url-to-mobi-kindle

This python script uses https://ebook.online-convert.com/convert-to-mobi/ to convert a webpage, PDF, etc. from URL to MOBI. The script is made to be Python 2.7 compatible and only uses built-in libraries that come with Kindle python so it can be directly run on a Kindle using a terminal emulator.

Pre-requisites

• A jailbroken Kindle (do your research first!).
• KUAL installed on Kindle.
• Python 2.7 installed on Kindle.
• kterm or any other terminal emulator installed on your Kindle.

Usage

We need to first download the code on Kindle, open kterm on your kindle (or optionally SSH to your kindle) and run:

Push to Kindle (via https://pushtokindle.fivefilters.org/)

[kterm]# cd /mnt/us/
[us]# curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ritiek/url-to-kindle/master/pushtokindle.py -o pushtokindle.py

Modify the values for TO and FROM in pushtokindle.py to mimic your approved Kindle personal documents e-mail.

Now for example, to download https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/12/29/the-perils-of-javaschools-2/ to your Kindle via PushToKindle service:

[us]# python pushtokindle.py https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/12/29/the-perils-of-javaschools-2/

The webpage should appear as a document on your Kindle homescreen shortly after running the command.

This script will push the document to your Kindle device irrespective of the device the script is run on.

URL to MOBI (via https://ebook.online-convert.com/)

[kterm]# cd /mnt/us/
[us]# curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ritiek/url-to-kindle/master/urltomobi.py -o urltomobi.py
[us]# python urltomobi.py -h
usage: urltomobi.py [-h] -f FILENAME [-t TITLE] [-a AUTHOR] URL

Convert a webpage from URL to MOBI via ebook.online-convert.com, designed for
(jailbroken) Kindles

positional arguments:
  URL                   webpage url to download as MOBI

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f FILENAME, --filename FILENAME
                        download MOBI to this path (default: None)
  -t TITLE, --title TITLE
                        set title of the book (default: )
  -a AUTHOR, --author AUTHOR
                        set author of the book (default: )

For example, to download https://medium.com/@abhishekj/an-intro-to-git-and-github-1a0e2c7e3a2f as MOBI, run:

[us]# python urltomobi.py -f /mnt/us/documents/learn_git.mobi https://medium.com/@abhishekj/an-intro-to-git-and-github-1a0e2c7e3a2f
Create Job:
{"id":"541f4fd5-eb99-43ca-80f3-d74f96d878f9","token":"149adda449dec8b0ebdee8d81020fb61","upload_url":"https:\/\/www38.online-convert.com\/dl\/web2\/upload-file\/541f4fd5-eb99-43ca-80f3-d74f96d878f9","server":"https:\/\/www38.online-convert.com\/dl\/web2","conversion":[{"id":"eaa14601-a801-49b8-ba56-2d84ab88b909","target":"mobi","category":"ebook","options":{"reader":null,"download_password":null,"allow_multiple_outputs":false,"preset":null,"title":null,"author":null,"border":null,"encoding":null,"ascii":false,"enable_heuristics":false,"base_font_size":null},"metadata":[],"output_target":[]}]}

Add Job:
{"id":"f9107488-1a06-415d-a565-c2d903bbd1ca","type":"remote","source":"https:\/\/medium.com\/@abhishekj\/an-intro-to-git-and-github-1a0e2c7e3a2f","filename":"","size":0,"hash":"","checksum":"","content_type":"","created_at":"2018-11-16T10:54:57","modified_at":"2018-11-16T10:54:57","parameters":[],"metadata":[]}

Starting Job..

Server status: downloading
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Server status: processing
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Server status: processing
Server status: completed

Fetching download link:
https://www.online-convert.com/downloadFile/541f4fd5-eb99-43ca-80f3-d74f96d878f9/4ed76d5b-afef-4c62-b37c-e3225491d71f

Saving as /mnt/us/documents/learn_git.mobi ...

The downloaded book should appear on your homescreen. This is how it looks on my Kindle Paperwhite 3: