[Metadata Source Plugin] Adlibris (Finland / Norway / Sweden)

[J-H]

Adlibris - Version 0.2.0 - 2022.10.03 - by J-H.

This plugin is for using Adlibris.com as a metadata source.
It is compatible with Adlibris.com in Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Choose from the plugin settings in Calibre which one you want to use.

This plugin is originally based on plugins by Pr. BarnArt and Grant Drake.

Installation Notes:
Download the attached zip file and install the plugin as described in the Introduction to plugins thread.
You can configure the plugin within Calibre.



Changelog:
v. 0.2.0 - 2022-10-03
* works with Calibre 6 and up (tested with 6.5)

v. 0.1.2 - 2021-04-25
* fixed the link to the book. Now it refers to the chosen store (FI/SE/NO) and not always to the FI-store.
* fixed series indexing. (thanks to Marween)
+ if the are no title matches, the plugin will try to remove 'unnecessary' part of the title and makes a new search:
eg. the book's subtitle may be added to the title after a ':' or a '-'

v. 0.1.1 - 2021-02-04
- removed adlibris_id as an id
+ isbn is now the only id
+ If no author is found the plugin will search for editor(s).
+ The plugin utilizes Dictor: an elegant dictionary and JSON handler by author Mike Reider.
https://github.com/perfecto25/dictor

v. 0.1.0 - 2021-01-10
Initial release.

[J-H]

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[SirBeardAlot]

Been looking for a swedish metadata source plugin like this for ages.

This plugin found metadata for several swedish books which no other plugin has been able to find.

Thank you J-H. Keep up the good job!

[SirBeardAlot]

I noticed that the adlibris identifier is extremely long. Does it have to be this long?

One example: adlibris_id:/se/bok/den-professionella-logiken-hur-vetenskap-och-praktik-forenas-i-det-moderna-kunskapssamhallet-9789147097609

[J-H]

Hi SirBeardAlot,

Nice to hear that you like the plugin.

About the adlibris_id. As you can see the id is a part of url of the book. At the moment I do not know a shorter way to reference the book's adlibris page directly.

What kind of problems the id is causing you?

J-H

[SirBeardAlot]

Originally Posted by J-H

Hi SirBeardAlot,

Nice to hear that you like the plugin.

About the adlibris_id. As you can see the id is a part of url of the book. At the moment I do not know a shorter way to reference the book's adlibris page directly.

What kind of problems the id is causing you?

J-H

It's not causing any actual problem (except in my head). Most other sites have shorter id's (just numbers). The long id from Adlibris makes it look a little bit messy.

But hey, it's not a big deal at all. I am very happy with the plugin the way it is, and it works great for me.

[J-H]

Originally Posted by SirBeardAlot

It's not causing any actual problem (except in my head). Most other sites have shorter id's (just numbers). The long id from Adlibris makes it look a little bit messy.

But hey, it's not a big deal at all. I am very happy with the plugin the way it is, and it works great for me.

Ok, good

[J-H]

Originally Posted by SirBeardAlot

It's not causing any actual problem (except in my head). Most other sites have shorter id's (just numbers). The long id from Adlibris makes it look a little bit messy.

But hey, it's not a big deal at all. I am very happy with the plugin the way it is, and it works great for me.

The long Adlibris id is removed from the latest version. It now only uses the isbn.

Enjoy

[Marween]

I fixed the series indexing not working:

Line 114-118 in worker.py:

# Series
mi.series = dictor(data, "ProductVariants.0.ProductInfo.Series.Values.0.Value")
mi.publisher = dictor(
    data, "ProductVariants.0.ProductInfo.Publisher.Values.0.Value"
)

Replace with:

# Series
series = dictor(data, "ProductVariants.0.ProductInfo.Series.Values.0.Value")
series_index = dictor(data, "ProductVariants.0.ProductInfo.Series.Values.0.Unit")
        
if series is not None:
    series_index = re.search("(\d+)", series_index)
    if series_index is not None and float(series_index.group(1)) < 3000:
        mi.series = series
        mi.series_index = series_index.group(1)

mi.publisher = dictor(data, "ProductVariants.0.ProductInfo.Publisher.Values.0.Value")

[Marween]

Actually, for the odd case where series exist but it doesn't have a index:

if series is not None:
    mi.series = series
    if series_index is not None:
        series_index = re.search("(\d+)", series_index)
        if series_index is not None and float(series_index.group(1)) < 3000:
            mi.series_index = series_index.group(1)

This will leave index out for all that has a series listed but not index, so they'll all end up as [1], but it's better than crashing/failing to download metadata I think?

Example: https://www.adlibris.com/se/e-bok/de...-9788726381689

[SirBeardAlot]

Originally Posted by J-H

The long Adlibris id is removed from the latest version. It now only uses the isbn.

Enjoy

That's nice!

Found something else:

The link to Adlibris in the book details windows leads to the finnish Adlibris site, despite having Swedish selected in options.

[J-H]

Marween and SirBeardAlot, thank you for noticing. Those issues should be fixed now.

[baaba1012]

Hi!

Thank you for an awesome plugin. I'm not sure if you are still developing it but it has stopped working since Calibre was updated to 6.X. Is there any chance this plugin would be compatible with current Calibre version in the future?

[J-H]

Originally Posted by baaba1012

Hi!

Thank you for an awesome plugin. I'm not sure if you are still developing it but it has stopped working since Calibre was updated to 6.X. Is there any chance this plugin would be compatible with current Calibre version in the future?

Hi!

Should work now. Let me know if there are any issues.

best regards,
J-H

[Number9]

It works fine on my end. 👍🏻