Grabs metadata from
Hardcover
This was originally created to support another project I have,
linking Calibre-Web, Kobo and Hardcover
NOTE: Requires a Hardcover account and API Key configuring in settings before use. This can be copied from here after logging in
Main Features- Can retrieve title, author, comments, publisher, publication date, series, ratings and tags.
- Fetches the cover image from hardcover.
- The identifier used is "hardcover". It will show in the details as "Hardcover".
- Another identifier "hardcover-edition" is also set to identify the edition that has been used under a book
- Attempts to search by identifiers before doing a freetext search (see here for examples)
- hardcover-edition
- hardcover or hardcover-slug (e.g. the-hobbit)
- hardcover-id (the book identifier, e.g. 382700 - usually won't set this manually)
- isbn / mobi-asin
Installation Notes:- Download the attached zip file and install the plugin as described in the Introduction to plugins thread.
- Note that this is not a GUI plugin so it is not intended/cannot be added to context menus/toolbars etc.
Source Code
The plugin code is open source and available on
GitHub
Version History
See Releases