regluit/core/mobi.py

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2016-03-28 18:30:05 +00:00
import requests
from django.conf import settings
mobigen_url = settings.MOBIGEN_URL
mobigen_user_id = settings.MOBIGEN_USER_ID
mobigen_password = settings.MOBIGEN_PASSWORD
def convert_to_mobi(input_url, input_format="application/epub+zip"):
"""
return a string with the output of mobigen computation
"""
# using verify=False since at the moment, using a self-signed SSL cert.
payload = requests.get(input_url, verify=False).content
headers = {'Content-Type': input_format}
r = requests.post(mobigen_url, auth=(mobigen_user_id, mobigen_password),
data=payload, verify=False, headers=headers)
# if HTTP reponse code is ok, the output is the mobi file; else error message
if r.status_code == 200:
return r.content
else:
raise Exception("{0}: {1}".format(r.status_code, r.content))