[GUI Plugin] Goodreads Sync

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by FaceDeer

I've noticed an oddity while adding some books to shelves. Goodreads appears to have silently changed the Goodreads ID associated with some of them. For example, the book that used to be at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47587632 is now at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51145665. When following the link there it redirects just fine, but Goodreads Sync throws a "a book with this ID doesn't exist" error when I try to shelve it.

It's not a very big deal to me, I'll just tell Goodreads Sync to relink these books and get their new IDs. But I figured it'd be worth mentioning here. With the API retirement looming perhaps not worth fixing?

The plugin uses the API for most functions. GR probably isn't redirecting that or supplying anything to check what the new id is. I doubt there is anything that can be done except writing a identifier validator that finds the problems. And that isn't something I want to do at the moment.

But, can you run calibre in debug mode and do whatever function it is that triggers this. That's just in case there is something in the logs that might be easy to handle. Post the log and I'll look at it.

[FaceDeer]

The error that pops up in Calibre itself is:

calibre, version 5.8.1
ERROR: Goodreads Failure: The request contacting Goodreads has failed. Please try again.

URL: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/add_to_shelf.xml
Response Code: 404
b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n<GoodreadsResponse>\n  <Request>\n    <authentication>true</authentication>\n      <key><![CDATA[UxvtOM3ogQWjfgiCnMleA]]></key>\n    <method><![CDATA[shelf_add_to_shelf]]></method>\n  </Request>\n  <error>\n    <code>40004</code>\n    <generic><![CDATA[One or more parameters contains a value that did not resolve]]></generic>\n      <detail><![CDATA[Book with that book_id not found]]></detail>\n      <friendly><![CDATA[Book with that book_id not found]]></friendly>\n  </error>\n</GoodreadsResponse>\n'

And the debug log reads:

  File "runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
  File "runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
  File "site.py", line 82, in <module>
  File "site.py", line 77, in main
  File "site.py", line 49, in run_entry_point
  File "calibre\debug.py", line 262, in main
  File "calibre\gui_launch.py", line 73, in calibre
  File "calibre\gui2\main.py", line 516, in main
  File "calibre\gui2\main.py", line 523, in run_main
  File "calibre\gui2\main.py", line 388, in run_gui
  File "calibre\gui2\main.py", line 404, in run_gui_
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.action", line 292, in add_or_remove_to_shelf
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.dialogs", line 1758, in action_button_clicked
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.core", line 323, in add_remove_book_to_shelf
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.core", line 151, in _oauth_request_post
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.core", line 194, in _handle_failure

I would imagine that Goodreads should be responding with a 301 Moved Permanently instead of a 404 Not Found, but Goodreads hasn't struck me over the years as the best designed web site from a technical perspective.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by FaceDeer

The error that pops up in Calibre itself is:

calibre, version 5.8.1
ERROR: Goodreads Failure: The request contacting Goodreads has failed. Please try again.

URL: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/add_to_shelf.xml
Response Code: 404
b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n<GoodreadsResponse>\n  <Request>\n    <authentication>true</authentication>\n      <key><![CDATA[UxvtOM3ogQWjfgiCnMleA]]></key>\n    <method><![CDATA[shelf_add_to_shelf]]></method>\n  </Request>\n  <error>\n    <code>40004</code>\n    <generic><![CDATA[One or more parameters contains a value that did not resolve]]></generic>\n      <detail><![CDATA[Book with that book_id not found]]></detail>\n      <friendly><![CDATA[Book with that book_id not found]]></friendly>\n  </error>\n</GoodreadsResponse>\n'

And the debug log reads:

  File "runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
  File "runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
  File "site.py", line 82, in <module>
  File "site.py", line 77, in main
  File "site.py", line 49, in run_entry_point
  File "calibre\debug.py", line 262, in main
  File "calibre\gui_launch.py", line 73, in calibre
  File "calibre\gui2\main.py", line 516, in main
  File "calibre\gui2\main.py", line 523, in run_main
  File "calibre\gui2\main.py", line 388, in run_gui
  File "calibre\gui2\main.py", line 404, in run_gui_
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.action", line 292, in add_or_remove_to_shelf
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.dialogs", line 1758, in action_button_clicked
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.core", line 323, in add_remove_book_to_shelf
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.core", line 151, in _oauth_request_post
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.core", line 194, in _handle_failure

I would imagine that Goodreads should be responding with a 301 Moved Permanently instead of a 404 Not Found, but Goodreads hasn't struck me over the years as the best designed web site from a technical perspective.

