09-16-2020, 10:17 AM
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Adding PDFs with custom metadata properties
I have a largish collection of PDF reports (>8000) which contain custom properties in the documents' metadata dictionary (such as /Abstract and /Status). Is there some way I can get Calibre to automatically read the custom properties to user-defined fields when adding these documents to a library, or will I have to manually enter all the metadata?
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09-16-2020, 11:05 AM
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directly from the pdf no. But if you know scripting you can add the pdfs using the calibredb command line tool and set the metadata with it at the same time, that you extract from the PDf using some other tool that knows about your custom properties.
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09-16-2020, 11:35 AM
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Thanks for your quick reply. Will look into that possibility.
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09-17-2020, 06:40 AM
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Running calibredb from a Python script works like a charm - the option to have the LIST output in JSON form (--for-machine) is particularly commendable. Would be wonderful to have the calibredb functionality as a Python library ...
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09-17-2020, 07:26 AM
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It is available as a python library.
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/dev...-your-projects https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/db_api.html |
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09-17-2020, 10:01 AM
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Wow, that's even better! Thanks for the links.
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