opds-ts

A TypeScript library for generating and parsing OPDS feeds (v1.2) with a fluent API. Designed to be extendable for future OPDS v2 support.

Features

• Fully TypeScript typed.
• Fluent API for constructing Feed and Entry objects.
• Relative URL resolution to absolute URLs.
• Support for extra metadata / vendor-specific attributes.
• Output as pretty or compact XML.
• Parse from XML.
• Helpers for common OPDS links like navigation or acquisition.

Installation

npm install opds-ts

Importing

When importing make sure to use the right version. E.g.:

import { Feed, Entry } from 'opds-ts/v1.2';

or

import * as opdsv2 from 'opds-ts/v2';

Basic usage

This is an example on how to create a simple v1.2 feed:

import { Feed, Entry } from 'opds-ts/v1.2';

const baseUrl = 'https://example.com';

const feed = new Feed('books', 'All Books')
    .setLang('en')
    .setAuthor('The Library of Babel')
    .setKind('navigation')
    .addNavigationLink('start', '/opds');

const entry = new Entry('book:1', 'The Lord of the Rings')
    .setAuthor('J. R. R. Tolkien')
    .setSummary(
        'A ring with mysterious powers lands in the hands of a young hobbit, Frodo. Under the guidance of Gandalf, a wizard, he and his three friends set out on a journey and land in the Elvish kingdom.'
    )
    .addAcquisition(
        '/entry/1/acquisition',
        'application/epub+zip',
        'open-access'
    )
    .addImage('/data/covers/1.jpg');

feed.addEntry(entry);

const xml = feed.toXml({ baseUrl, prettyPrint: true });
console.log(xml);

This is an example on how to parse a v1.2 feed:

import { Feed } from 'opds-ts/v1.2';

const xmlString = '...';
const feed = Feed.fromXml(xmlString);
console.log(feed.getEntries());

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.