[GUI Plugin] LibraryThing Match

[Bradles]

Originally Posted by mihrimah

I've got those filled in; it only happens when "Max results" is 20 or above. I'll take some screenshots and message them to you.

Just waiting for confirmation from mihrimah, but this looks like it is caused by a weird non-printing character in one of the book titles.

[Bradles]

Qt6 test version added to second post.

[Bradles]

Originally Posted by Bradles

Just waiting for confirmation from mihrimah, but this looks like it is caused by a weird non-printing character in one of the book titles.

Confirmed by mihrimah that removing the weird non-printing character from the book title in LT has fixed the loading of LT books.

[Bradles]

calibre 6 / Qt6 compatible version 0.2.1 released and attached to first post.

[lschierer]

I am using Calibre 6.5.0 on OSX, after configuring the plugin I get the error
```
KeyError('books')
```
when I either test the connection or attempt to use the find match button. The default username of "sample" does not cause this error, but I am unable to figure out what about my account causes it.

[Bradles]

Hi lschierer,

I strongly suspect it is because your LibraryThing catalogue is not public:

LibraryThing - Settings - Account Settings:



LibraryThing Match can only work with public catalogues, but it will not retrieve "private" books.

Unfortunately there is nothing I can do, as this is a fundamental part of LibraryThing security/privacy. Let me know if there is anything else I can assist you with.

[Tenome]

Wouldn't it make more sense to save the LT ID in Calibre's ID field, rather than a column? Like the Goodreads plugin does.

[Bradles]

Originally Posted by Tenome

Wouldn't it make more sense to save the LT ID in Calibre's ID field, rather than a column? Like the Goodreads plugin does.

Yes, which I didn't do initially, but I made it an option in version 0.2.0.

[fishcasa]

Just wanted to say thank you. This is a great plugin and your documentation makes it easy to implement. I love the link back to my page on LT.

[Bradles]

Originally Posted by fishcasa

Just wanted to say thank you. This is a great plugin and your documentation makes it easy to implement. I love the link back to my page on LT.

No worries. I'm glad to hear that you like it.

Not sure if you saw it, but Post #12 includes instructions for setting up a couple of custom columns with other links back to LT:

• LT Find - Execute a search in LT
• LT Add - Open the "Add Books" page in LT

They go straight to your book if you already "matched" the book.

[tlwright]

Calibre version 6.21, Plugin version 0.2.1. I have my LT username in the field and my catalog is public. It will not connect, giving me this error:

JSONDecodeError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)')

[Bradles]

Originally Posted by tlwright

Calibre version 6.21, Plugin version 0.2.1. I have my LT username in the field and my catalog is public. It will not connect, giving me this error:

JSONDecodeError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)')

I found another thread with the same error for something else:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=4204552

It looks like a corrupt / empty config file.

If the error relates to LTMatch's config file, try deleting librarything_match.json in the plugins folder (C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\calibre\p lugins in Windows 10).

If that doesn't work, post some more of the error message and we'll have a look.

[tlwright]

Just checked the thread today, so trying it now. I went to the config folder, deleted the JSON file, then restarted Calibre.

Loaded up the LT match window, then config. Added my username + checked the calibre ID box, clicked load LT books and no dice, same error code as above.

[Bradles]

Can you post the whole error message.
Also confirm that the LTMatch config file actually has something in it.
Try deleting the config file, restarting calibre, and doing a "Test Connection" with the default settings ("sample" library, which is something that actually exists.)

[sarahemmm]

I finally got my calibre library to the state where I could try matching with LT. It works great!

I will have to go back and change the matching levels (can't find a way to unmatch some books which show 95% but should not be matched) and redo the matching, but it is clearly excellent. Thanks so much, Bradley!