[GUI Plugin] Goodreads Sync - Page 77

Iceybones · 08-07-2018, 02:13 PM

Hey guys. What would it take to get this plugin to scrape the ASIN from goodreads? All my books are linked to a kindle edition that has an ASIN listed. Should be pretty straightforward right? For me to just do it myself I mean. Could it be as easy as just tweaking the function that grabs the isbn for a paperback book?

Iceybones · 08-07-2018, 05:32 PM

I think I've narrowed it down to this block of code. Thoughts?

Quote:

Code:

goodreads_edition_book['goodreads_isbn'] = ''
            isbn_node = edition_data_node.xpath('div[@class="moreDetails hideDetails"]/div[@class="dataRow"][2]/div[@class="dataValue"]/span[@class="greyText"]/text()')
            if len(isbn_node) > 0:
                isbn = None
                match_isbn = re.search(': (\d+)', isbn_node[0])
                if not match_isbn:
                    match_isbn = re.search('(\d+)', isbn_node[0])
                if match_isbn:
                    isbn = match_isbn.groups(0)[0]
                    if check_isbn(isbn):
                        goodreads_edition_book['goodreads_isbn'] = isbn
            goodreads_edition_books.append(goodreads_edition_book)

davidfor · 08-07-2018, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iceybones

I think I've narrowed it down to this block of code. Thoughts?

I can't look at the plugin at the moment. That looks like code in the edition handling and it getting the ISBN. You would need to replicate that, except for the last line, to get the ASIN as well.

But, there will be other changes needed. The "goodreads_edition_book" is being initialised somewhere, when it is selected it is copied to another object for the book and later the book in the library is updated. Finding all the instances of "isbn" in the plugin and replicating that will probably get you close.

And unfortunately, this sort of thing should be a configurable option. Some people will want to get the ASIN this way, some won't.

Overall, I can see the desire for this. I don't tend to use the ASIN much myself, so haven't felt the loss. If you want to do it and give me the changes, I'll be happy to add it to the plugin. Otherwise, I might do it when I get bored.

Iceybones · 08-08-2018, 02:45 AM

Thanks for the reply davidfor. I'm not all that familiar with Python or XPath. I know C# so I can infer quite a bit about the code but I have no business writing anything for the end user. Was just hoping to sloppily tweak it to fit my own needs. I'll keep messing with it and hopefully I either stumble onto something or you get bored and bail me out.

Iceybones · 08-08-2018, 04:17 AM

davidfor: So I switched over to tweaking the goodreads metadata source plugin because it is much simpler. I got it covered I'll post the code in the other thread.

Alissa1651 · 08-10-2018, 01:41 AM

Oh, thank you both! Most of my books are linked to an ASIN too, so this feature would be nice!

davidfor · 08-10-2018, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alissa1651

Oh, thank you both! Most of my books are linked to an ASIN too, so this feature would be nice!

If you already have an ASIN, this suggestion for a change won't help. This is to let the plugin set the ASIN when changing the edition. I'm not sure if I will do this here. But, a similar change has been offered in the Goodreads Metadata source plugin, and I will probably adopt that.

Rellwood · 08-11-2018, 07:20 PM

@davidfor

I was hoping that this would resolve itself. Do you remember a couple of years ago this had happened? It is associated with shelves containing more that 100 books. It hasn't resolved and I am now doing a bug report. Just letting you know.

Rellwood · 08-11-2018, 08:55 PM

[QUOTE=davidfor;3732149]@Rellwood: I have done some testing here, and I cannot reproduce this. I have tried several shelves bigger 60 books, including one with 491 books.

