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[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Rei Norshine

Thanks JSWolf for the info.
So, here is the link to the "Home" page of the book listing. https://iheartsapphfic.com/all-categories/ . Once on a specific book's page, you can see the tags that I was hoping to be able to scan and add to the metadata in Calibre. I was hoping to try it on this website as well: https://thelesbianreview.com/

Metadata download plugins are usually developed by the first person who wants them, they will also have an incentive to maintain them when the website changes… as they inevitably do.

BR

[Rei Norshine]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Metadata download plugins are usually developed by the first person who wants them, they will also have an incentive to maintain them when the website changes… as they inevitably do.

BR

That's what I figured. I was hoping to make one myself, but I have no experience with coding. I tried reading the "Writing your own plugins to extend calibre’s functionality" manual on the Calibre website, but it all goes over my head. I couldn't find a easy tutorial anywhere? If you know of any, it would be appreciated. Or, is it impossible to explain in an "easy" way? Thanks! Rei

[JimmXinu]

IMO, the best approach is to find an existing plugin that does something similar and look at the code for that. There are several metadata plugins that scrape websites.

[Rei Norshine]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

IMO, the best approach is to find an existing plugin that does something similar and look at the code for that. There are several metadata plugins that scrape websites.

Which plugin would you suggest trying first? The goodreads one? I assume I have to use Python to modify the plugin. I have no experience with that. How hard would it be for me to learn?
Thanks!
Rei

[JimmXinu]

I don't use any metadata plugins. I believe most of them scrape a site somewhere. I'll start with a newer one.

All Calibre plugins are written in python. Open the plugin zip to see the source.

How hard is python to learn? It's very subjective. I learned python working on plugins. But I already knew a half dozen other languages. And proper pythoners seem to hate my code.

[JimmXinu]

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[Comfy.n]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Biz's question and follow ups about paragraph splitting moved to new thread.

I was panicking a bit when I saw I suddenly had the most recent post--2 weeks ago.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

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Biz's question and follow ups about paragraph splitting moved to new thread.

I was panicking a bit when I saw I suddenly had the most recent post--2 weeks ago.

Methinks I forgot to press "Submit' on my 'I moved ....' reply.

BR

[dunhill]

Light Mode/Dark Mode Plugin Icons
I have a humble plugin to which I would like to be able to add this function.
I know that there has to be a folder inside the image plugin with two files indicating icon_dark and icon_light. But I don't know what code I should add and where for this purpose. If it's not too much trouble, could someone guide me? I've reviewed some plugins and I feel like I'm not finding something.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by dunhill

Light Mode/Dark Mode Plugin Icons
I have a humble plugin to which I would like to be able to add this function.
I know that there has to be a folder inside the image plugin with two files indicating icon_dark and icon_light. But I don't know what code I should add and where for this purpose. If it's not too much trouble, could someone guide me? I've reviewed some plugins and I feel like I'm not finding something.

Did you tried what I suggested via PM? Here is with a detailed explanation (Python 3):

First, put your suffixed icons in the 'images' folder inside your plugin zip file. E.g.: 'images/icon_dark.png', 'images/icon_light.png'.

Place this at the start of your main.py or similar:

# Check for dark theme
def is_dark_theme():
    return QApplication.instance().is_dark_theme

Then, the get_icon() function:

def get_icon(icon_name):
    icon_name = 'images/' + icon_name

    # Choose the suffix
    tc = 'dark' if is_dark_theme() else 'light'
    sq, ext = os.path.splitext(icon_name)
    sq = f'{sq}_{tc}{ext}'

    return get_icons(sq)

Then, in your code, use the get_icon() function to retrieve the icon like this:

icon = get_icon(icon_name.png)

Note that you use the icon name without the suffix (dark/light).

This will allow the plugin to change from light/dark theme when calibre starts. If you want it to change without restarting, than you need to rebuild the menus on the fly. Check out the rebuild_menus() method present in many plugins (ui.py).

[dunhill]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

Did you tried what I suggested via PM? Here is with a detailed explanation (Python 3):

First, put your suffixed icons in the 'images' folder inside your plugin zip file. E.g.: 'images/icon_dark.png', 'images/icon_light.png'.

Place this at the start of your main.py or similar:

# Check for dark theme
def is_dark_theme():
    return QApplication.instance().is_dark_theme

Then, the get_icon() function:

def get_icon(icon_name):
    icon_name = 'images/' + icon_name

    # Choose the suffix
    tc = 'dark' if is_dark_theme() else 'light'
    sq, ext = os.path.splitext(icon_name)
    sq = f'{sq}_{tc}{ext}'

    return get_icons(sq)

Then, in your code, use the get_icon() function to retrieve the icon like this:

icon = get_icon(icon_name.png)

Note that you use the icon name without the suffix (dark/light).

This will allow the plugin to change from light/dark theme when calibre starts. If you want it to change without restarting, than you need to rebuild the menus on the fly. Check out the rebuild_menus() method present in many plugins (ui.py).

Now, thank you very much.

[Bozana]

I have no idea on how to do python or other coding, besides, htm/html and within epubs.

I would like to suggest a plugin, if someone is willing to do one, based on this website:

https://why-choose.com/

As they have loads of tags and books that not found on goodreads.

If anyone has time to write one, it would be greatly appreciated!

Kindest regards,

Bozana

[glictimo]

A DriveThruRPG plugin. I see stuff available there that I can't find anywhere else. And it's got a lot of sister sites with ebook content as well.

[nqk]

A plugin (or best if native feature is available) to enable quick book cross-reference.

Current situation: When you click on a tag, for example, the Main Calibre of course filters out all the books with that tag. Doing this on Calibre Content Server means a search (with generated link) is created and the result is the same.

I make use of this as I am mainly use the Content Server. I create URLs (with calibre format) to insert to the book metadata, Comments box for instance, and they can be used to jump to specific book or even search for books.

#panel=book_list&search="search for something"

This method works perfect with the content server. I then now would like to request for a plugin that can handle these links so that they work also in the Main Calibre.

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PS: I think I raised this issue once elsewhere if I'm not mistaken.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by nqk

A plugin (or best if native feature is available) to enable quick book cross-reference.

Current situation: When you click on a tag, for example, the Main Calibre of course filters out all the books with that tag. Doing this on Calibre Content Server means a search (with generated link) is created and the result is the same.

I make use of this as I am mainly use the Content Server. I create URLs (with calibre format) to insert to the book metadata, Comments box for instance, and they can be used to jump to specific book or even search for books.

#panel=book_list&search="search for something"

This method works perfect with the content server. I then now would like to request for a plugin that can handle these links so that they work also in the Main Calibre.

========

PS: I think I raised this issue once elsewhere if I'm not mistaken.

If you mean these The calibre:// URL scheme — calibre 7.23.0 documentation then you can put them Comments or a another long text column using Insert link tool on the Rich Text editor. I have added a Links custom column to my libraries where I put links to 'related' books etc.

BR