[GUI Plugin] Action Chains

[Wiggo]

Originally Posted by bluefish2020

If no existing chains exist I'd probably make a new module like this one:

Spoiler:

from calibre_plugins.action_chains.actions.base import ChainAction
from calibre.utils.titlecase import titlecase

class MyAction(ChainAction):

    # replace with the name of your action
    name = 'Title Case'
    support_scopes = True

    def run(self, gui, settings, chain):
        api = gui.current_db.new_api

        selected_books = chain.scope().get_book_ids()
        old_titles = api.all_field_for("title", selected_books, None)
        new_titles = {k: titlecase(v) for k, v in old_titles.items()}
        updates = {k: v for k, v in new_titles.items() if v != old_titles[k]}
        changed_ids = api.set_field(f"title", updates)
        # updating marks and view might be useful too?
        #marks = {id: "Changed title" for id in changed_ids}
        #gui.current_db.set_marked_ids(marks)
        #gui.library_view.model().refresh_ids(changed_ids)

Thank you so much, bluefish2020, I only had to change it to my customn column.

from calibre_plugins.action_chains.actions.base import ChainAction
from calibre.utils.titlecase import titlecase

class MyAction(ChainAction):

    # replace with the name of your action
    name = 'Title Case Original Title'
    support_scopes = True

    def run(self, gui, settings, chain):
        api = gui.current_db.new_api

        selected_books = chain.scope().get_book_ids()
        old_titles = api.all_field_for("#original_title", selected_books, None)
        new_titles = {k: titlecase(v) for k, v in old_titles.items()}
        updates = {k: v for k, v in new_titles.items() if v != old_titles[k]}
        changed_ids = api.set_field(f"#original_title", updates)
        # updating marks and view might be useful too?
        #marks = {id: "Changed title" for id in changed_ids}
        #gui.current_db.set_marked_ids(marks)
        #gui.library_view.model().refresh_ids(changed_ids)

I also made the following additional changes with Claude.AI

from calibre_plugins.action_chains.actions.base import ChainAction
from calibre.utils.titlecase import titlecase

class MyAction(ChainAction):

    name = 'Mark Non-Titlecase Original Titles'
    support_scopes = False

    def run(self, gui, settings, chain):
        api = gui.current_db.new_api
        db = gui.current_db

        all_books = list(api.all_book_ids())
        titles = api.all_field_for("#original_title", all_books, None)
        
        marks = {book_id: "caps_title" for book_id, title in titles.items() if title and title != titlecase(title)}
        
        db.set_marked_ids(marks)
        gui.library_view.model().refresh_ids(list(marks.keys()))

Selection Modifier — "New search": marked:caps_title, "Select all books in current library view"

[rumplestiltskin]

Wondering if Actions Chains would do the following:

I routinely eMail ePubs to my Amazon Kindle account from within Calibre. This normally works perfectly as long as I verify that the ePub isn't too large (in MB). Usually I lossy compress the images to 40% or so and this takes care of any MB issue.

So I eMail the ePub from within Calibre. I then check the "Jobs" to verify success. Finally, if successful, I have a custom column I've named "Sent" which I click upon and set the value to Yes which yields a green checkmark. A book I haven't yet sent displays a red "X".

So can I craft some sort of Action Chain that does this:
1. eMail the book.
2. Verify the Job completed successfully. (If not, show a modal "failure" dialog.)
3. if the Job completed successfully, set the "Sent" column to "Yes".

I seem to recall I asked a similar question some years ago and process #2 couldn't be done so process #3, therefore, wasn't done regardless of the success or failure of #2.

I hope I've been clear enough. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Barry

[nqk]

Hi,

Can I do "recount pages" using the built-in page count of Calibre?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by nqk

Hi,

Can I do "recount pages" using the built-in page count of Calibre?

