Import placeholder books from series

McStubb · 08-27-2022, 10:52 PM

So Ive run into a number of cases where I have 1-2 books in a series. Is there any way to pull the complete series from goodreads, and generate placeholder books?

For example https://www.goodreads.com/series/41246-goosebumps has 62 books in the series. Id love to be able to import that entire list.

theducks · 08-28-2022, 10:08 AM

Have you tried the Import List plugin?

predefined (tab)... WebPage , Later (after selections): Match (to) empty book

McStubb · 08-28-2022, 12:59 PM

Ive looked into the web page area, but Im clueless with xPath, and the default options dont process anything.

theducks · 08-28-2022, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McStubb

Ive looked into the web page area, but Im clueless with xPath, and the default options dont process anything.

If it still works for that site, you do not need to touch the XPATH (lower area)
Start with the Predefined Tab, Select Goodreads Search That should set the (site scrape) patterns.
Then paste the full site path into the Download From URL: Click preview

I don't use GR, so I don't know if site changes broke things A simple author test worked

McStubb · 08-28-2022, 09:11 PM

That works when using the search page, but not on any of the other pages. For example the series list that I linked to. Sorry not trying to be a pain, just trying to find if this functionality exists.

BetterRed · 08-28-2022, 11:02 PM

Google found this - https://toppsta.com/books/series/4432/goosebumps

If you use it to create empty books you should be able to download covers etc with calibre. Probably easiest to add the books using a script with multiple calibredb add commands with the --empty option. I would put them in empty library and copy them to where I wanted them once I had the metadata sorted (i.e. pub dates, covers, blurbs etc)

BR

ownedbycats · 08-29-2022, 12:05 AM

'Add by ISBN' might be another option, if you can find a list of them.

08-27-2022, 10:52 PM	#1
McStubb Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: None	Import placeholder books from series So Ive run into a number of cases where I have 1-2 books in a series. Is there any way to pull the complete series from goodreads, and generate placeholder books? For example https://www.goodreads.com/series/41246-goosebumps has 62 books in the series. Id love to be able to import that entire list.

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08-28-2022, 10:08 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Have you tried the Import List plugin? predefined (tab)... WebPage , Later (after selections): Match (to) empty book

08-28-2022, 12:59 PM	#3
McStubb Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: None	Ive looked into the web page area, but Im clueless with xPath, and the default options dont process anything.

08-28-2022, 09:11 PM	#5
McStubb Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: None	That works when using the search page, but not on any of the other pages. For example the series list that I linked to. Sorry not trying to be a pain, just trying to find if this functionality exists.

08-28-2022, 11:02 PM	#6
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,721 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Google found this - https://toppsta.com/books/series/4432/goosebumps If you use it to create empty books you should be able to download covers etc with calibre. Probably easiest to add the books using a script with multiple calibredb add commands with the --empty option. I would put them in empty library and copy them to where I wanted them once I had the metadata sorted (i.e. pub dates, covers, blurbs etc) BR

08-29-2022, 12:05 AM	#7
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,970 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	'Add by ISBN' might be another option, if you can find a list of them.

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