qpa mod

textProcessing_excerpt.go

	// edit: only convert if not already txt...
	if (filepath.Ext(inputPath)) != ".txt" {

		// Create a temporary file for the intermediate output
		tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "ebook-convert-*.txt")
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create temporary file: %v", err)
		}
		defer tmpFile.Close()

		c := color.New(color.Bold, color.FgMagenta)
		c.Println("Converting " + filepath.Base(inputPath) + " to the proper intermediary text format...")

		cmd := exec.Command("ebook-convert", inputPath, tmpFile.Name())

		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert ebook: %s\nOutput: %s", err, string(output))
		}

		return tmpFile, nil

	} else {
		// return inputPath, nil
		inputFile, err := os.Open(inputPath)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open input file")
		}
		return inputFile, nil
	}