I'm hoping this is a transient network or server problem. If it persists, can you run calibre in debug mode, do the sync for a shelf and post the log. The log might give a clue as to whether there is something I can do.[/QUOTE

I initially thought that it had to do with having too many sync commands with the "read" shelf. However, it seems that books that have no commands other than to add to the "current shelf" column still stalls out. I have two users on my computer (both me) so I have Calibre running on both. The version that is less used, less updated is able to update the shelves. The up-to-date user is having problems. I created a debug log using both. I don't want to attach them here. I will PM you.

davidfor · 08-11-2018, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rellwood

I initially thought that it had to do with having too many sync commands with the "read" shelf. However, it seems that books that have no commands other than to add to the "current shelf" column still stalls out. I have two users on my computer (both me) so I have Calibre running on both. The version that is less used, less updated is able to update the shelves. The up-to-date user is having problems. I created a debug log using both. I don't want to attach them here. I will PM you.

It isn't the sync commands. The previous error showed it was during the download from Goodreads. The timeout is a network or server problem. I'm not expecting more than confirmation of this from the logs.

Rellwood · 08-14-2018, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

It isn't the sync commands. The previous error showed it was during the download from Goodreads. The timeout is a network or server problem. I'm not expecting more than confirmation of this from the logs.

Yeah, I never really figured out what it was, so I just imported another library that was working. Now I have to redo all the shelf commands.

Thanks for your help though!

Inezg · 08-16-2018, 07:51 AM

Hi, I installed the plugin today (on calibre floating on my external USB drive) and I get an error as soon as I try to customize (open?) the plugin. It keeps asking me to restart calibre. I have done this many times, tried reinstalling/restarting, installed it using zip, installed it using calibre plugin manager. I checked it out in debug mode, and I get this error:

ImportError: No module named pin_columns

That is the only thing relating goodreads_sync that's in there, I checked by running in debug mode without the plugin.

I have no clue what is wrong or what I should do to fix it. I really want to use this plugin!

Inez

davidfor · 08-16-2018, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inezg

Hi, I installed the plugin today (on calibre floating on my external USB drive) and I get an error as soon as I try to customize (open?) the plugin. It keeps asking me to restart calibre. I have done this many times, tried reinstalling/restarting, installed it using zip, installed it using calibre plugin manager. I checked it out in debug mode, and I get this error:

ImportError: No module named pin_columns

That is the only thing relating goodreads_sync that's in there, I checked by running in debug mode without the plugin.

I have no clue what is wrong or what I should do to fix it. I really want to use this plugin!

That's an error I made in the last release. I've actually been surprised that no one had noticed it before. But, it means that you are using an older version of calibre. If possible, I would recommend updating calibre.

In case you cannot update calibre, the attached version of the plugin should fix the problem.

Inezg · 08-16-2018, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

That's an error I made in the last release. I've actually been surprised that no one had noticed it before. But, it means that you are using an older version of calibre. If possible, I would recommend updating calibre.

In case you cannot update calibre, the attached version of the plugin should fix the problem.

Thanks! That worked! And superthanks for the fast reply!
I'll probably update sometime soon but at work I don't have administrator rights

Georgie W · 08-26-2018, 12:46 PM

Hi, Couple of things. Firstly, thanks for the plug-in and the work you do on it - really appreciated. Recently, though, I think I'm coming across a bug when I add a book to GR from Calibre, and attempt to set the rating through the GR sync window. I used to be able to give it a star rating, but now I get an error message -
AttributeError "DoAddRemoveTableWidget" object has no attribure 'pin_view'.
CLicking OK to this brings up the rating box (though lined up under the "Status" column) and I'm able to complete the rating then. So it's not a major problem, but a minor bug.

The other thing is that when I sync my reviews from GR (where I write them) to Calibre, only the first x lines are sync'd - the rest are cut off. Is there any way of over-riding the limitation?

Thanks.

08-07-2018, 02:13 PM	#1141
Iceybones Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2018 Device: Kindle PW3	Hey guys. What would it take to get this plugin to scrape the ASIN from goodreads? All my books are linked to a kindle edition that has an ASIN listed. Should be pretty straightforward right? For me to just do it myself I mean. Could it be as easy as just tweaking the function that grabs the isbn for a paperback book? Last edited by Iceybones; 08-07-2018 at 05:32 PM.

