Add an ID

[BetterRed]

Can I add an entry to the ID list (the column where ISBN, ASIN numbers etc appear) that consists of a label and a uri (not necessarily html://..., could be file:///..., ftp://..., evernote:/// etc)

I tried a few things with no luck.

The ones for ISBN, ASIN, Goodreads etc seem to consist of a label and key (I assume they are used in formulating a uri). I want to supply a label (to be displayed in Book Details) and complete uri.

I know I can put it a long text column, and I do. But if the uri is all there is, then that seems like a bit of an overkill.

BR

[theducks]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Can I add an entry to the ID list (the column where ISBN, ASIN numbers etc appear) that consists of a label and a uri (not necessarily html://..., could be file:///..., ftp://..., evernote:/// etc)

I tried a few things with no luck.

The ones for ISBN, ASIN, Goodreads etc seem to consist of a label and key (I assume they are used in formulating a uri). I want to supply a label (to be displayed in Book Details) and complete uri.

I know I can put it a long text column, and I do. But if the uri is all there is, then that seems like a bit of an overkill.

BR

It is in the Help:ebook-meta section on identifiers

uri:http:

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by theducks

It is in the Help:ebook-meta section on identifiers

uri:http:

@theducks - thanks but that adds whatever to the book format file, I want it in the database - so I do this command

C:\Program Files\ConEmu>calibredb set_metadata --field identifiers:booknote:"http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porte%20cochere" 303
Title               : demo 2
Title sort          : demo 2
Author(s)           : Nick [Nick]
Languages           : eng
Timestamp           : 2015-02-06T09:10:04+00:00
Published           : 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Identifiers         : booknote:http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porte%20cochere
Author Sort         : Nick
Formats             : DOCX,EPUB
Has Notes           : N
My Last Modified    : 2015-03-27
Backing up metadata
Notifying calibre of the change

But I don't get anything in Book Details IDs on which I can click



BR

[kovidgoyal]

No labels come from metadata download plugins, you can of course write your own metadata plugin to handle your specific URI scheme.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No labels come from metadata download plugins, you can of course write your own metadata plugin to handle your specific URI scheme.

That prompted me look in the database - via which discovered that if I replace the booknote: with uri: it works, providing the uri itself is an html://blah blah link - but not a file:///blah blah..., or a file:///blah blah... etc link.

Two things i) is that easily fixable, ii) in doing so would it be possible to provide a sensible label eg "Torygraph Review" so that the uri itself is not exposed, some of mine are 10 miles long.

If item ii) is not doable or too hard then for me at least, item i) isn't worth having because of the uri lengths, I would sooner stick with the existing custom long text column.

BR

[kovidgoyal]

No, as I said there is no way to store a label associated with an identifier, those are programmatically generated via plugins.