Adding online metadata using ISBN from CLI

[EditorJack]

For anyone who might be interested, here's a java script (.bsh) that will parse a list of ISBNs and put the isbndb metadata into a text file. I'm using the script as a jEdit macro:

http://www.jedit.org/

Note that you must replace ISBNDBKEY with your actual isbndb.com key.

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//This macro parses a list of ISBNs and, using Calibre's isbndb function, generates a text file (c:\batch\metadata.txt) containing the acquired metadata.

runCommandInConsole(view,"System","cd c:\\batch");
textArea.setCaretPosition(0);
while(textArea.getCaretLine()+1 < buffer.getLineCount() )
{
textArea.selectLine();
String MyISBN = textArea.getSelectedText();
runCommandInConsole(view,"System","isbndb -i=" + MyISBN + " ISBNDBKEY >> metadata.txt");
waitForConsole(view); //Wait for isbndb to finish before going to next file
textArea.goToNextLine(false); //Go to next line without selecting it.
}
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Best wishes,
Jack

[BruceB]

{sorry I've I'd bothered to read the help file, I'd have known the answer - How do I delete a post, the edit/delete button appears to only allow edit}

Is there a "reverse lookup" capability for isbn? For example, I have an author name and a book title, and am looking for the possible ISBNs (clearly there can be multiples, that's OK)

[CleverClothe]

Bruce, the isbndb utility can look up books based on title and author, check the help by passing the "-h" flag to the program.