Sebastian Hugentobler
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# Little Hesinde
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I have been a long time user of [cops](https://github.com/seblucas/cops) and its
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[fork](https://github.com/mikespub-org/seblucas-cops) in order to access my
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ebook collection in a nice way from a browser. My biggest use always has been
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the [ODPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Publication_Distribution_System)
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feed for getting all of that from within [KOReader](https://koreader.rocks/).
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It so happened that exactly when I was looking for a small side project I also
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had trouble with a new cops version (not through their fault, only because I
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insist on writing my own containers). _How hard can it be_ I thought and went on
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hacking something together. The result does at most one tenth of what cops can
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do but luckily enough it is the part I need for myself.
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# Building
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## Nix
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A [nix](https://nixos.org/download/) environment with enabled
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[nix-commands](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) in order to use `nix develop`.
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Run `nix develop` to be dropped into a shell with everything installed and
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configured. From there all the usual `cargo` commands are accessible.
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## Classic
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A recent [rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started) installation is all
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that is needed.
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From there on `cargo run` and `cargo build` and so on can be used.
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# Configuration
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The binary takes exactly one argument, the path to the calibre library folder.
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The listening port is hardcoded to `3000` for now, as is the listening on all
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interfaces.
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# Usage
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Run the binary with the calibre library as an argument and open
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http://localhost:3000 (or wherever it should be accessible).
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http://localhost:3000/opds is the entry point for the OPDS feed.
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# FAQ
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## No authentication?
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Not planned, put a reverse proxy in front of it that handles access.
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## No search?
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On my todo list once I feel like I need it.
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## Why are the OPDS entries not paginated?
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My hardware (a Kobo Aura One from ~2016) with KOReader works perfectly fine with
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parsing the 1MB book feed from my own library. Once that changes I might get
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over my laziness and implement it.
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## Aren't these database access patterns inefficient?
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They most probably are but my elaborate testing setup (my own calibre library)
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works fine with it.
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## Why rust?
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I like the language and wanted to try the
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[poem](https://github.com/poem-web/poem) framework.
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## Is it webscale?
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Go away.
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