What is this?
This is a personal collection of 'book sources' (JSON parsing rule files) for the Chinese novel-reading app '阅读' (Legado). The sources tell the app how to search, list chapters, and extract text from various free novel websites.
This is a personal collection of 'book sources' (JSON parsing rule files) for the Chinese novel-reading app '阅读' (Legado). The sources tell the app how to search, list chapters, and extract text from various free novel websites.Is this an app, or just config files for one?It is not an app itself. The '阅读' reader is essentially an empty shell browser that needs book-source rule files to know how to parse a given novel site's search, detail, catalog, and content pages.
It is not an app itself. The '阅读' reader is essentially an empty shell browser that needs book-source rule files to know how to parse a given novel site's search, detail, catalog, and content pages.How do I import these book sources into the 阅读 app?Inside the app go to 我的 > 书源管理, then use the menu icon to either scan the provided QR code, enter one of the CDN network-import URLs, or manually import the downloaded 'shuyuan.json' file.
Inside the app go to 我的 > 书源管理, then use the menu icon to either scan the provided QR code, enter one of the CDN network-import URLs, or manually import the downloaded 'shuyuan.json' file.Do I need the official 阅读 (Legado) app first?Yes, these JSON files only work when imported into the separate official '阅读' reader app; this repo links to that app's own open-source and download pages.
Yes, these JSON files only work when imported into the separate official '阅读' reader app; this repo links to that app's own open-source and download pages.Will these book sources always keep working?All sources scrape third-party novel sites, so they can break at any time and the repo is only lightly maintained; the author suggests caching and exporting finished novels to TXT early rather than relying on the sources long-term.
All sources scrape third-party novel sites, so they can break at any time and the repo is only lightly maintained; the author suggests caching and exporting finished novels to TXT early rather than relying on the sources long-term.Does this work on iPhone too, or only Android?The 阅读/Legado reader these sources are built for is an Android app; there is no mention of an iOS release, and the TTS recommendations in the README are Android-focused (e.g. Xiaomi phones).
The 阅读/Legado reader these sources are built for is an Android app; there is no mention of an iOS release, and the TTS recommendations in the README are Android-focused (e.g. Xiaomi phones).Why does a source sometimes show no latest-chapter info when switching?Some novel sites' search pages simply don't expose a 'latest chapter' field. You can enable 加载详情页 and 加载目录 (load detail page / load catalog) when switching sources to recover it.
Some novel sites' search pages simply don't expose a 'latest chapter' field. You can enable 加载详情页 and 加载目录 (load detail page / load catalog) when switching sources to recover it.How do I get the app to read novels aloud?The app relies on the phone's built-in TTS engine, which often doesn't support Chinese well, so the author recommends installing an extra TTS app like TTS Server, MultiTTS, Microsoft TTS, Google TTS, or iFlytek Voice Note.
The app relies on the phone's built-in TTS engine, which often doesn't support Chinese well, so the author recommends installing an extra TTS app like TTS Server, MultiTTS, Microsoft TTS, Google TTS, or iFlytek Voice Note.What if offline chapter caching starts failing partway through?This usually means the site's rate limit was triggered. Lower the pre-download count and the update/search thread count settings (recommended 1-5) to avoid getting blocked or CAPTCHA'd.
This usually means the site's rate limit was triggered. Lower the pre-download count and the update/search thread count settings (recommended 1-5) to avoid getting blocked or CAPTCHA'd.What are similar projects?Awesome-GitHub-Repo, books, Financial_freedom, qiaomu-book-reader-legacy, free-programming-books-zh_CN, how-to-live-better, fqapp, koreader
Awesome-GitHub-Repo, books, Financial_freedom, qiaomu-book-reader-legacy, free-programming-books-zh_CN, how-to-live-better, fqapp, koreaderWhich topics is it in?ebook-reader, reading, qr-code, crawler, ebook, tts, text-to-speech, web-scraping, json, book, offline, china
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