MondeDiplo

Download the last edition of le monde diplomatique and add it to a Calibre's content server.

Calibre should be running with the content server enabled and a user set.

A legit subscription to the newspaper is required.

Only tested on Linux.

Setup Calibre content server

sudo apt install -y calibre

Setup users

calibre-server --userdb <PATH TO USER DATABASE> --manage-users

Service

Replace the data in < >

echo"[Unit]
Description=Calibre Content Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=<UNIX USER>
ExecStart=/usr/bin/calibre-server --userdb <PATH TO USER DATABASE> --enable-auth --port 8083 <EBOOKS LIBRARY PATH>
 
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
" | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/calibre-server.service 

sudo systemctl enable calibre-server 
sudo systemctl start calibre-server 

Calibre is now accessible from localhost:8083

Installation

Python

Python version 3.6 or above

python3 --version

Clone the repository

Git is required

git --version

Clone it

Virtual env

Optional, but Run.sh assumes you have setup a virtual env as such:

python3 -m venv venv

Dependencies

Activate the virtual env first:

source ./venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Executable

Allows execution of entry point (not needed for Windows)

chmod +x MondeDiplo.py

or, if using the virtual env

chmod +x Run.sh

Crontab

Get it every 5th of each month.

00 04 5 * * <install path>/mondediplo/Run.sh >> <where you want the logs>/mondediplo.log

Update

git pull

License

Unmodified MIT license

See License.md