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davidfor · 03-31-2021, 09:16 AM

That's pretty much it. But, I'm not sure what "not too old" means in this case. All the available metadata source plugins are still valid. And even those that are not, it is probably because the site has changed and no one is interested in fixing them. My usual suggestion is to pick one that you like the code, and use it as a model. The complications in the plugins are not in the basic structure, it is how to parse the pages to find the details. Unless you are lucky and the site has an API or some other simple structure for the data, that is were you will be spending most of the time.

03-31-2021, 09:16 AM	#3
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,906 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	That's pretty much it. But, I'm not sure what "not too old" means in this case. All the available metadata source plugins are still valid. And even those that are not, it is probably because the site has changed and no one is interested in fixing them. My usual suggestion is to pick one that you like the code, and use it as a model. The complications in the plugins are not in the basic structure, it is how to parse the pages to find the details. Unless you are lucky and the site has an API or some other simple structure for the data, that is were you will be spending most of the time.