fetch-ebook-metadata - fetch-ebook-metadata
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Kovid Goyal
7.26.0 February 14, 2025 FETCH-EBOOK-METADATA(1)
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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, 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
