Make PIL optional #885

cps/book_formats.py

@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ except ImportError as e:
     logger.warning('cannot import fb2, extracting fb2 metadata will not work: %s', e)
     use_fb2_meta = False
 
+try:
     from PIL import Image
+    use_PIL = True
+except ImportError:
+    use_PIL = False
 
 
 def process(tmp_file_path, original_file_name, original_file_extension):
@@ -133,6 +137,7 @@ def pdf_preview(tmp_file_path, tmp_dir):
     if use_generic_pdf_cover:
         return None
     else:
+        if use_PIL:
             try:
                 input1 = PdfFileReader(open(tmp_file_path, 'rb'), strict=False)
                 page0 = input1.getPage(0)
@@ -173,7 +178,6 @@ def pdf_preview(tmp_file_path, tmp_dir):
                             # img.save(obj[1:] + ".png")
             except Exception as ex:
                 print(ex)
-
         try:
             cover_file_name = os.path.splitext(tmp_file_path)[0] + ".cover.jpg"
             with Image(filename=tmp_file_path + "[0]", resolution=150) as img:

cps/helper.py

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from flask_babel import gettext as _
 from flask_login import current_user
 from babel.dates import format_datetime
 from datetime import datetime
-from PIL import Image
 import shutil
 import requests
 try:
@@ -52,6 +51,12 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     use_unidecode = False
 
+try:
+    from PIL import Image
+    use_PIL = True
+except ImportError:
+    use_PIL = False
+
 # Global variables
 # updater_thread = None
 global_WorkerThread = worker.WorkerThread()
@@ -481,6 +486,7 @@ def save_cover(img, book_path):
         web.app.logger.error("Only jpg/jpeg/png/webp files are supported as coverfile")
         return False
 
+    if use_PIL:
         # convert to jpg because calibre only supports jpg
         if content_type in ('image/png', 'image/webp'):
             if hasattr(img,'stream'):