Add book by CLI

plalloni · 03-01-2011, 03:46 PM

Hello everyone!

This is my first post on this forums so please excuse if I miss any protocol.

My question is simple, I have a bunch of books in diverse formats which I want to add to my Calibre Library passing the isbn along with the ebook file.

I've managed to extract ISBN for every ebook through a little script of my own.

But when I try to add the ebook to calibre using:

calibredb add -i <some-isbn> <some-ebook-file>

Calibre ignores the isbn.

What's the correct way of doing this?

kovidgoyal · 03-01-2011, 03:48 PM

That only works when you are creating an empty book record. Use calibredb set_metadata to set metadata for a book record

plalloni · 03-01-2011, 03:58 PM

If I understand set_metadata correctly it only accepts an opf file as input which I don't have and it only accepts book id to address it which I don't have.

To get the id I could use the list command with some grepping & cutting, slow... but ok.

If I use set_metadata does it overwrite ALL the metadata currently associated with the given ebook?

If so I would have to ask calibre for the OPF file with show_metadata --as-opf, modify it adding the isbn and then use set_metadata... ¿right?

kovidgoyal · 03-01-2011, 05:15 PM

Use show_metadata to get the OPF

03-01-2011, 03:46 PM	#1
plalloni Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Sony PRS-600	Add book by CLI Hello everyone! This is my first post on this forums so please excuse if I miss any protocol. My question is simple, I have a bunch of books in diverse formats which I want to add to my Calibre Library passing the isbn along with the ebook file. I've managed to extract ISBN for every ebook through a little script of my own. But when I try to add the ebook to calibre using: calibredb add -i <some-isbn> <some-ebook-file> Calibre ignores the isbn. What's the correct way of doing this?

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03-01-2011, 03:48 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,617 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	That only works when you are creating an empty book record. Use calibredb set_metadata to set metadata for a book record

03-01-2011, 03:58 PM	#3
plalloni Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Sony PRS-600	If I understand set_metadata correctly it only accepts an opf file as input which I don't have and it only accepts book id to address it which I don't have. To get the id I could use the list command with some grepping & cutting, slow... but ok. If I use set_metadata does it overwrite ALL the metadata currently associated with the given ebook? If so I would have to ask calibre for the OPF file with show_metadata --as-opf, modify it adding the isbn and then use set_metadata... ¿right?

03-01-2011, 05:15 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,617 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Use show_metadata to get the OPF

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