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ownedbycats · 02-02-2021, 09:33 PM

A new question: Is there a way to take a list of URLs and just mark the books associated with them?

My example: having a list of scraped URLs (ffnet/ao3 subscription pages) in order to select the marked books then use bulk metadata edit on a "subscribed?" column.

I was able to accomplish my goal by setting all the columns to "new only," adding the change to custom_columns_settings, and then running the URLs through a metadata update, but that's honestly an awful way to accomplish it and wouldn't work for non-customs.

If not currently an option at all: would it be feasible enough to be worth opening a github issue about? It's low-priority obviously, but I could see it having some utility.

02-02-2021, 09:33 PM	#5324
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,018 Karma: 75555555 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	A new question: Is there a way to take a list of URLs and just mark the books associated with them? My example: having a list of scraped URLs (ffnet/ao3 subscription pages) in order to select the marked books then use bulk metadata edit on a "subscribed?" column. I was able to accomplish my goal by setting all the columns to "new only," adding the change to custom_columns_settings, and then running the URLs through a metadata update, but that's honestly an awful way to accomplish it and wouldn't work for non-customs. If not currently an option at all: would it be feasible enough to be worth opening a github issue about? It's low-priority obviously, but I could see it having some utility. Last edited by ownedbycats; 02-02-2021 at 10:01 PM.