EBook::EPUB.3pm

Langue: en

Version: 2010-08-18 (fedora - 01/12/10)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

EBook::EPUB - module for generating EPUB documents

VERSION

Version 0.5

SYNOPSIS

     use EBook::EPUB;
 
     # Create EPUB object
     my $epub = EBook::EPUB->new;
 
     # Set metadata: title/author/language/id
     $epub->add_title('Three Men in a Boat');
     $epub->add_author('Jerome K. Jerome');
     $epub->add_language('en');
     $epub->add_identifier('1440465908', 'ISBN');
 
     # Add package content: stylesheet, font, xhtml and cover
     $epub->copy_stylesheet('/path/to/style.css', 'style.css');
     $epub->copy_file('/path/to/figure1.png', 
         'figure1.png', 'image/png');
     $epub->encrypt_file('/path/to/CharisSILB.ttf', 
         'CharisSILB.ttf', 'application/x-font-ttf');
     my $chapter_id = $epub->copy_xhtml('/path/to/page1.xhtml', 
         'page1.xhtml');
     $epub->copy_xhtml('/path/to/notes.xhtml', 'notes.xhtml',
         linear => 'no'
     );
 
     # Add top-level nav-point
     my $navpoint = $epub->add_navpoint(
             label       => "Chapter 1",
             id          => $chapter_id,
             content     => 'page1.xhtml',
             play_order  => 1 # should always start with 1
     );
 
     # Add cover image
     # Not actual epub standart but does the trick for iBooks
     my $cover_id = $epub->copy_image('/path/to/cover.jpg', 'cover.jpg');
     $epub->add_meta_item('cover', $cover_id);
 
     # Generate resulting ebook
     $epub->pack_zip('/path/to/three_men_in_a_boat.epub');
 
 

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new([$params])
Create an EBook::EPUB object
add_title($title)
Set the title of the book
add_identifier($id, [$scheme])
Set a unique identifier for the book, such as its ISBN or a URL
add_author($name, [$formal_name])
Add author of the document. For details see add_contributor.
add_creator($name, [fileas => $formal_name, role => $role])
Add primary creator or author of the publication of the publication. See add_contributor for details
add_contributor($name, [fileas => $formal_name, role =>])
Add person/organization that contributed to publication. $name is the name in human-readable form, e.g. ``Arthur Conan Doyle'', $formal_name is in form, suitable for machine processing, e.g. ``Doyle, Arthur Conan''. $role reflects kind of contribution to document. See Section 2.2.6 of OPF specification for list of possible values <http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf/OPF_2.0_final_spec.html#Section2.2.6>
add_date($date, [$event])
Date of publication, in the format defined by ``Date and Time Formats'' at http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime and by ISO 8601 on which it is based. In particular, dates without times are represented in the form YYYY[-MM[-DD]]: a required 4-digit year, an optional 2-digit month, and if the month is given, an optional 2-digit day of month. $event is an optional description of event that date refers to. Possible values may include: creation, publication, and modification.
add_description($description)
Add description of the publication content
add_format($format)
The media type or dimensions of the resource. Best practice is to use a value from a controlled vocabulary (e.g. MIME media types).
add_language($lang)
Add language of the content of the publication. $lang must comply with RFC 3066 (see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3066.txt)
add_relation($relation)
An identifier of an auxiliary resource and its relationship to the publication.
add_rights($rights)
A statement about rights, or a reference to one. In this specification, the copyright notice and any further rights description should appear directly.
add_source($source)
Information regarding a prior resource from which the publication was derived
add_subject($subject)
Add subject of the publication
add_translator($name, [$formal_name])
Add translator of the document. $name is in human-readable form, e.g. ``Arthur Conan Doyle'', $formal_name is in form, suitable for machine processing, e.g. ``Doyle, Arthur Conan''
add_type($type)
type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content. The advised best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary.
add_navpoint(%opts)
Add refrence to an OPS Content Document that is a part of publication. %opts is an anonymous hash, for possible key values see EBook::EPUB::NCX::NavPoint. Method returns created EBook::EPUB::NCX::NavPoint object that could be used later for adding subsections.
add_meta_item($name, $value)
Add non-standard item to metadata e.g. metadata from source documetn that is not described in Doublin Core spec.
add_xhtml($filename, $data, %opts)
Add xhtml data $data to $filename in package. Returns id of newly added entry.

%opts is an anonymous hash array of parameters:

linear
'yes' or 'no'
add_stylesheet($filename, $data)
Add stylesheet data $data as $filename in package. Returns id of newly added entry.
add_image($filename, $data, $type)
Add image data $data as $filename in package with content type $type (e.g. image/jpeg). Returns id of newly added entry.
copy_xhtml($source_file, $filename, %opts)
Add existing xhtml file $source_file as $filename in package. Returns id of newly added entry.

%opts is an anonymous hash array of parameters:

linear
'yes' or 'no'
copy_stylesheet($source_file, $filename)
Add existing css file $source_file as $filename in package. Returns id of newly added entry.
copy_image($source_file, $filename, $type)
Add existing image file $source_file as $filename in package and set its content type to $type (e.g. image/jpeg). Returns id of newly added entry.
copy_file($source_file, $filename, $type)
Add existing file $source_file as $filename in package and set its content type to $type (e.g. text/plain). Returns id of newly created entry. Returns id of newly added entry.
encrypt_file($source_file, $filename, $type)
Add existing file $source_file as $filename in package and set its content type to $type (e.g. text/plain) Apply Adobe copy protection scheme to this file using book UUID as a key. Function croaks if key has not been set previously using. Returns id of newly added entry.
pack_zip($filename)
Generate OCF Zip container with contents of current package

AUTHOR

Oleksandr Tymoshenko, <gonzo@bluezbox.com>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to <gonzo@bluezbox.com> Copyright 2009, 2010 Oleksandr Tymoshenko.

<http://bluezbox.com>

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the BSD license. See the LICENSE file included with this distribution.