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# PyWebLayout
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A Python library for HTML-like layout and rendering.
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## Description
PyWebLayout is a Python library for rendering HTML and EPUB content to paginated images. The library provides a high-level **EbookReader** API for building interactive ebook reader applications, along with powerful HTML-to-page rendering capabilities.
## Key Features
### EbookReader - High-Level API
- 📖 **EPUB Support** - Load and render EPUB files
- 📄 **Page Rendering** - Render pages as PIL Images
- ⬅️➡️ **Navigation** - Forward and backward page navigation
- 🔖 **Bookmarks** - Save and load reading positions
- 📑 **Chapter Navigation** - Jump to chapters by title or index
- 🔤 **Font Control** - Adjust font size dynamically
- 📏 **Spacing Control** - Customize line and paragraph spacing
- 📊 **Progress Tracking** - Monitor reading progress
### Core Capabilities
- HTML-to-page layout system
- Multi-page document rendering
- Advanced text rendering with font support
- Position tracking across layout changes
- Intelligent line breaking and pagination
## Installation
```bash
pip install pyWebLayout
```
## Quick Start
### EbookReader - Recommended API
```python
from pyWebLayout.layout.ereader_application import EbookReader
# Create an ebook reader
with EbookReader(page_size=(800, 1000)) as reader:
# Load an EPUB file
reader.load_epub("mybook.epub")
# Get current page as PIL Image
page = reader.get_current_page()
page.save("page_001.png")
# Navigate through pages
reader.next_page()
reader.previous_page()
# Save reading position
reader.save_position("chapter_3")
# Jump to a chapter
reader.jump_to_chapter("Chapter 5")
# Adjust font size
reader.increase_font_size()
# Get progress
progress = reader.get_reading_progress()
print(f"Progress: {progress*100:.1f}%")
```
### EbookReader in Action
Here are animated demonstrations of the EbookReader's key features:
<table>
<tr>
<td align="center">
<b>Page Navigation</b><br>
<img src="examples/gifs/ereader_page_navigation.gif" width="300" alt="Page Navigation"><br>
<em>Forward and backward navigation through pages</em>
</td>
<td align="center">
<b>Font Size Adjustment</b><br>
<img src="examples/gifs/ereader_font_size.gif" width="300" alt="Font Size"><br>
<em>Dynamic font size scaling with position preservation</em>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">
<b>Chapter Navigation</b><br>
<img src="examples/gifs/ereader_chapter_navigation.gif" width="300" alt="Chapter Navigation"><br>
<em>Jump directly to chapters by title or index</em>
</td>
<td align="center">
<b>Bookmarks & Positions</b><br>
<img src="examples/gifs/ereader_bookmarks.gif" width="300" alt="Bookmarks"><br>
<em>Save and restore reading positions anywhere in the book</em>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
### HTML Multi-Page Rendering
```python
from pyWebLayout.io.readers.html_extraction import html_to_blocks
from pyWebLayout.layout.document_layouter import paragraph_layouter
from pyWebLayout.concrete.page import Page
# Parse HTML to blocks
html = """
<h1>Document Title</h1>
<p>First paragraph with <b>bold</b> text.</p>
<p>Second paragraph with more content.</p>
"""
blocks = html_to_blocks(html)
# Render to pages
page = Page(size=(600, 800))
# Layout blocks onto pages using document_layouter
# See examples/ directory for complete multi-page examples
```
## Examples
Check out the `examples/` directory for complete working examples:
- **`simple_ereader_example.py`** - Quick start with EbookReader
- **`ereader_demo.py`** - Comprehensive EbookReader feature demo
- **`generate_ereader_gifs.py`** - Generate animated GIF demonstrations
- **`html_multipage_demo.py`** - HTML to multi-page rendering
- See `examples/README.md` for full list
## Documentation
- **EbookReader API**: `examples/README_EREADER.md`
- **HTML Rendering**: `examples/README_HTML_MULTIPAGE.md`
- **Architecture**: `ARCHITECTURE.md`
- **Examples**: `examples/README.md`
## License
MIT License
## Author
Duncan Tourolle - duncan@tourolle.paris