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FETCH-EBOOK-METADATA(1) calibre FETCH-EBOOK-METADATA(1)

NAME

fetch-ebook-metadata - fetch-ebook-metadata 

fetch-ebook-metadata [options]


Fetch book metadata from online sources. You must specify at least one of title, authors or ISBN.

Whenever you pass arguments to fetch-ebook-metadata that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

[OPTIONS]

--allowed-plugin, -p
Specify the name of a metadata download plugin to use. By default, all metadata plugins will be used. Can be specified multiple times for multiple plugins. All plugin names: Google, Google Images, Amazon.com, Edelweiss, Open Library, Overdrive, Douban Books, OZON.ru, Big Book Search

--authors, -a
Book author(s)

--cover, -c
Specify a filename. The cover, if available, will be saved to it. Without this option, no cover will be downloaded.

--help, -h
show this help message and exit

--identifier, -I
Identifiers such as ASIN/goodreads id etc. Can be specified multiple times for multiple identifiers. For example: --identifier asin:B0082BAJA0

--isbn, -i
Book ISBN

--opf, -o
Output the metadata in OPF format instead of human readable text.

--timeout, -d
Timeout in seconds. Default is 30

--title, -t
Book title

--verbose, -v
Print the log to the console (stderr)

--version
show program's version number and exit

AUTHOR

Kovid Goyal

COPYRIGHT

Kovid Goyal
February 1, 2019 3.39.1