[Metadata Source Plugin] Goodreads

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Shouldn't you be authorized in Edge as that's what Windows uses?

I sincerely doubt it, as I never use Edge.

[Eskarina]

Originally Posted by kiwidude

I haven't seen a single issue personally, I did a bunch of metadata downloads today with Goodreads and they all worked flawlessly. So while I sympathise with some people having issues I can't fix what isn't broken for me

...and just like that, it's working again with absolutely no intervention from me. Just one day not working and the next, working like nothing happened. Don't I look silly.
Regardless. Thanks for all you do!

[DNSB]

"We don't believe in miracles, we just depend on them."

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by DNSB

"We don't believe in miracles, we just depend on them."

[SASSBS]

For the past few hours mine is giving a 500 error can't win

[Bozana]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

Phew! Here's how I solved it on my Windows machine, using Waterfox (the same steps should apply to Firefox):

Went to Goodreads website -> pressed Ctrl+I to open More Info dialog > selected "Security" -> clicked View Certificate -> then on Miscellaneous section: downloaded PEM cert. (there are three inner "tabs" in that about:certificate page: www.goodreads.com, Amazon RSA 2048 M03 and Amazon Root CA 1. I used www.goodreads.com.)

Then I imported the certs following these instructions

certutil –addstore -enterprise –f "Root" c:\cert\www-goodreads-com-chain.pem
certutil –addstore -enterprise –f "Root" c:\cert\www-goodreads-com.pem

Tried downloading metadata. No good. Restarted computer. Tried again... no good!

Then I ran certmgr.msc (winkey + r), went to Trusted Root Certification Authorities -> Certificates -> double clicked the last one on the list www.goodreads.com, and after that I tried again and it worked!!

Thank you SO VERY MUCH!! I had to simplify it for myself, as I'm autistic and so I thought to share it with others that are struggling and make it less complicated for them:

For anyone having trouble with Goodreads plugin:

Here's how it got solved it on Windows, using Firefox browser:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Go to Goodreads website: https://www.goodreads.com/
3. Pressed Ctrl +I on your keyboard, to open More Info dialog
4. Selected Security
5. Clicked View Certificate
6. Then scroll down to Miscellaneous section, till you see Download.
7. Download these two:

PEM (cert)
PEM (chain)

Save them to C drive, at the root, and create a folder called: cert
This part is important, in order for this to work.

8. You will need to open Command Line as a Administrator. To do this:

a. To Open Command Prompt as an Administrator:
b. Press the Windows Start button at the bottom left.
c. Type in "Command Prompt".
d. Right click on Command Prompt and click "Run as administrator".
e. Click Yes if the Windows 10 User Account Control prompt is displayed.
f. The Command Prompt should appear.

9. Then to import the certs following these instructions, copy each of these separately, one at a time and paste it into Command Line and press enter for each:

certutil –addstore -enterprise –f "Root" c:\cert\www-goodreads-com-chain.pem

certutil –addstore -enterprise –f "Root" c:\cert\www-goodreads-com.pem

10. Then pressing winkey + r on your keyboard, it should open the Run box.
11. Type: certmgr.msc and click OK
12. Go to Trusted Root Certification Authorities, on the left.
13. On the right side is Certificates, double click it.
14. Scroll down and go to and double clicked the last one on the list www.goodreads.com
15. Click Ok. Close certmgr
16. Run Goodreads plugin in Calibre and this work like normal now.

[Comfy.n]

Originally Posted by Bozana

Thank you SO VERY MUCH!!

I'm very glad that it worked for you!

I hadn't tried the curl method that Terisa suggested because I didn't even know what's a cURL.

But then I did some searching and found that curl.exe is a built-in command on Windows since 2018 and it probably is a simpler way to achieve the same result!

I believe that both approaches need an elevated command prompt (run cmd as admin), I should have mentioned that.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

I'm very glad that it worked for you!

I hadn't tried the curl method that Terisa suggested because I didn't even know what's a cURL.

But then I did some searching and found that curl.exe is a built-in command on Windows since 2018 and it probably is a simpler way to achieve the same result!

I believe that both approaches need an elevated command prompt (run cmd as admin), I should have mentioned that.

Well, curl (unix/linux command for sending request to a website) didn't work in the third machine (as I said different computers....), but the cert certificate (from Chrome, chain is not present so you can skip that file) has worked. So: three computers, three different methods

[Iron_Mac]

Originally Posted by Bozana

Thank you SO VERY MUCH!! I had to simplify it for myself, as I'm autistic and so I thought to share it with others that are struggling and make it less complicated for them:

For anyone having trouble with Goodreads plugin: ...

Thank you so much to both @Bozana and @Terisa de morgan for the push in the right direction. I was completely on the wrong track as I thought it was a Network Solutions Root certificate that expired 09/23/24.
Phew!

[Iron_Mac]

Originally Posted by Iron_Mac

Thank you so much to both @Bozana and @Terisa de morgan for the push in the right direction.

And I didn't chain far back enough ... thanks also to Comfy.n as well!

[Comfy.n]

Originally Posted by Iron_Mac

And I didn't chain far back enough ... thanks also to Comfy.n as well!

[kevn57]

Is there a way to not d/l the Amazon url when using the goodreads plugin to get Metadata? I'm really trying not to use Amazon for anything these days, and would really just like the link to Goodreads (even though Amazon owns them). I'm slowly getting away from Goodreads to Storygraph but I don't believe there is a Calibre plugin to d/l Storygraph metadata

[kiwidude]

Release Notes
https://github.com/kiwidude68/calibr...odreads-v1.8.3

@kevn57 - this should fix your issue of not wanting the Amazon.com identifier (it was a bug). You just need to uncheck the 'Get ASIN for kindle editions' option in the configuration options for this plugin.

Interesting on Storygraph, had never heard of it (not one of the cool kids I guess). Will take a look at it one day if I find time, if I end up using it then I will want a plugin for it too so would end up writing one.

[kevn57]

Thanks Dude, much appreciated.

For me the best thing about Storygraph are the reading challenges all integrated onto the book detail pages. If you do any book bingo's as you change a book status to read you can also add it to the bingo at the same time. Stats are tracked across a bunch of categories. Your goodreads data can be exported then imported to Storygraph this includes all your reviews ect, so pretty painless getting going. I think my biggest goodreads shelf was about 5000 books and it only took Storygraph a few hours to import my data and update my profile. Also at for now Storygraph isn't owned by Amazon, then again when I joined goodreads it was owned by Amazon either. I fear that if Storygraph does get very popular Amazon will buy them too.

[p@perm0nk]

Love this plugin so amazing work!

Not sure if this has been discussed already. Just noticed that the Goodread's book information page also includes the fields like "Original title", "Setting" and "Characters". Would it be possible to update the plugin to include these fields as well? Ultimate goal is to create a custom column where we can store these info, like rating and review. I believe many would appreciate the inclusion of the "Setting" metadata at least.

Here is one Goodread example.