get.php - File Download API
What is the file download API, get.php?
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get.php is another simple API provided by Library Genesis to download
files.
Technical information on file download API:
URL: {site_url}/get.php?md5={md5}
site_url: https://libgen.lc or other mirror sites
md5: The MD5 hash value of the file to download.
Response format: Binary data of the file.
Note that the MD5 hash value is provided in the response of "files" object returned by json.php?object=f API.
MD5 hash values are also provided in the response of "editions" objet returned by json.php?object=e API.
Here are some examples on how to download files with get.php.
1. Get the "files" object of a given f_id. Take the MD5 hash value in the response.
fyicenter$ curl 'https://libgen.lc/json.php?object=f&ids=32216214' | python -m json.tool
{
"32216214": {
"editions": {
"30969895": {
"e_id": "32149882",
"time_added": "2021-07-17 14:40:07",
"time_last_modified": "2021-07-17 14:40:07"
}
},
"extension": "pdf",
"fiction_id": "0",
"fiction_rus_id": "0",
"file_create_date": "2000-01-01 05:00:00",
"filesize": "216912",
"generic": "",
"libgen_id": "0",
"libgen_topic": "a",
"locator": "",
"magz_id": "0",
"md5": "2da991ccc4cd63d23196a5c4a63a71ef",
"ocr": "",
"orientation": "",
"pages": "0",
"paginated": "",
"releaser": "",
"scan_content": "",
"scan_quality": "",
"scan_size": "",
"scan_type": "",
"scanned": "",
"scimag_archive_path": "10.2307\\25311768.pdf",
"scimag_id": "25757210",
"standarts_id": "0",
"time_added": "2014-08-09 08:56:11",
"time_last_modified": "2021-07-20 20:31:12",
"vector": "",
"visible": ""
}
}
2. Download a file by its MD5 hash value. The API address is moved.
fyicenter$ curl 'https://libgen.lc/get.php?md5=2da991ccc4cd63d23196a5c4a63a71ef' <html> <head><title>307 Temporary Redirect</title></head> <body> <center><h1>307 Temporary Redirect</h1></center> <hr><center>nginx</center> </body> </html>
3. Show the new API address in the response header.
fyicenter$ curl -D header.txt 'https://libgen.lc/get.php?md5=2da991ccc4cd63d23196a5c4a63a71ef' fyicenter$ more header.txt HTTP/1.1 307 Temporary Redirect Server: nginx Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 01:03:02 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 164 Connection: keep-alive Location: https://cdn1.booksdl.org/get.php?md5=2da991ccc4cd63d23196a5c4a63a71ef
4. Download the file with the new API address. It returns no data and no error.
fyicenter$ curl 'https://cdn1.booksdl.org/get.php?md5=2da991ccc4cd63d23196a5c4a63a71ef' \ > files-32216214.pdf fyicenter$ ls -l *.pdf -rw-r--r-- 1 fyicenter staff 0 Jun 18 21:33 files-32216214.pdf
5. Try the "-L" option to follow redirects. It returns the "Library Genesis" home page.
fyicenter$ curl -L 'https://libgen.lc/get.php?md5=2da991ccc4cd63d23196a5c4a63a71ef' <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" ... <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Library Genesis</title> ...
6. Add the API key=Z380HIK7II2DL1W1. Now the file is downloaded.
fyicenter$ curl -L 'https://libgen.lc/get.php?md5=2da991ccc4cd63d23196a5c4a63a71ef&key=Z380HIK7II2DL1W1' \ > files-32216214.pdf fyicenter$ ls -l *.pdf -rw-r--r--@ 1 fyicenter staff 216912 Jun 18 22:07 files-32216214.pdf
7. Open files-32216214.pdf. You see the article "One Hour's Sleep: Three Dreams".
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