[GUI Plugin] Action Chains

[capink]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Is a way to apply an additonal restriction?

Without writing a specific module for this, the quick and dirty way is to use a "Run Python Code" action with this code:

• To set a named restriction
  

  def run(gui, settings, chain):
      gui.apply_named_search_restriction('restriction_name')

• To set a restriction from search
  

  def run(gui, settings, chain):
      gui.apply_text_search_restriction('search_string')

[Far_Pen_6884]

Is it possible to have an action chain trigger automatically when I perform a certain action, like rating a book?

I've seen users sharing action chains as zip files. How can I import and export those JSON files into an action chain?

[ownedbycats]

Event Manager in menu.

Right-click chain in Manage Chains.

[un_pogaz]

I share a user module: Re-calc Book Size
It's a little module to re-calc the size column of a book.
Useful if you've had edited the book files by a third-party program.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...65#post4529065

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by un_pogaz

I share a user module: Re-calc Book Size
It's a little module to re-calc the size column of a book.
Useful if you've had edited the book files by a third-party program.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...65#post4529065

Useful!

[chaley]

Is there an existing module or action that will open an input dialog to get a line of text? It is easy enough to do as a python action, getting the text and dropping it into a global, but why reinvent the wheel?

Another question: is there currently a way to use the current search as a temporary VL? This is done manually by clicking on VL and then "*current search". Again, this is straightforward to do with a python template, but ...

[capink]

Originally Posted by chaley

Is there an existing module or action that will open an input dialog to get a line of text? It is easy enough to do as a python action, getting the text and dropping it into a global, but why reinvent the wheel?.

Not exactly an input dialog, but the Chain Variables action has an interactive checkbox that will allow you to enter a text to be saved to global variable. If not suitable for you needs, we can always add a new action. Not sure whether to add to the resources thread or directly in the builtin actions.

Originally Posted by chaley

Another question: is there currently a way to use the current search as a temporary VL? This is done manually by clicking on VL and then "*current search". Again, this is straightforward to do with a python template, but ...

Not currently. I was planning on an action that does some of these things like VLs and restrictions, but haven't gotten around to it. I had an unpolished multi-sort action in the resources thread that I thought maybe I can add the VLs and restrictions to, instead of having a dedicated action for every single action. I usually put temporary actions in the resources thread until I get a clear idea of how the final version should look like.

Currently, the quick and dirty way is a "Run Python Action"

• To use the current search as vl:
  

  def run(gui, settings, chain):
      gui.apply_virtual_library('*')

• If you want to use a named vl:
  

  def run(gui, settings, chain):
      gui.apply_virtual_library('vl_name')

• To set a named restriction
  

  def run(gui, settings, chain):
      gui.apply_named_search_restriction('restriction_name')

• To set a restriction from search
  

  def run(gui, settings, chain):
      gui.apply_text_search_restriction('search_string')

A dedicated action would provide a config widget with combobox to choose from the available vls and restrictions.

[chaley]

@capink: thanks. I did what I needed using the interactive selection of chain variables. It works well. I would rather that a single click on the value cell opened the editor, but a double click works.

The chain is documented in this post.

[ownedbycats]

My Cleanup: General chain I have set to selection_count() = 1 because I didn't really design it for multiple books.

Is a way to make a second chain where I can use to select multiple books and Chain Caller on each book separately?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

My Cleanup: General chain I have set to selection_count() = 1 because I didn't really design it for multiple books.

Is a way to make a second chain where I can use to select multiple books and Chain Caller on each book separately?

What happens if you set selection_count() > 1?

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What happens if you set selection_count() > 1?

Would mess up the chain. I have to run the action for each book. Would like a way to automate that for when I have many books to process.

[capink]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

My Cleanup: General chain I have set to selection_count() = 1 because I didn't really design it for multiple books.

Is a way to make a second chain where I can use to select multiple books and Chain Caller on each book separately?

Have a look at this. Make sure to set the chunk size in the settings of the "Modified Chain Caller" to 1.

Note: If you want to select books, instead of using scopes, you can use "Search Using Templates" action at the top of the target chain:

• Use the following template:
  

  program:
      globals(_book_ids)

• Tick the checkbox: select books resulting from this template.
• Tick the option: template output is a list of books ids

This is the closest thing to loop mechanism currently available for "Action Chains".

[mijkala]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Question: Can I set an action to open the link for a selected identifier?

Context: Going through my dormant fanfics to see if any of them have been deleted. Doing bulk-updates with FanFicFare is frowned upon. I thought I could select about 5-10 fics at a time and have Action Chains open the identifier link in the browser.

Originally Posted by capink

Open with action has a template option that should make this work depending on the browser you use. Firefox has a -new-tab option that should make them all open in the same window.

Would someone be able to help me set this up? I'm new to action chains (I just have the one setup to change status of fic based on time and that was basically copied and pasted - thank you ownedbycats for that). I have no clue how to set this up, but this is exactly what I want to do basically

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Would mess up the chain. I have to run the action for each book. Would like a way to automate that for when I have many books to process.

But would it work for multiple selected books if it was a separate action?

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But would it work for multiple selected books if it was a separate action?

Some of the actions have conditionals (for example, run Extract ISBN only if book has no existing ISBN identifier). It doesn't quite work right when some book matches conditionals and others don't.