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mneimeyer · 11-10-2019, 06:08 PM

Python isn't my native language and I'm having some difficulty stripping down an existing plugin to write my own.

Is there a sample "empty" plugin that I could start with instead? I can't find one if there is.

That said, what I want to do is write a plugin that simply returns a fake identifier with the date so that I could do a search for identifers:metadownloaded:false to find books I haven't updated by doing a metadata download.

This because, from what I can tell, Metadata Download plugins can't write to custom columns.

Thanks in advance!

11-10-2019, 06:08 PM	#1
mneimeyer Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Waterville, NY Device: Android / iOS	[Metadata Source Plugin] Empty Plugin? (Fake Identifier) Python isn't my native language and I'm having some difficulty stripping down an existing plugin to write my own. Is there a sample "empty" plugin that I could start with instead? I can't find one if there is. That said, what I want to do is write a plugin that simply returns a fake identifier with the date so that I could do a search for identifers:metadownloaded:false to find books I haven't updated by doing a metadata download. This because, from what I can tell, Metadata Download plugins can't write to custom columns. Thanks in advance!