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Old Yesterday, 08:03 PM   #1
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NickelHardcover: Update reading progress on Hardcover.app from Kobo eReaders

Announcing NickelHardcover Hardcover.app integration for Kobo's! It currently only supports updating the reading progress for now but if there's interest I'll add more features. This is the first release and so far it's only been tested on my device. I expect there to be some issues to work through.

Warning: Firmware version 5.x is not supported yet.

Installation
  1. Download the latest release from the releases page on github
  2. Copy the KoboRoot.tgz file to the .kobo directory on your Kobo
  3. Eject/disconnect your Kobo, and it should automatically reboot

Configuration

In order to function NickelHardcover needs to be configured with an authorization token from your Hardcover.app account.
  1. Visit hardcover.app/account/api and sign-in
  2. Copy the contents of the text box starting with "Bearer"
  3. Connect your Kobo and edit the file .adds/NickelHardcover/config.ini
  4. On the first line, labeled "authorization", remove the starting semicolon and paste the token copied in step 2 after the the equals sign
  5. Save the file and eject/disconnect your Kobo

Once edited the configuration file should look similar to the following.

Code:
authorization = Bearer MrDIPsXoT02KrqumxgFsZ.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
sqlite_path = /mnt/onboard/.kobo/KoboReader.sqlite
frequency = 15

Usage


When a book is open you should see a new menu on the top right with 3 items.
  • Sync now
    Triggers an update to the reading progress on Hardcover.app
  • Enable auto-sync
    Enables automatically updating the reading progress every 15 minutes (configurable)
  • Manually link book
    NickelHardcover attempts to determine what book to update on Hardcover.app using the ISBN of the open book. If that fails this option allows you to manually select which book to update.
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I've taken a quick look at the code. Overall, it looks fine, though I'd probably look at reworking the menu stuff to reduce the number of hooks. There are also a few leftover things in the code from NickelSeries, which it looks to be based on. I haven't looked at the UI logic yet.

I might open some PRs when I have more time.

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