Free eBook Scraper

  • epctex/gutenberg-scraper
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  • Created by Author's avatarepctex

Explore and Download Free eBooks - Find and download a wide selection of free eBooks from Project Gutenberg. Search by keywords and language preferences. Discover literary gems in multiple formats.

To run the code examples, you need to have an Apify account. Replace <YOUR_API_TOKEN> in the code with your API token. For a more detailed explanation, please read about running Actors via the API in Apify Docs.

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with API token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "search": "book",
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/recent/last7"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/titles/h"
        }
    ],
    "maxItems": 5,
    "extendOutputFunction": ($) => { return {} },
    "proxyConfig": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

(async () => {
    // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
    const run = await client.actor("epctex/gutenberg-scraper").call(input);

    // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
    console.log('Results from dataset');
    const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
    items.forEach((item) => {
        console.dir(item);
    });
})();