[Metadata Source Plugin] Kobo Metadata

[jason3232]

It seems if a search only return 1 result e.g. search with ISBN then Kobo will redirect to the book page instead of the search page, maybe that's the reason?

[NotSimone]

I've noticed this too and I think the javascript engine isn't fully loading before it parses the page. I'll have a play around with this in the next few days to see what we can do about it, but in the meantime, retry the search until it goes through.

[nAhu]

Hi NotSimone

There is a thing I find very cool in the "Kobo Books" plugin ( https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=253838 )
It add a value ( kobo: ) in the ids field of calibre with the ending part of the url on the kobo web site.

Example
For "Cooking with Wild Game: Volume 24"
the plug in adds the id : kobo:cooking-with-wild-game-volume-24
which matchs with the link :
https://www.kobo.com/ebook/cooking-w...game-volume-24

Is there any way you can reuse the same thing to match the book in kobo store to get metadata ?

thx for the plugin

[ownedbycats]

There's some issues with the kobo: id that makes NotSimone reluctant to use it:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Personally, I use the kobo: identifiers (https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/{id}) used by the older Kobo Books plugin. of course it does have its own problems, e.g. the number at the end changing when the book's edition gets updated.

Unfortunately, since the passing of davidfor I've found that plugin failing more and more often, presumably due to site changes, which is why I was looking at this as a replacement (or supplement).

Originally Posted by NotSimone

It looks like Kobo 404's the previous edition once they update with a new one so I'm not too keen on using this as an identifier. If anyone comes up with a better one, then I'm happy to use that instead, or alternatively, remove the links entirely.