OpenLibrary plugin funtionality

[Happy2Play 9780]

On 2/28/2025 at 9:54 PM, Luke said:

There is now an OpenLibrary plugin in the Emby Plugin catalog for books, and it supports ISBN lookup.

Please try it out and report your experience. Thanks !

 

  

What does this plugin do/provide?

How do you lookup by ISBN?

As all I see is a by name lookup and only provides Title and year.

https://openlibrary.org/works/OL111183W/Blood_In_The_Ashes

Edited March 2, 2025 by Happy2Play

[Luke 42077]

Actually a server release will be required in order to identify by isbn.

[Happy2Play 9780]

7 minutes ago, Luke said:

Actually a server release will be required in order to identify by isbn.

And what info Emby will get from provider?

[Luke 42077]

Name,year, image, isbn. We'll have to see if we can get the description.

[Happy2Play 9780]

Not related to this plugin but reading exist opf files from calibre would be a plus as I would say a lot of users already have this info.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<package xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf" unique-identifier="uuid_id" version="2.0">
    <metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:opf="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf">
        <dc:identifier opf:scheme="calibre" id="calibre_id">228</dc:identifier>
        <dc:identifier opf:scheme="uuid" id="uuid_id">a589fa62-3267-40ad-8643-42ea2701230a</dc:identifier>
        <dc:title>Betrayal in the Ashes</dc:title>
        <dc:creator opf:file-as="Johnstone, William W." opf:role="aut">William W. Johnstone</dc:creator>
        <dc:contributor opf:file-as="calibre" opf:role="bkp">calibre (1.28.0) [http://calibre-ebook.com]</dc:contributor>
        <dc:date>2010-02-15T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
        <dc:description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;As America continues its struggle to rise from the ashes of apocalypse, Europe is slowly dying. Bruno Bottger, the Neo-Nazi monster, has brought forth a new Reich. There is no force in Europe that has a chance of stopping him. Only one force in what's left of the world can do the job Ben Raines and the SUSA Rebels.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;About the Author&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;William W. Johnstone USA TODAY BEST-SELLING author William is admired for the great diversity in his writing talents. Though most known for his western adventures, Johnstone was also a visionary writer. His prophetic stories within his Ashes Series, Code Name Series, and his science fiction books, predicting the Gulf War and the political climate we live in today, was ahead of it's time when it was written. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description>
        <dc:publisher>Speaking Volumes</dc:publisher>
        <dc:identifier opf:scheme="MOBI-ASIN">68c989af-d31f-4ba5-9ff3-212a91044ad7</dc:identifier>
        <dc:identifier opf:scheme="ISBN">9781935138051</dc:identifier>
        <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
        <meta content="{&quot;William W. Johnstone&quot;: &quot;&quot;}" name="calibre:author_link_map"/>
        <meta content="Ashes" name="calibre:series"/>
        <meta content="21" name="calibre:series_index"/>
        <meta content="2013-04-27T15:53:03+00:00" name="calibre:timestamp"/>
        <meta content="Betrayal in the Ashes" name="calibre:title_sort"/>
        <meta name="calibre:user_metadata:#formats" content="{&quot;is_category&quot;: true, &quot;#extra#&quot;: null, &quot;kind&quot;: &quot;field&quot;, &quot;is_custom&quot;: true, &quot;is_csp&quot;: false, &quot;colnum&quot;: 1, &quot;column&quot;: &quot;value&quot;, &quot;rec_index&quot;: 22, &quot;search_terms&quot;: [&quot;#formats&quot;], &quot;link_column&quot;: &quot;value&quot;, &quot;label&quot;: &quot;formats&quot;, &quot;is_multiple&quot;: null, &quot;datatype&quot;: &quot;text&quot;, &quot;#value#&quot;: null, &quot;category_sort&quot;: &quot;value&quot;, &quot;table&quot;: &quot;custom_column_1&quot;, &quot;is_editable&quot;: true, &quot;is_multiple2&quot;: {}, &quot;display&quot;: {&quot;use_decorations&quot;: 0}, &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Formats&quot;}"/>
    </metadata>
    <guide>
        <reference href="Betrayal in the Ashes - William W. Johnstone.jpg" title="Cover" type="cover"/>
    </guide>
</package>

 

[Dibbes 514]

16 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Not related to this plugin but reading exist opf files from calibre would be a plus as I would say a lot of users already have this info.

and that was the reason I asked if it would import Calibre libraries in the other thread

[Happy2Play 9780]

1 minute ago, Dibbes said:

and that was the reason I asked if it would import Calibre libraries in the other thread

So we need a OPF plugin now.

[Dibbes 514]

26 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

So we need a OPF plugin now.

Yeah, we're a difficult bunch to satisfy and our gratitude does not seem to last... no sooner have we been given something, or we ask for something different or an expansion of capabilities... grin

[Luke 42077]

An update to the Emby Open Library plugin has gone out to support lookups using either ISBN or the Open Library Work Id. The Work Id should help make matching easier, although you can still lookup using ISBN. Here is clarification on the differences between Open Library works and editions:

https://openlibrary.org/help/faq/editing#work-edition

[ElGranVisir 0]

Hi! Can this plugin read PDF and ePub books?

[Luke 42077]

14 hours ago, ElGranVisir said:

Hi! Can this plugin read PDF and ePub books?

Hi, it is a plugin to fetch internet metadata.

[Luke 42077]

Emby Server 4.9.1.8+ will now have a book reader in the web app for the following formats:

• PDF
• EPUB
• MOBI
• FB2
• CBZ
• CBR

Please try it out once available and report your experience in the Testing Area of the community:

Thanks !