SafaribooksonlineGetter4J

The auto download for Safari online book

How to use it?

Execute the following command line:

java -jar SafariBookGetter.jar -config W:\Book\default_config.xml

Configuration items (all in one)

main configuration file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd">
<properties>
<!--[option]Browser client: FF31; FF38; IE8; IE11; CHROME-->
<entry key="browser-version">FF38</entry>
<!--[option]proxy host if present-->
<entry key="proxy-host"></entry>
<!--[option]proxy host port-->
<entry key="proxy-port">80</entry>
<!--[option]proxy auth user name-->
<entry key="proxy-auth-user"></entry>
<!--[option]proxy auth pass-->
<entry key="proxy-auth-pass"></entry>
<!--[required]download save directory-->
<entry key="save-dir">W:\Book\</entry>
<!--[required]identity the authorized for the download pages-->
<entry key="need-login">true</entry>

<!--required when need login-->
<!--[required]the login page url-->
<entry key="login-url">https://www.safaribooksonline.com/accounts/login/</entry>
<!--[required]the login page form css selector-->
<entry key="login-form-selector">form</entry>
<!--[option]the login page form index-->
<entry key="login-form-index">0</entry>
<!--[required]the login page form user name input name-->
<entry key="login-form-username-input-name"></entry>
<!--[required]the login page form user name value-->
<entry key="login-form-username-input-value"></entry>
<!--[required]the login page form user pass input name-->
<entry key="login-form-password-input-name"></entry>
<!--[required]the login page form user pass value-->
<entry key="login-form-password-input-value"></entry>
<!--[required]the login page form submit button name-->
<entry key="login-form-submit-name"></entry>
<!--[required]download book name and save to local fold name-->
<entry key="pages-name">Head First C</entry>

<!--option when the first page url configured-->
<!--The catalog page url-->
<entry key="pages-catalog-url">http://techbus.safaribooksonline.com/book/programming/android/9781784397203</entry>
<!--The css selector for each download page anchor on catalog page-->
<entry key="catalog-pagelinks-selector">div.catalog_container a[href*='9781784397203']</entry>


<!--option when the catalog page url configured-->
<!--The first page url-->
<entry key="pages-first-url">http://techbus.safaribooksonline.com/book/programming/android/9781784397203/android-studio-essentials/index_html</entry>
<!--The css selector for next chain page anchor on each page -->
<entry key="pages-next-anchor-selector">a.next[title*='Next (Key: n)']</entry>

<!--show message in CMD-->
<entry key="logger-level">INFO</entry>
</properties>

Configuration items (group and batch download)

main configuration file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd">
<properties>
<!--[option]Browser client: FF31; FF38; IE8; IE11; CHROME-->
<entry key="browser-version">FF38</entry>
<!--[option]proxy host if present-->
<entry key="proxy-host"></entry>
<!--[option]proxy host port-->
<entry key="proxy-port">80</entry>
<!--[option]proxy auth user name-->
<entry key="proxy-auth-user"></entry>
<!--[option]proxy auth pass-->
<entry key="proxy-auth-pass"></entry>
<!--[required]download save directory-->
<entry key="save-dir">W:\Book\</entry>
<!--[required]identity the authorized for the download pages-->
<entry key="need-login">true</entry>

<!--required when need login-->
<!--[required]the login page url-->
<entry key="login-url">https://www.safaribooksonline.com/accounts/login/</entry>
<!--[required]the login page form css selector-->
<entry key="login-form-selector">form</entry>
<!--[option]the login page form index-->
<entry key="login-form-index">0</entry>
<!--[required]the login page form user name input name-->
<entry key="login-form-username-input-name"></entry>
<!--[required]the login page form user name value-->
<entry key="login-form-username-input-value"></entry>
<!--[required]the login page form user pass input name-->
<entry key="login-form-password-input-name"></entry>
<!--[required]the login page form user pass value-->
<entry key="login-form-password-input-value"></entry>
<!--[required]the login page form submit button name-->
<entry key="login-form-submit-name"></entry>

<!--[required]batch download book definition directory-->
<entry key="group-task-dir">D:\DOC\Book\Safari\conf.d</entry>

<!--show message in CMD-->
<entry key="logger-level">INFO</entry>
</properties>

download book definition

xml definition (.xml)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd">
<properties>
<comment>Wed Jul 25 16:23:17 CST 2018</comment>
<!--The css selector for each download page anchor on catalog page-->
<entry key="catalog-pagelinks-selector">div.catalog_container a[href*='9781787127562']</entry>
<!--The catalog page url-->
<entry key="pages-catalog-url">http://techbus.safaribooksonline.com/book/programming/9781787127562</entry>
<!--[required]download book name and save to local fold name-->
<entry key="pages-name">Mastering_Spring_Boot_2</entry>
<!--[optional]flag to indicate this book has been download or not; true/false-->
<entry key="is-processed">false</entry>
</properties>

properties definition (.properties)

catalog-pagelinks-selector=div.catalog_container a[href*='9781788624398']
pages-catalog-url=http://techbus.safaribooksonline.com/book/web-development/9781788624398
pages-name=Spring5_By_Example

Book structure on disk

When you set download book save directory as W:\Book on windows OS or /Book on Linux OS, then you will get following download book structure:

|
|-- **common**
|---- **js**
|------ js 1
|------ js 2
|------ ...
|---- **style**
|------ css 1
|------ css 2
|------ ...
|------ **styleref**
|-------- image 1
|-------- image 2
|-------- ...
|-- *download book name 1*
|---- **images**
|------ image 1
|------ image 2
|------ ...
|---- page 1
|---- page 2
|---- ...
|-- *download book name 2*
|---- **images**
|------ image 1
|------ image 2
|------ ...
|---- page 1
|---- page 2
|---- ...

Reference project

This project has been used as a task type in WebScheduler system.