charles-ay/novelreader

Installation

To use NovelReader. Download the NovelReader.exe. You can also clone the Project -> build -> create a single exe using the ILMergeGUI.exe and add the build .exe file and .dlls

Windows:

Only Supports Windows for now.

Linux:

Planned for the future or if anyone else wants to create a linux version.

Mac:

Gross. jkjk. I'm too poor to afford one so can't make a compatable version :(

Core features

• Took longer than I thought it would
• Scrapes the Sources for novel links and request to raw HTML, So its efficient ig?? 🤷
• Doesn't use any heavy dependencies such as Selenium or Javascript Evaluators.
• Mostly uses C# standard libs so pretty lightweight.
• Integrates HtmlAgilityPack for efficent and effective parsing.

Usage

Usage: NovelReader [OPTIONS] [ARGS]

Options:
  -h  Show this message and exit.
  -d  Use Dev mode.

Examples:

Download Overgeared's chapter 1-10 using FreeWebNovel.com:

• NovelReader Overgeared 1-10
  

OR

• NovelReader Overgeared 1-10 freewebnovel
  

Download Peerless Martial God's chapter 8 using NoveTrench.com in dev mode:

• NovelReader -d "Peerless Martial God" 8 noveltrench
  

Tutorial

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvFZjo5PgG0

Supported Sites

Website	Source Prefix
FreeWebNovel.com	freewebnovel
NoveTrench.com	noveltrench

Want More sites?

Yeah, ill add some more when I get around to it. You can raise a issue if you really want a specific one. Please try to make sure that the websites you request meets most of the following criteria (it's a headache to work with sites that don't and I don't want to add a webdriver as that add lots of overhead)

• Supports HTTP Request and doesnt hide the content inside obscure Java-Script Cough, Cough WuxiaWorld
• Should have some sort of search function(like a search bar)
• The chapters should have some logical ordering/naming. Not something like https://trashnovelsite.com/novel/32113/chapter-3. This makes it so much harder to get the right novel

Note: Your request may be denied in case of Cloudflare protections and powerful anti-bot scripts(ew).

Disclaimer

The disclaimer of this project can be found here. (usual legal mobo-jumbo)