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Forum: Development 12-30-2020, 01:38 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
yes you are right. Thank you. there is no error...

yes you are right. Thank you.
there is no error anymore now.
self.gui.current_db.new_api.set_cover({searchId: mi.cover_data[1]})

But still cover_data is empty ...
:help:
Forum: Development 12-30-2020, 12:30 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
Question Hi, I tried to adapt but unfortunately...

Hi,
I tried to adapt but unfortunately get_metadata only returns the following fields correctly:
Title, Title sort, Author(s), Publisher, Tags , Series, Languages, Timestamp, Published
but no...
Forum: Development 12-29-2020, 06:29 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
Thank you JimmXinu. I'll give it a try. I was...

Thank you JimmXinu.
I'll give it a try.
I was just wondering if there was a simpler / more recent way to do this
Forum: Development 12-25-2020, 05:32 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
Question Cover regeneration

I have been able to change the book file for an exiting record in the database with :
self.gui.current_db.new_api.add_format(id, book_extension, path, True)
Unfortunately this doesn't seem to...
Forum: Development 12-24-2020, 09:08 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
Thumbs up Thank you all for your inputs. I made it work...

Thank you all for your inputs.
I made it work as needed.
It's nice to have a living community and a living software in constant development.
I will go on this dev a little later on.
Merry Xmas...
Forum: Development 12-23-2020, 10:52 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
It sounds good. I guess I can reuse the code...

It sounds good. I guess I can reuse the code found in function update_metadata
in ../calibre-src/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/main.py.
It looks like it will do the job.
But how can I get the...
Forum: Development 12-22-2020, 01:46 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
Question Help on modifying metadata

Hi all,
This is following thread:
Calibre > Plugins > Reload this Page New to plugin: need help on reference guide
Which should be moved here as DaltonST suggests.

I would like to update the...
Forum: Development 12-22-2020, 01:24 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
Actually I based my plugin on the...

Actually I based my plugin on the interface_demo_plugin code.
So I can try to mimic what Calibre does via the GUI.
AFAIK there is no opf import, so I need to import metadata values one by one.
Forum: Development 12-22-2020, 11:50 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
@DaltonST Even if I initially planned to do...

@DaltonST
Even if I initially planned to do this without GUI (I don't know if it's feasable) I used your code snippet and it worked as it shows the result in the GUI.
...
Forum: Development 12-21-2020, 05:50 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
@DaltonST I was trying this so far: ...

@DaltonST
I was trying this so far:
book_action = Source(None)
logger = logging.getLogger('book_actions')
abortStatus = None
result_queue = Queue()
...
Forum: Development 12-21-2020, 01:21 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
Question Hello, I have tried to find a way to search for...

Hello,
I have tried to find a way to search for a book entry by its id.
This needs to happen in the background, no GUI to be shown.
Looking at the code it seems its done using...
Forum: Development 12-19-2020, 01:48 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
Thumbs up @JimmXinu Thank you for your tips. Actually...

@JimmXinu
Thank you for your tips.
Actually this is what I did more or less and ended with using :
class InterfacePlugin(InterfaceAction):
and overloading :
def library_changed(self, db):
To...
Forum: Development 12-16-2020, 06:15 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,226
Posted By chris33
Lightbulb New to plugin: need help on reference guide

Hello,
I'm starting to write a plugin based on the existing example interface_demo_plugin.
So far I made some python additions but I'm not sure how to find documentation about the different...
Forum: Library Management 12-16-2020, 06:10 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 701
Posted By chris33
Thank you but I finally switch to writing my own...

Thank you but I finally switch to writing my own plugin.
Even if I lack finding a reference manual of existing classes/methods/attributes
Forum: Plugins 12-05-2020, 04:53 PM
Replies: 1,594
Views: 614,982
Posted By chris33
Lightbulb Changes Import plugin

Hi All,
I use to select and save some ebook in a folder "export folder" (save to disk) and then read them with my ipad.
For instance saving an ebook will save:

filename.pdf (the eook itself)
...
Forum: Library Management 12-05-2020, 02:36 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 701
Posted By chris33
Question Import comments from file to record

Hi,
There is a way to replace the pdf, cbr... file of a book entry in calibre.
I plan to add annotation on files (pdf as a start) using my reader and then reimport the modified file.
I can...
Forum: Server 09-09-2020, 10:49 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,277
Posted By chris33
Question Thank you for your answer. When you say replace...

Thank you for your answer.
When you say replace the pdf, do you mean I need to do "open file location" and manually replace it ?
Actually I'm running calibre as a container on a server, and the...
Forum: Server 09-08-2020, 05:55 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,277
Posted By chris33
A way to reimport/sync back after annotating on client device

Hi,
I’m wondering if there is a way to select pdf ebooks in calibre and download them to an iPad, then edit them with annotations (pencil) and put them back into the calibre library (same place)? ...
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