GoogleBooks Metadata Download

benoit.pointet · December 17, 2021, 6:33pm

A script to download GoogleBooks metadata based on GoogleBook ID, ISBN, or record’s name.

benoitpointet/devonthink-stuff/blob/master/misc-scripts/Download GoogleBooks Metadata.applescript

-- Downloads GoogleBooks Metadata based on GoogleBook ID, or proposes a match with ISBN or record name
-- Based on a script to download DOI metadata by Kai Müller and Christian Grüenengerg; adapted to GoogleBooks API
-- Notes:
-- The script uses a numbers of custom metadata fields in Devonthink : ISBN/ISSN (is?n, identifier), Title (title, single-line text), Subtitle (subtitle, single-line text), Publication Year (publication-year, integer), Google Book ID (gbid, identifier), Authors (authors, multiline text). You can let it create them by running it successfully once and then refine their human-readable description.


use script "Dialog Toolkit Plus" version "1.1.2"

-- handler when run on selection
on run
	tell application id "DNtp"
		wrapperScript((selection of think window 1) as list) of me
	end tell
end run

-- handler when called by smart rule
on performSmartRule(theRecords)
	wrapperScript(theRecords as list) of me
end performSmartRule

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Inspired by the “Download DOI Metadata” script.

Tuned for my setup, of course. It generates a tag per author, for example.

BLUEFROG · December 17, 2021, 6:47pm

Thanks for the offering. I’m sure it can be used or adapted by those in need.

tychem · January 11, 2022, 5:43pm

This is simply awesome. Thanks!