Preferences > Look & feel > Bookshelf view > Recount pages

[nqk]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Preferences > Look & feel > Bookshelf view > Recount pages

Thank you for your response. I'd like the chain link that trigger Calibre to count the current / selected book. I can manually do it by.... right clicking the detail page, and select Recount this book

[VapidRapidReader]

Originally Posted by nqk

Thank you for your response. I'd like the chain link that trigger Calibre to count the current / selected book. I can manually do it by.... right clicking the detail page, and select Recount this book

According to bookshelf_view.py the button runs

            db = self.gui.current_db.new_api
            db.mark_for_pages_recount()
            db.queue_pages_scan(force=force)
            self.gui.library_view.model().zero_page_cache.clear()

[Ma'am-I-Am]

I'm sorry to be so stupid, but this stuff is almost beyond me!

I need to copy the info in the series column to the front of the title, plus one space.

Finished example title: [The Corps 01] Semper Fi

It seems the only way to reliably get a book onto The Spouse's Kindle is via Send to Kindle and this is how he wants it to display. There are a number of books to do, so clicking a button would really be helpful!

Will this plug in do that?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Ma'am-I-Am

I'm sorry to be so stupid, but this stuff is almost beyond me!

I need to copy the info in the series column to the front of the title, plus one space.

Finished example title: [The Corps 01] Semper Fi

It seems the only way to reliably get a book onto The Spouse's Kindle is via Send to Kindle and this is how he wants it to display. There are a number of books to do, so clicking a button would really be helpful!

Will this plug in do that?

IMHO just use the metadata plugboard. (preferences: Metadata plubboards
Set for a Kindle2

{series || }{title} > {title}

Note a series column in the list is really 2 columns (see how done in the MDE ) with the {series_index} being a separate field
I used collections for the series name (not available after K4) and only added a series index
this code formatted the index consistently to ##.##

{series_index:0>5.2f|| - }{title}

[Ma'am-I-Am]

Thank you, theducks! You're always ready to jump in with help and I really do appreciate it!

EDIT: Since I never use Save to Disk, I edited the preference in Import/Export to do what I wanted.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Ma'am-I-Am

I use the metadata plugboard for my main library, but it only adds the series to the beginning of the title *when sideloading* - it doesn't actually change the title within Calibre but that's what I need to do in order for it to display as The Spouse wants it when using Send to Kindle.

I still want to know if Action Chains can do this, but I'll also take a look at the metadata plugin posts and continue my questions there.

Thank you, theducks! You're always ready to jump in with help and I really do appreciate it!

Make a custom calculated column

 {series} {title}

Calculated, because it self maintains.

[Ma'am-I-Am]

Originally Posted by theducks

Make a custom calculated column

 {series} {title}

Calculated, because it self maintains.

I don't think that will actually change the title within Calibre, which means using Send to Kindle still just sends the title and author as Calibre stores it.

The way I do it is to open my main library, copy the books wanted to his db, open his db, click Save to Disk. Open S2K in my browser, click and drag those newly renamed files in that folder. Once they're uploaded, delete the books from his db and the renamed files (to save space). Really, it only takes a few minutes.

If you want to discuss this further (not a problem), PM me. Otherwise, we'll go off topic here. I consider my question solved.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Ma'am-I-Am

I don't think that will actually change the title within Calibre, which means using Send to Kindle still just sends the title and author as Calibre stores it.

The way I do it is to open my main library, copy the books wanted to his db, open his db, click Save to Disk. Open S2K in my browser, click and drag those newly renamed files in that folder. Once they're uploaded, delete the books from his db and the renamed files (to save space). Really, it only takes a few minutes.

If you want to discuss this further (not a problem), PM me. Otherwise, we'll go off topic here. I consider my question solved.

You need a plugboard for E-MAILED files, that is different than a connected device

[Ma'am-I-Am]

Originally Posted by theducks

You need a plugboard for E-MAILED files, that is different than a connected device

Yes, as I pretty much said in my original post. I assumed anyone reading it would understand Send to Kindle as a service (as opposed to send to device). My bad. What I'm doing now works. On a similar note, I never did figure out how to send by email directly from Calibre. That's a project for another day, though.