metadata source, isfdb.com?

[Sidetrack]

Is there a plugin in existence to download title, series and author metadata from the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (isfdb.org) ?

While they're limited in scope, they don't seem to junk up the titles, and publisher fields with extraneous information like some of the other data sources. Series names are more consistent, and the publishing dates are more what I'm looking for.

[kovidgoyal]

no, but you're welcome to contribute one

[Sidetrack]

I'm looking in to it, may give it go. With the amount of time it will take me to come up to speed though, I won't cry if someone beats me to it.

[madphysicist]

Looks like there are a couple of options now: https://github.com/confluence/isfdb2-calibre

[Thasaidon]

Originally Posted by madphysicist

Looks like there are a couple of options now: https://github.com/confluence/isfdb2-calibre

This is of interest to me but I cannot understand how to download and install the plugin into Calibre for Windows.

Please could you give some explicit simplified instructions of how to do this.

[retiredbiker]

Originally Posted by madphysicist

Looks like there are a couple of options now: https://github.com/confluence/isfdb2-calibre

Looks very interesting, but when I tried to load it I get the following:

~/isfdb2-calibre$ calibre-customize -b isfdb2-plugin
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 77, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 792, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 752, in build_plugin
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 472, in add_plugin
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 61, in load_plugin
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/zipplugin.py", line 203, in load
File "importlib/__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/zipplugin.py", line 185, in load_module
File "calibre_plugins.isfdb.__init__", line 5, in <module>
ImportError: No module named queue

Edit: silly me, I was still on 4.23 and this plugin needs python 3. After I (finally) upgraded, it loads fine.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Thasaidon

This is of interest to me but I cannot understand how to download and install the plugin into Calibre for Windows.

Please could you give some explicit simplified instructions of how to do this.

Basically, you need to download the code and then create a .zip file of the contents of the isfdb2-plugin directory. I've attached the one I created to this message. In my limited testing on 10 books, the only extra it offered was a mass of tags.

[retiredbiker]

I've been playing with it, and it seems very good at picking up magazine covers and dates for sci-fi short stories. I had been going to ISFDB manually to look those up.

[Thasaidon]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Basically, you need to download the code and then create a .zip file of the contents of the isfdb2-plugin directory. I've attached the one I created to this message. In my limited testing on 10 books, the only extra it offered was a mass of tags.

Thank you very much. That was most generous.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Thasaidon

Thank you very much. That was most generous.

You're welcome. I used that source a lot of years ago but hadn't used it for quite a while. I find it useful for older SF & Fantasy books and short stories.

As for generous? I already created the file so just a few clicks to share it out.

[Thasaidon]

This Plugin need to be added to the Index of Calibre plugins.

It would also be useful for this thread to be moved to the Calibre Plugin subforum.

I have wanted a plugin like this for years and was totally unaware of this plugin.

It seems to work well with Calibre 5.8.1 as far as I can see.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Thasaidon

This Plugin need to be added to the Index of Calibre plugins.

It would also be useful for this thread to be moved to the Calibre Plugin subforum.

Moving this thread to the Calibre Plugins subforum will achieve nothing.

Someone who can maintain the plugin needs to create a thread in the sub-forum that conforms to the layout and content documented in the Index of plugins, and then ask a moderator to update the index.

BR