[GUI Plugin] Import List

[capink]

Here is a version containing a fix for the date problem.

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moved to production version (post 1

[capink]

Can one of our kind moderators tell me what I need to do to move this to the first post. It's been out there for some time and no one reported problems.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by capink

Can one of our kind moderators tell me what I need to do to move this to the first post. It's been out there for some time and no one reported problems.

What I do for plugins like this is to send a PM to a moderator with the link to the plugin version, and the change details to be added to the first post.

[theducks]

Cap
I (or BR) can move it.
As David indicated, I ALSO need to know the edits to make in the Index
Typically it will be the release number and maybe a Minimum version of Calibre if the change used a new bit of code incorporated by Kovid.
Also a tidbit for the change log (MR) so I don't have to dig into the zip)

FWIW I don't read enough code, so I would not move it until either someone has a trusted (sorry) track record or it has been thumbs upped by a number users.

[theducks]

Done it

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by theducks

Cap
I (or BR) can move it.
As David indicated, I ALSO need to know the edits to make in the Index
Typically it will be the release number and maybe a Minimum version of Calibre if the change used a new bit of code incorporated by Kovid.
Also a tidbit for the change log (MR) so I don't have to dig into the zip)

FWIW I don't read enough code, so I would not move it until either someone has a trusted (sorry) track record or it has been thumbs upped by a number users.

FWIW - the MR plugin index details are out of date, most of what's in it isn't used by the Plugin Installer, which gets most of what it needs from the __init__.py code, e.g.

    name                    = 'Extract ISBN'
    description             = 'Extracts the ISBN from the text content of a book format if available'
    supported_platforms     = ['windows', 'osx', 'linux']
    author                  = 'Grant Drake'
    version                 = (1, 5, 0)
    minimum_calibre_version = (0, 8, 54)

BR

[tranquilo2]

Titles get imported without the last period (.):

"XX XX XX." -> imported as "XX XX XX"
"XX..." -> imported as "XX"

Thanks!

[capink]

Originally Posted by tranquilo2

Titles get imported without the last period (.):

"XX XX XX." -> imported as "XX XX XX"
"XX..." -> imported as "XX"

Thanks!

As part of the original implementation of the plugin, it removes trailing periods and commas, among other things it does to clean titles and other metadata before importing.

Since the plugin deals with multiple sources, including webpages, these cleanup steps are necessary in most of the cases. Removing them will result in other problems, especially for books imported from webpages.

[tranquilo2]

Originally Posted by capink

...Since the plugin deals with multiple sources, including webpages, these cleanup steps are necessary in most of the cases. Removing them will result in other problems, especially for books imported from webpages.

I didn't know that. It makes perfect sense. Thank you.

[Rellwood]

Latest update?

Where can I get it?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Rellwood

Latest update?

Where can I get it?

In the usual place

BR

[capink]

Version 1.5.1 - 21 September 2020 - by capink
Fix: python3 compatibility problem when importing saved setting.

This version fixes an error when importing saved settings in calibre versions based on python3. The fix is minor and should not affect other areas of the plugin. So, if anyone of our kind moderators can move this to the first post, to make sure it is out before calibre 5 is released.

Also bumped the minimum calibre version to 2.0.0, as I discovered that a signal I've been using is only available for Qt5.

[Rellwood]

I want to import a .csv with a y/n column that has both true/false and undefined or N/A.

How can I do this and not have that undefined/NA not show up as a false/no?

[capink]

Try the attached beta and see if it solves your problem.

[Rellwood]

Heck, if someone is willing to accept ideas and implement them....

Import list ideas...

Allow lists that don't have authors/titles but do have identifiers to import. Amazon has been allowing users to download their data, but their Kindle data for the most part has just the asin identifier and not the titles/authors of the book. I am trying to find a way of importing them.

Also, there are lists with just the title, and not the title/author. I am sitting on lists containing every audible book I have but the list only has the titles and the asin (and a y/n column indicating if the book has been deleted or not), I have a list of all the books I have purchased and deleted/returned but the list ONLY has the asin, and I can't figure out how to import it without titles/authors, especially if I don't have the book in my library.

Allow users to configure the title/author designated columns and not just the ones that Calibre has. Many times a book in a list will have different titles/authors than just what Calibre has, and if they don't have identifiers that makse it much more difficult to match up.

I think that these changes would be very useful.