Add cover images to EPUBs from AO3

This tool lets you add an auto-generated cover image to an EPUB file you’ve downloaded from AO3. This makes it easy to find your favourite fic if you’re scrolling a grid view.

To understand the motivation behind this tool and how it works, you can read my accompanying blog post.

Development

To run tests:

1. Start a local web server in this folder (e.g. python3 -m http.server 4343)
2. Open the file tests.html as served by that web server

This will run unit tests in the browser using QUnit. This is because the app runs in the browser, and certain things (e.g. <canvas>) are much easier to test in a real browser environment than anywhere else. You need to use an HTTP server rather than opening the file because it needs to fetch some ZIP files, and that doesn’t work over file://.

Deployment

Run the deploy.py script. This will compile the app into a single JavaScript file, then upload it to my web server.