That's pretty much what I expected. This isn't like using a browser to visit a page. This is an API call to a lower level application. The id is supplied as data and forwarding to another value is not necessarily the write thing. If anything returning a 404 could be considered wrong. Other APIs would return OK but return an error as part of the data.

[synecdoche]

Apologies if this is a dumb question, but I've downloaded the plugin and tried to play around a bit and I can't figure out how to do this.

I've downloaded a CSV of my GoodReads collection and I want to extract the ratings and whether or not I've read each book and record it in Calibre. Can someone provide me with some "explain like I'm five" instructions on how to do that?

[dunhill]

Originally Posted by synecdoche

Apologies if this is a dumb question, but I've downloaded the plugin and tried to play around a bit and I can't figure out how to do this.

I've downloaded a CSV of my GoodReads collection and I want to extract the ratings and whether or not I've read each book and record it in Calibre. Can someone provide me with some "explain like I'm five" instructions on how to do that?

Check this post to see if it solves your doubts, anything, check again.
(page 86, last message)
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...postcount=1290

[synecdoche]

Originally Posted by dunhill

Check this post to see if it solves your doubts, anything, check again.
(page 86, last message)
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...postcount=1290

Thanks—I think I've sorted what the behaviour will be, but I am still not sure how I can point the plugin at the CSV file to get that information.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by synecdoche

Thanks—I think I've sorted what the behaviour will be, but I am still not sure how I can point the plugin at the CSV file to get that information.

The plugin doesn't use any CSVs. I communicates directly with GR. It can pull the information down from GR.

If you want to use the CSV file, have a look at the Import List plugin. It can update your library from a CSV.

[Georgie W]

Deleted post - problem resolved itself.

[tafoye2384]

so according to https://www.goodreads.com/api no more API tokens are being released. How do i use this plugin now?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by tafoye2384

so according to https://www.goodreads.com/api no more API tokens are being released. How do i use this plugin now?

You use the API token embedded in the plugin until such time as Goodreads disallows using it. All you need to do is to authorize the plugin with your Goodreads username/password.

[Rellwood]

If I wanted to make the box that lists the actiions about to be performed when syncing, after the list populated, if I wanted to make that box longer without having to use the slider, where in the plugin would I change it? I would like to easily see what is going to happen when I sync a book. I often have a lot of rules, and would like to confirm what is about to happen before it happens without having to scroll down. That box is less than an inch in height. I can't stretch it longer, it only uses a slider.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Rellwood

If I wanted to make the box that lists the actiions about to be performed when syncing, after the list populated, if I wanted to make that box longer without having to use the slider, where in the plugin would I change it? I would like to easily see what is going to happen when I sync a book. I often have a lot of rules, and would like to confirm what is about to happen before it happens without having to scroll down. That box is less than an inch in height. I can't stretch it longer, it only uses a slider.

I'm not sure which dialog you are talking about, but, all of the dialogs should remember their size when you resize them. That could allow you see everything without using the slider. Otherwise, the configuration dialogs are in "config.py" and all other dialogs should be in "dialogs.py".

[Rellwood]

I am talking about the box in the pic I have attached.
I am not sure where it is in Dialog, however, I can stretch the box anyway (as you can see in the pic) but that little bit below stays shrunk down like that.

[erfly7]

How in the world do you connect calibre and goodreads?

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by erfly7

How in the world do you connect calibre and goodreads?

That is the purpose of this plugin. You need to install the plugin and follow the instructions in the help to configure the plugin. The help also has some details on how to use the plugin.