POST api/book/epub

V1 - Decrypts an encrypted ePub file

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
bookID	The ID for this book	integer	None.
ean	A 13 digit EAN. This starts with 978- for 'real' books and with 888- for Yindo Custom Books	string	None.
altean	A 13 digit EAN. This starts with 978- for 'real' books and with 888- for Yindo Custom Books	string	None.
title	The title for this book.	string	None.
encryptedOn	The encryptiondate for this books data.	date	Data type: DateTime
validUntil	The expirationdate for this books data.	date	Data type: DateTime
dataFormat	The format of the encrypted content.	DataFormats	None.
fileCount	The number of files in the encrypted zipfile	integer	None.
fileSize	The total size in bytes of all unencrypted, uncompressed files in the encrypted zipfile	integer	None.
bookData	Encrypted data (AES-CBC), base64 encoded The data contains the following blocks needed for decryption. 32 bytes salt 16 bytes nonce n bytes payload 32 bytes HMac-Tag NOTE: this data needs to be base64 decoded first!	string	None.
statusCode	A statuscode indicating succes or failure	StatusCode	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "bookID": 1,
  "ean": "sample string 2",
  "altean": "sample string 3",
  "title": "sample string 4",
  "encryptedOn": "2026-02-20T15:50:30.8533239+01:00",
  "validUntil": "2026-02-20T15:50:30.8533239+01:00",
  "dataFormat": 1,
  "fileCount": 7,
  "fileSize": 8,
  "bookData": "sample string 9",
  "statusCode": 0
}

text/javascript

Sample:

{"bookID":1,"ean":"sample string 2","altean":"sample string 3","title":"sample string 4","encryptedOn":"2026-02-20T15:50:30.8533239+01:00","validUntil":"2026-02-20T15:50:30.8533239+01:00","dataFormat":1,"fileCount":7,"fileSize":8,"bookData":"sample string 9","statusCode":0}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<YindoOfflineBook xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Yindo">
  <altean>sample string 3</altean>
  <bookData>sample string 9</bookData>
  <bookID>1</bookID>
  <dataFormat>ePub</dataFormat>
  <ean>sample string 2</ean>
  <encryptedOn>2026-02-20T15:50:30.8533239+01:00</encryptedOn>
  <fileCount>7</fileCount>
  <fileSize>8</fileSize>
  <statusCode>Success</statusCode>
  <title>sample string 4</title>
  <validUntil>2026-02-20T15:50:30.8533239+01:00</validUntil>
</YindoOfflineBook>

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Sample:

Failed to generate the sample for media type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'. Cannot use formatter 'JQueryMvcFormUrlEncodedFormatter' to write type 'YindoOfflineBook'.

Response Information

Resource Description

HttpResponseMessage

Name	Type	Additional information
Version	Version	None.
Content	HttpContent	None.
StatusCode	HttpStatusCode	None.
ReasonPhrase	string	None.
Headers	Collection of Object	None.
RequestMessage	HttpRequestMessage	None.
IsSuccessStatusCode	boolean	None.