Calibre import question

edembowski · 07-01-2008, 10:31 PM

I'm working with html files for import into Calibre, and I'm wondering if there are meta tags that I can embed into the content to be recognized, or if I should build an .opf file to go with the content? embedding would be easier, but the .opf route is doable.

- Ed

kovidgoyal · 07-02-2008, 01:21 AM

It tries to read metadata from HTML comments. For example for title the regular expression is

Code:

<!--.*?TITLE=(?P<q>[\'"])(.+)(?P=q).*?-->

Basically,

Code:

<!-- TITLE=book title-->

Similarly for AUTHOR, PUBLISHER, ISBN

07-01-2008, 10:31 PM	#1
edembowski Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 372 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New York, NY Device: Sony PRS-600, Nook Color, iPad	Calibre import question I'm working with html files for import into Calibre, and I'm wondering if there are meta tags that I can embed into the content to be recognized, or if I should build an .opf file to go with the content? embedding would be easier, but the .opf route is doable. - Ed

07-02-2008, 01:21 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,149 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It tries to read metadata from HTML comments. For example for title the regular expression is Code: <!--.?TITLE=(?P<q>[\'"])(.+)(?P=q).?--> Basically, Code: <!-- TITLE=book title--> Similarly for AUTHOR, PUBLISHER, ISBN

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