Write to a custom column from a Metadata Source Plugin

[thiago.eec]

Hi, everyone.

Is it possible for a Metadata Source Plugin to write data to a custom column?
I wish I could write the book pages to such a column, defined by the user.

If possible, how should I proceed?

Thanks!

[kovidgoyal]

No, metadata source plugins do not have this capability.

[theducks]

Would the Import List plugin do this (customized template) from a saved file?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

Hi, everyone.

Is it possible for a Metadata Source Plugin to write data to a custom column?
I wish I could write the book pages to such a column, defined by the user.

If possible, how should I proceed?

Thanks!

compurandom did it by providing both a Metadata Data Source and a GUI plugin for Wikidata - I think the GUI PI uses the value the MDS PI puts into the Identifiers column - that's as much as I know.

BR

[thiago.eec]

Thanks for the suggestion. I don't want to create another plugin just for that. I'll let the number of pages on the log, in case someone want to check.

Thanks!

[davidfor]

@thiago.eec: If you are interested in getting the page count from a site, the Count Pages plugin supports this. The current sites supported use an XPath statement to find the page count. This plus the URL template and some names are all that are needed.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by davidfor

@thiago.eec: If you are interested in getting the page count from a site, the Count Pages plugin supports this. The current sites supported use an XPath statement to find the page count. This plus the URL template and some names are all that are needed.

Hi, @davidfor.
I use the Count Pages plugin all the time. Nice tool.
Would it be possible to add skoob.com.br to the list?
I can provide you any information you need.

Book URL Template: https://www.skoob.com.br/livro/{skoob_id}

XPath* to pages count:

info_nodes = root.xpath('//div[@class="sidebar-desc"]/text()')
for info in info_nodes:
pages = re.search('(Páginas: )([0-9]+)', info).groups(0)[1]

* There are a lot of info on a single DIV. This is how I managed to extract each info. I'm sure you can find a better way. Take a look at the DIV:

<div class="sidebar-desc">

                ISBN-13: <span>9788528610390</span><br>ISBN-10: <span>852861039X</span><br>

        Ano: 2003          / Páginas: 224<br>        Idioma: português  <br>        Editora: <a href="/editora/1-bertrand-brasil">Bertrand Brasil</a><br>    </div>

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by davidfor

@thiago.eec: If you are interested in getting the page count from a site, the Count Pages plugin supports this. The current sites supported use an XPath statement to find the page count. This plus the URL template and some names are all that are needed.

I modified my version of Count Pages to include Skoob. Just hope I didn't break anything. So far so good .

[davidfor]

I did have a look at this on the weekend. I was trying to work out a good way to handle the need for the regex. I have an idea, but probably won't have a chance to look at it until next week. If it doesn't work, your solution is simple and will work.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I did have a look at this on the weekend. I was trying to work out a good way to handle the need for the regex. I have an idea, but probably won't have a chance to look at it until next week. If it doesn't work, your solution is simple and will work.

Good to know! If you have another solution without regex, I'll use it on Skoob Books plugin either, since I use regex for other cases like this.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

Good to know! If you have another solution without regex, I'll use it on Skoob Books plugin either, since I use regex for other cases like this.

I was looking for one without regex, but couldn't find it. What I was planning was to add the regex in the site configuration. And then run it on the XPath result. Not really much different from yours, but, it means all the changes to add a new site are in one place.

[davidfor]

I have just released a beta of the Count Pages plugin that adds Skoob as page count source site. I have added a, hopefully, generic way to handle the need for a regex on the result of the XPath used to find the page count. I haven't done much testing, but it seems to work for the few books I have added from the site. It is at the end of the Count Pages thread.

[thiago.eec]

Thank you very much, @davidfor!