calibre now uses the Google Books API to get metadata

kovidgoyal · 03-19-2009, 10:55 PM

Hi all,

Just released calibre 0.5.2 with support for getting book metadata from Google Books in addition to isbndb.com. It works well for the kinds of books I have in my library, so try it out and let me know how it works for you.

Student1 · 03-19-2009, 11:00 PM

Thanks, will give it a try!!

AMacD · 03-22-2009, 07:55 PM

I have the wrong access key in my field and now it just generates an error. I cannot figure out how to correct that key nor how to get it to go on to the Google search.

sirbruce · 03-22-2009, 08:02 PM

AMacD, I submitted a bug report on this and it's going to be fixed in the next release.

ilovejedd · 03-23-2009, 08:05 PM

Question. For Google Books, Calibre only retrieves metadata if the ISBN is specified. It doesn't try to match the author/title. Is that normal behavior?

kovidgoyal · 03-23-2009, 08:29 PM

No it should be matching on title and author as well

ilovejedd · 03-23-2009, 08:49 PM

Just tested it again and nothing.

These are the filenames of the ebooks I was testing. I have modified the regular expression so it correctly recognized the series and series index. No access key to isbndb.com has been entered (didn't feel like opening yet another account). Using Calibre 0.5.2 on Windows XP Pro SP3.

Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl 1 - Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl 2 - The Arctic Incident
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl 3 - The Eternity Code
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl 4 - The Opal Deception
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl 5 - The Lost Colony
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl 6 - The Time Paradox
George Orwell - 1984
George Orwell - Animal Farm

kovidgoyal · 03-23-2009, 08:55 PM

it uses whatever is in the title and author fields in the edit metadata dialog.

ilovejedd · 03-23-2009, 09:26 PM

Yep, the title and author fields are showing the correct information for all books when I click on edit. Calibre was even nice enough to fix the author sort (Eoin Colfer -> Colfer, Eoin, George Orwell -> Orwell, George).

However, everytime I click "Fetch metadata from server", I keep getting the following message:
"No metadata found, try adjusting the title and author or the ISBN key."

kovidgoyal · 03-23-2009, 09:36 PM

Ah looks like a bug, opena ticket and I'll look at it when I get some time

03-19-2009, 10:55 PM	#1
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre now uses the Google Books API to get metadata Hi all, Just released calibre 0.5.2 with support for getting book metadata from Google Books in addition to isbndb.com. It works well for the kinds of books I have in my library, so try it out and let me know how it works for you.

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Student1 Groupie Posts: 159 Karma: 170 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: PRS-505	Thanks, will give it a try!!

03-22-2009, 07:55 PM	#3
AMacD Al Posts: 66 Karma: 140 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bardstown, KY as home base, but RV following the seasons. Device: Kindle1 and Kindle2 and Palm T\|X	I have the wrong access key in my field and now it just generates an error. I cannot figure out how to correct that key nor how to get it to go on to the Google search.

03-22-2009, 08:02 PM	#4
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	AMacD, I submitted a bug report on this and it's going to be fixed in the next release.

03-23-2009, 08:05 PM	#5
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,111 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Question. For Google Books, Calibre only retrieves metadata if the ISBN is specified. It doesn't try to match the author/title. Is that normal behavior?

03-23-2009, 08:29 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No it should be matching on title and author as well

03-23-2009, 08:49 PM	#7
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,111 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Just tested it again and nothing. These are the filenames of the ebooks I was testing. I have modified the regular expression so it correctly recognized the series and series index. No access key to isbndb.com has been entered (didn't feel like opening yet another account). Using Calibre 0.5.2 on Windows XP Pro SP3. Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl 1 - Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl 2 - The Arctic Incident Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl 3 - The Eternity Code Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl 4 - The Opal Deception Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl 5 - The Lost Colony Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl 6 - The Time Paradox George Orwell - 1984 George Orwell - Animal Farm

03-23-2009, 08:55 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	it uses whatever is in the title and author fields in the edit metadata dialog.

03-23-2009, 09:26 PM	#9
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,111 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Yep, the title and author fields are showing the correct information for all books when I click on edit. Calibre was even nice enough to fix the author sort (Eoin Colfer -> Colfer, Eoin, George Orwell -> Orwell, George). However, everytime I click "Fetch metadata from server", I keep getting the following message: "No metadata found, try adjusting the title and author or the ISBN key."

03-23-2009, 09:36 PM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Ah looks like a bug, opena ticket and I'll look at it when I get some time

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