Adding books and generating metadata

shentar · 06-10-2013, 11:33 AM

PLEASE IGNORE - I FOUND THE ANSWER AS A PULLDOWN OPTION IN THE ADDING BOOKS DIALOG.
Unfortunately I can't delete this post

I'm trying to add a mass of .lit files to an existing library. I have two problems.

1. Some of them have metadata but most of it is a mess. However, the filenames are pretty well controleld. It takes the form

<author_name> - [<series> <series_index> - ]<title>

Dealing with the cases without the optional series section is easy but I can't figure out how to do a regular expression which can cope with an optional middle section.

2. Some of the books appear twice, with and without a metadata TOC. AFAICS the version with the TOC is always better formatted but is not always the largest file. Is there any way of determining the presence of a TOC without actually looking? This problem is less pressing as there are probably not too many cases to do it manually if I have to.

Hints, tips, solutions all welcomed!

gabby98 · 06-10-2013, 11:48 AM

I use this as my Adding Books RegEx...may this will work for you as well

PHP Code:


			
(?P<author>[^_-]+) -?\s*(?P<series>[^_0-9-]*)(?P<series_index>[0-9]*)\s*-\s*(?P<title>[^_].+) ?

works for me even it f the series info is missing

06-10-2013, 11:33 AM	#1
shentar Member Posts: 22 Karma: 510 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: kindle	Adding books and generating metadata PLEASE IGNORE - I FOUND THE ANSWER AS A PULLDOWN OPTION IN THE ADDING BOOKS DIALOG. Unfortunately I can't delete this post I'm trying to add a mass of .lit files to an existing library. I have two problems. 1. Some of them have metadata but most of it is a mess. However, the filenames are pretty well controleld. It takes the form <author_name> - [<series> <series_index> - ]<title> Dealing with the cases without the optional series section is easy but I can't figure out how to do a regular expression which can cope with an optional middle section. 2. Some of the books appear twice, with and without a metadata TOC. AFAICS the version with the TOC is always better formatted but is not always the largest file. Is there any way of determining the presence of a TOC without actually looking? This problem is less pressing as there are probably not too many cases to do it manually if I have to. Hints, tips, solutions all welcomed! Last edited by shentar; 06-10-2013 at 11:46 AM. Reason: I'm an idiot

06-10-2013, 11:48 AM	#2
gabby98 Wizard Posts: 1,751 Karma: 2667650 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Android, Nook Simple Touch, Nook Color, ..., Glo	I use this as my Adding Books RegEx...may this will work for you as well PHP Code: `(?P<author>[^_-]+) -?\s(?P<series>[^_0-9-])(?P<series_index>[0-9])\s-\s*(?P<title>[^_].+) ?` works for me even it f the series info is missing

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