08-08-2018, 04:17 AM	#1145
Iceybones Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2018 Device: Kindle PW3	davidfor: So I switched over to tweaking the goodreads metadata source plugin because it is much simpler. I got it covered I'll post the code in the other thread. Last edited by Iceybones; 08-08-2018 at 05:28 AM.

08-16-2018, 07:51 AM	#1152
Inezg Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2018 Device: kobo	Error on plugin start Hi, I installed the plugin today (on calibre floating on my external USB drive) and I get an error as soon as I try to customize (open?) the plugin. It keeps asking me to restart calibre. I have done this many times, tried reinstalling/restarting, installed it using zip, installed it using calibre plugin manager. I checked it out in debug mode, and I get this error: ImportError: No module named pin_columns That is the only thing relating goodreads_sync that's in there, I checked by running in debug mode without the plugin. I have no clue what is wrong or what I should do to fix it. I really want to use this plugin! Inez

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08-08-2018, 02:45 AM	#1144
Iceybones Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2018 Device: Kindle PW3	Thanks for the reply davidfor. I'm not all that familiar with Python or XPath. I know C# so I can infer quite a bit about the code but I have no business writing anything for the end user. Was just hoping to sloppily tweak it to fit my own needs. I'll keep messing with it and hopefully I either stumble onto something or you get bored and bail me out.

08-10-2018, 01:41 AM	#1146
Alissa1651 Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kindle app for iOS	Oh, thank you both! Most of my books are linked to an ASIN too, so this feature would be nice!

08-11-2018, 07:20 PM	#1148
Rellwood Library Breeder (She/Her) Posts: 1,268 Karma: 1937891 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Fullerton, California Device: Paperwhite 2015 (2), PW 2024 (12 GEN), PW 2023 (11 GEN), Scribe (1st)	@davidfor I was hoping that this would resolve itself. Do you remember a couple of years ago this had happened? It is associated with shelves containing more that 100 books. It hasn't resolved and I am now doing a bug report. Just letting you know.

08-11-2018, 08:55 PM	#1149
Rellwood Library Breeder (She/Her) Posts: 1,268 Karma: 1937891 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Fullerton, California Device: Paperwhite 2015 (2), PW 2024 (12 GEN), PW 2023 (11 GEN), Scribe (1st)	[QUOTE=davidfor;3732149]@Rellwood: I have done some testing here, and I cannot reproduce this. I have tried several shelves bigger 60 books, including one with 491 books. I'm hoping this is a transient network or server problem. If it persists, can you run calibre in debug mode, do the sync for a shelf and post the log. The log might give a clue as to whether there is something I can do.[/QUOTE I initially thought that it had to do with having too many sync commands with the "read" shelf. However, it seems that books that have no commands other than to add to the "current shelf" column still stalls out. I have two users on my computer (both me) so I have Calibre running on both. The version that is less used, less updated is able to update the shelves. The up-to-date user is having problems. I created a debug log using both. I don't want to attach them here. I will PM you.

08-26-2018, 12:46 PM	#1155
Georgie W Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Scotland Device: KT4 5.13.6	Hi, Couple of things. Firstly, thanks for the plug-in and the work you do on it - really appreciated. Recently, though, I think I'm coming across a bug when I add a book to GR from Calibre, and attempt to set the rating through the GR sync window. I used to be able to give it a star rating, but now I get an error message - AttributeError "DoAddRemoveTableWidget" object has no attribure 'pin_view'. CLicking OK to this brings up the rating box (though lined up under the "Status" column) and I'm able to complete the rating then. So it's not a major problem, but a minor bug. The other thing is that when I sync my reviews from GR (where I write them) to Calibre, only the first x lines are sync'd - the rest are cut off. Is there any way of over-riding the limitation? Thanks.