[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