[Feature Request] Series ID

taosaur · 06-14-2013, 09:51 PM

As far as I can tell there's no way for either users or plugin authors to make use of series ID numbers from metadata sources. Please correct me if I'm wrong. While this feature may not be terribly helpful with novels, it would be life-saving for periodicals such as comic books (I first brought it up in the Comicvine plugin thread). It would allow us to edit metadata in bulk on large series, add the series ID, and then fetch the correct metadata for series with similar names and/or conflicting naming conventions (very common in comics).

It also seems like very basic infrastructure that could open up unforeseen uses by plugin authors.

kovidgoyal · 06-14-2013, 10:02 PM

Use the identifiers field. All identifiers are passed to plugins by the metadata download system. You can use the search and replace tab in the bulk metadata dialog to set the same identifier for many books at once.

taosaur · 06-14-2013, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Use the identifiers field. All identifiers are passed to plugins by the metadata download system. You can use the search and replace tab in the bulk metadata dialog to set the same identifier for many books at once.

What would be the format to set a series identifier? I've tried a few things with no luck. To set an individual book identifier, the format is "comicvine:123456."

The book would be identified in Comic Vine's database as "4000-123456."

A series is identified in Comic Vine's database as "4050-456789." How would one designate the series using Calibre's identifier field? I can understand if there's something that needs to be built out in the ComicVine plugin--it's still pretty new.

I also can't find a way to add an editable identifier column to the main library: only display identifiers via the ISBN template.

ETA: to be clear above, "4000" is the actual Comic Vine prefix for individual book listings, and "4050" is the actual prefix for series listings.

kovidgoyal · 06-14-2013, 11:05 PM

You can use whatever format for the identifier you like, for example,

comicvine-series:XXXX

But you will have to ask the plugin author to add support for that identifier in his plugin.

06-14-2013, 09:51 PM	#1
taosaur intelligent posterior Posts: 1,562 Karma: 21295618 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohiopolis Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro	[Feature Request] Series ID As far as I can tell there's no way for either users or plugin authors to make use of series ID numbers from metadata sources. Please correct me if I'm wrong. While this feature may not be terribly helpful with novels, it would be life-saving for periodicals such as comic books (I first brought it up in the Comicvine plugin thread). It would allow us to edit metadata in bulk on large series, add the series ID, and then fetch the correct metadata for series with similar names and/or conflicting naming conventions (very common in comics). It also seems like very basic infrastructure that could open up unforeseen uses by plugin authors.

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06-14-2013, 10:02 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Use the identifiers field. All identifiers are passed to plugins by the metadata download system. You can use the search and replace tab in the bulk metadata dialog to set the same identifier for many books at once.

06-14-2013, 11:05 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can use whatever format for the identifier you like, for example, comicvine-series:XXXX But you will have to ask the plugin author to add support for that identifier in his plugin.

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