jjwxc-downloader

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A Python script to download free chapters of a novel from jjwxc in the txt format. It is used for educational purposes only. Please do not use it for commercial purposes.

Prerequisite

• Google Chrome
• ChromeDriver (same version as Google Chrome)

You may check the version of Google Chrome in the Settings.

Check and download the correct ChromeDriver at https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing.

After downloading the zip file for ChromeDriver, unzip it and place the chromedriver executable in the same folder as the jjwxc-downloader script.

jjwxc-downloader/
├─ jjwxc.py
├─ chromedriver

On Windows, the chromedriver executable should be named chromedriver.exe.

Change log

2024-01-08

Added

• download book cover
• txt2epub.py, jjwxc-epub.py for export epub file with book cover, chapters outline

How to run

1. Install the dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

2. Run

python3 jjwxc.py

3. Enter the novelid you want to download

   You can find novelid in the url of the novel.

Note

Each chapter name begins with ##. This is for later convenience, such as adding indexes when converting the txt to epub.

Future work

1. Add conversion from txt to epub ✅
2. Add GUI

Please add issue if you need any assistance.