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Originally Posted by DisabledReader
New Feature Request
Forgive me if this function already exists.
I would like to be able to check that all the Goodreads links in Calibre are still valid and match the book records on the website.
I have come across the odd discrepancy in the past by pure accident; obviously due to site librarians making changes.
Clearly, not a high priority but would be a welcome feature if at all possible.
Thank you.
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No the function doesn't exist. I understand where you are coming from with this as it has crossed my mind previously.
The issue is that there is no kind of bulk query that can be done against goodreads to determine whether an id is valid or not (that I am aware of at least). Which means the only way to do it would be the equivalent of opening a browser page at each and every one of the goodreads ids in your library and checking the response that comes back.
For users who have tens of thousands of books this will thrash the goodreads website once a bunch of users choose to kick that off. I don't want to have more problems with browser user agents etc from them blocking the plugin.
So right now it falls into the "yes it would be nice but would cause too many other problems" category.