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Originally Posted by p@perm0nk
Love this plugin so amazing work!
Not sure if this has been discussed already. Just noticed that the Goodread's book information page also includes the fields like "Original title", "Setting" and "Characters". Would it be possible to update the plugin to include these fields as well? Ultimate goal is to create a custom column where we can store these info, like rating and review. I believe many would appreciate the inclusion of the "Setting" metadata at least.
Here is one Goodread example. |
As far as I know, unfortunately, Metadata Source plugins can't store information in custom columns directly. The best solution I've found is to save additional information in the basic metadata fields. And in second step use another plugin to move that info into custom column.
The Goodreads plugin already does this by storing rating count and rating percentage. In its settings, you have the option to save this extra information under special identifiers (such as grvotes and grrating).
Another approach can be seen in the Lubimyczytac plugin, which saves additional information (like rating, rating count, number of pages, etc.) in the Comments metadata field. After downloading, the METAmover plugin can be used to parse this extra data from the Comments field and insert it into custom columns.
I've tried using similar methods in my own plugins (databazeknih.cz, legie.info, pitaval.cz and xTrance.info), where you have multiple options for where and how to store the downloaded metadata in the basic fields. For now I just use similar approach to just show info in metadata columns as described in GoodReads wiki. Or you can configure Action Chains plugin to move info between metadata fields.