Chinese novels library / CN novel stat updater

This python script helps in keeping stats of your favorite novels from the chinese novel websites 69shuba.com, MTLNovel.com, Novelfull.com, Novelhi.com and comrademao.com. I made it because I overfilled my bookmarks and I can't always open 50 pages. 😂

Prerequisites

• rich console (pip install rich)
• requests (pip install requests)
• BeautifulSoup4 (pip install beautifulsoup4)
• GoogleTrans (pip install googletrans==3.1.0a0)
• Selenium for MTLNovel (pip install selenium)
• Webdriver Manager for MTLNovel (pip install webdriver-manager)

Of course, python3 is needed. The forementioned packages can be installed using 'python3 -m pip install ...' or 'pip3 install ...'

You can install the whole bunch directly using the "pip install -r requirements.txt" command!

Currently supported

• Comrademao
• MTLNovel
• 69shuba
• NovelFull
• NovelHi

Usage

Arguments

-h : Short explanation for the arguments

example:

python3 python_chinese_books_updater.py -h

--check : Checking for updates

example:

python3 python_chinese_books_updater.py --check y

--link : Updating/Adding link to json file without chapter number

example:

python3 python_chinese_books_updater.py --link https://www.69shuba.com/book/46957.htm

This will update the json file with the novel with the last chapter read set as 1.

--link : Updating/Adding link to json file with chapter number

Another example is updating using chapter number :

example:

python3 python_chinese_books_updater.py --link https://www.69shuba.com/book/46957.htm --chapter 300

--delete: Deleting from json file or erasing the whole json file if empty dictionary

example:

python3 python_chinese_books_updater.py --delete y

(You can delete with comma seperated values or by a single value. For example, by typing '1,2,3,4' or '2'.)

--list: Listing all items in your novel collection/library

example:

python3 python_chinese_books_updater.py --list y

--bookmarks: Loading bookmark file (tested with android Chrome)

example:

python3 python_chinese_books_updater.py --bookmarks Bookmarks.json

--stats: Check your stats (Names of novels and Current chapters!)

example:

python3 python_chinese_books_updater.py --stats y

Screenshots

Adding to collection list/Automatic detection

Checking

Listing

Helping

Bookmarks

Deleting

Bookmarks location

Android chrome bookmarks are located in:

root/data/data/com.android.chrome/app_chrome/Default/Bookmarks

I just renamed them to Bookmarks.json, but you can choose not to and use them as is.

Errors

Google Translate has a bug where if you install with pip install googletrans it will show the error:

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'

If you have that error do:

$ pip uninstall googletrans

$ pip install googletrans==3.1.0a0