Linux / Command Line / search and add metadata

[plittlefield]

Hi Folks,

Is there a way to search online and add metadata for a book using the command line in Linux on a headless server?

I know there is the calibredb command, which I use to automatically add a book to my Library after fetching it.

It happily adds the Title and Author to my Library, but there are no Tags, IDs, or Description.

Is there a way to look up on the internet and add that information, purely based on the Title and Author of a book?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards,

Paully

[theducks]

Spend lots of time reading the different CLI command options.
I think the CLI can do just about everything except feed the Cat

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gene...book-meta.html

[eschwartz]

calibre comes with a command-line `fetch-ebook-metadata` utility, which download and save metadata in OPF format. You can then use the OPF to set metadata using `calibredb set_metadata`.

[plittlefield]

Perfect, thank you.

:-)

Paully