INNER CODE UNIT · Python

convert_epub_and_extract_chapters

DrewThomasson/VoxNovel · 1CPU_Book_processing.py:357

def convert_epub_and_extract_chapters(epub_path):
    # Regular expression to match the chapter lines in the output
    chapter_pattern = re.compile(r'Detected chapter: \* (.*)')

    # List to store the extracted chapter names
    chapter_names = []

    # Start the conversion process and capture the output
    process = subprocess.Popen(['ebook-convert', epub_path, '/dev/null'],
                               stdout=subprocess.PIPE, 
                               stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
                               universal_newlines=True)

    # Read the output line by line
    for line in iter(process.stdout.readline, ''):
        print(line, end='')  # You can comment this out if you don't want to see the output
        match = chapter_pattern.search(line)
        if match:

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