Importing Tags

les.61 · 08-19-2015, 12:44 AM

I have books that have the following naming structure and want to be able to import with the tag. I have tried and cannot get it to work.

<Title> - <Author> - <Tag(s)> - <series>

I have tried
(?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<tags>.+) - (?P<series>[^_]+)

but it will still not import the tags. Any suggestions?

eschwartz · 08-19-2015, 01:54 AM

That is because, as you can see in the testing box below, tags are not supported by the filename regex.

theducks · 08-19-2015, 10:05 AM

What eschwartz said

{tags} in Calibre are not a single item . What you see is a concatenated construct.

Each tag in the list is a separate record (more like what you see if you click the Tag edit while editing metadata). The REGEX template can't parse the tag list.

eschwartz · 08-19-2015, 11:05 AM

The regex template can parse tags just fine, all it has to do is locate a dumb string.

The actual issue is that calibre only supports a limited subset of fields for importing metadata from filenames, and tags did not make the cut.
Neither did custom columns.

08-19-2015, 12:44 AM	#1
les.61 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kobo	Importing Tags I have books that have the following naming structure and want to be able to import with the tag. I have tried and cannot get it to work. <Title> - <Author> - <Tag(s)> - <series> I have tried (?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<tags>.+) - (?P<series>[^_]+) but it will still not import the tags. Any suggestions?

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08-19-2015, 01:54 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	That is because, as you can see in the testing box below, tags are not supported by the filename regex.

08-19-2015, 10:05 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,801 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	What eschwartz said {tags} in Calibre are not a single item . What you see is a concatenated construct. Each tag in the list is a separate record (more like what you see if you click the Tag edit while editing metadata). The REGEX template can't parse the tag list.

08-19-2015, 11:05 AM	#4
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	The regex template can parse tags just fine, all it has to do is locate a dumb string. The actual issue is that calibre only supports a limited subset of fields for importing metadata from filenames, and tags did not make the cut. Neither did custom columns.