Storing MetaData

beachbunny · 03-24-2025, 02:16 AM

Not sure this is the correct forum for this question.
when I store the book ID for Openlibrary ... I use the flag URL:<openlibrary url> ... however for google ID ... I use google: and for Amazon IDs I use amazon: or ASIN: .. is there a nother tag I should be using in the Book ID field of medata panels ... I am only allowed to use the url: tag only once should I want to use a link to the books info that the author publisher had set. I do see openlibrary as a valid metadata provider in Calibre but don't see how it is coded in the Book IDs field of the MetaData. I have looked at all the .py files for a hint ... this does not seem to have helped me.

stuffedhippo · 03-24-2025, 05:46 PM

You can set up your own IDs in Preferences > Look and Feel > Book Details > Create rules to convert identifiers into links.

There's no limit to how many you can have.

beachbunny · 03-25-2025, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuffedhippo

You can set up your own IDs in Preferences > Look and Feel > Book Details > Create rules to convert identifiers into links.

There's no limit to how many you can have.

Thank You That works great and have added others. I would have thought that OpenLibrary was included by default since it is in the Metadata scan list.

03-24-2025, 02:16 AM	#1
beachbunny Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: kobo wifi, touch & sage, Nexus 7 & 9	Storing MetaData Not sure this is the correct forum for this question. when I store the book ID for Openlibrary ... I use the flag URL:<openlibrary url> ... however for google ID ... I use google: and for Amazon IDs I use amazon: or ASIN: .. is there a nother tag I should be using in the Book ID field of medata panels ... I am only allowed to use the url: tag only once should I want to use a link to the books info that the author publisher had set. I do see openlibrary as a valid metadata provider in Calibre but don't see how it is coded in the Book IDs field of the MetaData. I have looked at all the .py files for a hint ... this does not seem to have helped me. Last edited by beachbunny; 03-24-2025 at 02:18 AM.

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03-24-2025, 05:46 PM	#2
stuffedhippo Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2022 Device: Kobo Touch, Aura HD, Forma	You can set up your own IDs in Preferences > Look and Feel > Book Details > Create rules to convert identifiers into links. There's no limit to how many you can have.

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