml", content=open("cover.svg").read())
book.add_item(cover_svg)

# Create a new chapter for the cover page
cover_page = epub.EpubHtml(title='Cover Page', file_name='cover.xhtml', lang='en')
cover_page.content = '<img alt="Cover Image" src="cover.svg" />'

# Add the cover page to the book
book.add_item(cover_page)

# Add a chapter to the book
chapter1 = epub.EpubHtml(title='Chapter 1', file_name='chap_1.xhtml', lang='en')
chapter1.content = '<h1>Chapter 1</h1><p>This is the first chapter of my book.</p>'

# Add the chapter to the book
book.add_item(chapter1)

# Create the spine
book.spine = [cover_page, chapter1]

# Generate the EPUB file
epub.write_epub('my_book.epub', book, {})

after running the script this was the result a epub file named my_book.epub.

The result is this simple epub with an SVG file from Wikipedia, see the screenshot take with the Sumatra PDF free software.

Python 3.8.10 : My colab tutorials - part 031.

I update my source code for the collaboratory google tool. This colab notebook comes with source code for an update of IPython, PyTikTokAPI python module using the cookies browser, and a simple OpenCV test to create an image and show with google.colab.patches.

The cookies for the TikTok package module can be found in any browser by pressing the F12 key.

I don't find a good python package that parse the tiktok content.

The application for development with TikTok looks like Instagram and Facebook ... you can test it at https://developers.tiktok.com/app/.

Python 3.8.10 : My colab tutorials - part 030.

You can see an exemple with the new changes on my GitHub colab project.

News : Colab changes ...

Python 2 is no longer supported in Colab and cells runs iron python.

All information you need on migrating your code from Python 2 to Python 3 can be found on Porting Python 2 Code to Python 3.

You can see these changes on the GitHub project.

Python 3.6.9 : Anvil platform for web with python - part 001.

Anvil is a platform for building and hosting full-stack web apps written entirely in Python. Drag and drop your UI, then write Python on the front-end and back-end to make it all work ...

Yesterday I tested Anvil with python and was amazed at how simple it can be used to develop a web application. Anvil use python version 3.6.9. The tutorial I tested is available on the official website and is a feedback form that sends an email with your name, email address and content to your Anvil account address.

You can see this web application I follow from web tutorials on this webpage.

You can find some tutorials on this webpage.

How it works: Create a free account that can also be paid for via a web interface that you build with drag and drop and populate interface properties, add defined python modules and services, and write source code. I noticed that it uses beginner level python decorators and not very complex source code. The good part is that it is a fast development and the bad part is that it is limited to the free tier. After only three emails received, they came back with messages saying: ... his email quota has been exceeded.

These are features for anvil, I used in my project just the email:

Python 3.7.0 : CodeSkulptor online compiler and editor.

CodeSkulptor uses Skulpt to provide a browser-based coding environment and can be tested on the official website.

You can see an online default example with simplegui python package on that website with online editor.