[Metadata Source Plugin] Hardcover

[robb0]

Grabs metadata from Hardcover

This was originally created to support another project I have, linking Calibre-Web, Kobo and Hardcover

NOTE: Requires a Hardcover account and API Key configuring in settings before use. This can be copied from here after logging in

Main Features

• Can retrieve title, author, comments, publisher, publication date, series, ratings and tags.
• Fetches the cover image from hardcover.
• The identifier used is "hardcover". It will show in the details as "Hardcover".
• Another identifier "hardcover-edition" is also set to identify the edition that has been used under a book
• Attempts to search by identifiers before doing a freetext search (see here for examples)
  1. hardcover-edition
  2. hardcover (slug e.g. the-hobbit)
  3. isbn / mobi-asin

Installation Notes:

• Download the attached zip file and install the plugin as described in the Introduction to plugins thread.
• Note that this is not a GUI plugin so it is not intended/cannot be added to context menus/toolbars etc.

Source Code
The plugin code is open source and available on GitHub

Version History
See Releases

[robb0]

New Features

• add ratings from hardcover to metadata

[rantanplan]

Did hardcover get better with their metadata? A few months ago it was so bad and even as a patron it was often not possible to fix it manually.

[robb0]

I haven't really seen many problems with the metadata - there are some duplicate entries which I've been marking as such when I find them, but the metadata for books that have been filled in seems fine

What were the problems you saw out of interest?

[rantanplan]

Multiple editions of the same book are identified as a separate book, you cannot have a n:1 assignment where books are split in some editions, e.g. Stormlight Archive released as one or two books, same with A Song of Ice and Fire releases. Or books that don't match their ISBN.

[robb0]

Added

• Add configurable match sensitivity to allow for finetuning of title+author queries

Changed

• Switch to jaro-winkler distance checks for better results
• Optimise hardcover queries and datamapping
• Move graphql code into a separate lib + handle module names in bundling

Github Release

[robb0]

Fixed

• Calibre plugins site not able to parse the plugin zip

Github Release

[robb0]

Fixed

• Allow tests to run without stubbing out calibre stuff
• Restructure file to allow calibre plugins site to parse

it should actually work this time... I goofed up in 0.2.1 and didn't test my latest changes

Github Release