plugin api call to do editmetadata->merge functions?

minektur · 01-27-2019, 11:57 PM

I'm playing around with a plugin that does some custom duplicate finding (yeah I know about the existing duplicate finder plugin) and I'd like to, in some cases be able to make a db api call that does the same thing as 'edit metadata'->'merge' from the menu or 'M' keypress.

Is that function exposed via the api that plugins can call?

kovidgoyal · 01-28-2019, 01:08 AM

You can do anything calibre itself can do from a plugin, there is no API that is not accessible. For instance if you want to trigger the merge action from your plugin, you can do:

Code:

self.gui.iactions['Edit metadata'].merge_books()

see the code of the merge_books() function in edit_metadata.py in the calibre source code for parameters to pass or if you want to manually do some things that function does.

minektur · 01-28-2019, 08:27 AM

So, looking at that code, I want to do this approximately:

self.add_formats(dest_id, self.formats_for_books(rows))
self.merge_metadata(dest_id, src_ids)
self.delete_books_after_merge(src_ids)

Can I just import those (and any they use) methods from that file?

Are they already accessible somewhere? deep in the self.gui object?

kovidgoyal · 01-28-2019, 09:45 AM

self.gui.iactions['Edit metadata']

01-27-2019, 11:57 PM	#1
minektur Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: fbreader/android	plugin api call to do editmetadata->merge functions? I'm playing around with a plugin that does some custom duplicate finding (yeah I know about the existing duplicate finder plugin) and I'd like to, in some cases be able to make a db api call that does the same thing as 'edit metadata'->'merge' from the menu or 'M' keypress. Is that function exposed via the api that plugins can call?

01-28-2019, 01:08 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can do anything calibre itself can do from a plugin, there is no API that is not accessible. For instance if you want to trigger the merge action from your plugin, you can do: Code: self.gui.iactions['Edit metadata'].merge_books() see the code of the merge_books() function in edit_metadata.py in the calibre source code for parameters to pass or if you want to manually do some things that function does.

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01-28-2019, 08:27 AM	#3
minektur Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: fbreader/android	So, looking at that code, I want to do this approximately: self.add_formats(dest_id, self.formats_for_books(rows)) self.merge_metadata(dest_id, src_ids) self.delete_books_after_merge(src_ids) Can I just import those (and any they use) methods from that file? Are they already accessible somewhere? deep in the self.gui object?

01-28-2019, 09:45 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	self.gui.iactions['Edit metadata']

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