Generate html index of my library with PDF books on programming

Usage

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Usage: bookindex [-ghovV] [-f=<inputFilePdf>] [-p=<propertyFileName>] <bookHome>
Generate html index of my library with PDF books on programming.
      <bookHome>        Books home folder
  -f, --file=<inputFilePdf>
                        PDF file to extract TOC as mindmap
  -g, --gui-dashboard   Open GUI dashboard
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
  -o, --obsidian        Show Obsidian books
  -p, --props=<propertyFileName>
                        Name of property file.
  -v, --verbose         Verbose output
  -V, --version         Print version information and exit.

Folder structure

Folder with PDF books can follow this structure:

.
└── 2023                          (1)
    ├── 23-01                     (2)
    │   ├── android_games_code    (3)
    │   ├── epub                  (4)
    │   └── img                   (5)
    ├── 23-02
    │   ├── epub
    │   ├── img
    │   └── java17_code
    ├── 23-03
    │   ├── epub
    │   └── img
    └── 23-04
        ├── epub
        ├── img
        └── micronaut_code

1. Separate folders for each year.

2. Separate folders for each month. Each month folder should contain XML file books.xml described below.

3. Files for each book can be stored in <source>_code where <source> is the value of appropriate attribute in books.xml

4. EPUB files can be placed here if available

5. Images of book covers are here, they should be named as <pdf_file_name>.jpg

XML file books.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<books>

<!--
<section name="Java">                  (1)
    <book
      name=""                          (2)
      title=""                         (3)
      author=""                        (4)
      source="">                       (5)
        <a href="" />                  (6)
        <mobile fmt="epub"/>           (7)
        <section name="Angular"/>      (8)
  </book>

</section>
-->

</books>

1. Book should have at least one section assigned to it. There can be many books in one section.

2. PDF file name

3. Book title

4. Book author(s)

5. Code assigned to this book, should be unique in this folder.

6. The book should have at least one URL assigned to it.

7. Can be added if mobile formats are available in epub folder

8. Optional additional sections can be added to the book.

Property file

folder

Local folder with books.xml

appery_db_id

Appery.io database ID to save data

appery_master_key

Appery.io database master key