Download API Options for "files" Objects

Q

What are download API options for Library Genesis "files" Objects?

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A

Since actual files of Library Genesis "files" Objects are stored in different file repositories, you can follow these guide lines to figure out the best download API option:

1. Use Sci-Hub Website to download, if "scimag_archive_path" is not "". You can convert the "scimag_archive_path" into a Sci-Hub URL to download it. For example:

fyicenter$ curl 'https://libgen.lc/json.php?object=f&ids=32216214' \
  | python -m json.tool | grep scimag_archive_path

  "scimag_archive_path": "10.2307\\25311768.pdf",

Open https://sci-hub.ru/10.2307/25311768 in a browser. You see the PDF file.

Don't try to download it with the default "curl" command. Sci-Hub encourage you to use a real Web browser.

fyicenter$ curl -L 'https://sci-hub.ru/10.2307/25311768'

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Sci-Hub | One Hour’s Sleep: Three Dreams. 291, (1), 3 | 10.2307/25311768</title>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
    <script src="/scripts/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    ...

2. Use libgen.rocks/get.php API to download, if "locator" is not "". You can use the MD5 hash value for the get.php API to download it. For example:

fyicenter$ curl 'https://libgen.lc/json.php?object=f&ids=1862645' \
  | python -m json.tool > files-1862645.json 

fyicenter$ egrep 'locator|md5' files-1862645.json
  "locator": "V:\\comics\\_0DAY21\\English\\Simpsons Comics\\Simpsons Comics 027 [Bongo].cbz",
  "md5": "5d341a6a626478e6feb48ee041c26aa0",

fyicenter$ curl -L 'https://libgen.rocks/get.php?md5=5d341a6a626478e6feb48ee041c26aa0' \
  > files-1862645.cbz 

fyicenter$ unzip -l files-1862645.cbz 
Archive:  test.zip
  Length      Date    Time    Name
---------  ---------- -----   ----
   125384  01-02-2004 00:28   Simpsons Comics 027-01.Jpg
   171112  01-02-2004 00:28   Simpsons Comics 027-04.Jpg
   168085  01-02-2004 00:28   Simpsons Comics 027-05.Jpg
   174163  01-02-2004 00:28   Simpsons Comics 027-07.Jpg
   171615  01-02-2004 00:28   Simpsons Comics 027-08.Jpg
   ...

1. Use library.lol Website to download, if "fiction_rus_id" > "0". You can convert the "md5" hash value into a library.lol URL to download it. For example:

fyicenter$ curl 'https://libgen.lc/json.php?object=f&ids=2786452' \
  | python -m json.tool > files-2786452.json 

egrep 'fiction_rus_id|md5' files-2786452.json
  "fiction_rus_id": "271701",
  "md5": "979d35687124946634b4aac85262a6a0",

Open http://library.lol/fiction/f6d133bdf38ffafc506699fd83b4f703 in a browser. Click the "GET" link to download the file.

 

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