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patricorgi · 12-20-2020, 06:18 PM

I'd like to perform the following actions:

1. Changing the Rating of currently selected book(s) with a hotkey, such as ⌘+1/2/3/4/5 for corresponding ratings.
2. Adding or switching between "Unread/Read/Reading" tags to currently selected book(s).
3. Obtaining the book name or author name and search it with a search engine. Now I have to click on the author name, copy it and paste on Google search bar. I want to use a python/shell script to automate this procedure.
4. ...

I can give more examples here but the fundamental idea is to manipulate the metadata (both original columns or custom columns) without using the Edit Metadata interface but with a python/shell script which is capable of reading/writing the metadata of CURRENTLY SELECTED book(s).

12-20-2020, 06:18 PM	#5
patricorgi Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2020 Device: iPad Pro 2018	I'd like to perform the following actions: 1. Changing the Rating of currently selected book(s) with a hotkey, such as ⌘+1/2/3/4/5 for corresponding ratings. 2. Adding or switching between "Unread/Read/Reading" tags to currently selected book(s). 3. Obtaining the book name or author name and search it with a search engine. Now I have to click on the author name, copy it and paste on Google search bar. I want to use a python/shell script to automate this procedure. 4. ... I can give more examples here but the fundamental idea is to manipulate the metadata (both original columns or custom columns) without using the Edit Metadata interface but with a python/shell script which is capable of reading/writing the metadata of CURRENTLY SELECTED book(s).