isbn-info

Console tools to identify books by their ISBN and output formatted metadata.

npm i -g isbn-info
isbn-format 0735619670
// => Steve McConnell - Code Complete (2004) 0735619670

Usage

isbn-format

  Identify a book by its ISBN and output formatted metadata.

  Usage: isbn-format <isbn>

  Options:
    -f, --format=FORMAT       output format for book information
                                %I0 for ISBN-10
                                %I3 for ISBN-13
                                %IS for ISSN
                                %I for ISBN-13 or ISBN-10, whichever comes first
                                %T for title + subtitle
                                %Y for publication date
                                %A for author(s)
                                %D for description
                                %P for publisher
                                %J for raw JSON
                                default is "%A - %T (%Y) %I"
    -s, --sanitize            sanitize the output as a valid filename
    -q, --quiet               quiet mode: don't output errors
    -h, --help                show usage information
    -v, --version             show version information

isbn-detect

  Detect and output all ISBNs or ISSNs in the input block of text.

  Usage: isbn-detect < path/to/text-file

  Options:
    -t, --type=TYPE           type of information to extract:
                                ISBN (default)
                                ISSN
    -h, --help                show usage information
    -v, --version             show version information

isbn-extract

To extract ISBN / ISSN from an ebook's contents:

isbn-extract [-p <pages>] [-h] [-a] [-t isbn|issn] /path/to/ebook
// => First found match (or all matches using -a) or exit code 1

Supported formats:

• epub using mutool
• pdf using pdftotext
• djvu using djvutxt

isbn-bulk-rename

To rename the ebooks with ISBN filenames in a given folder:

isbn-bulk-rename /path/to/folder

To rename the ebooks by extracting ISBNs from the content in a given folder:

isbn-bulk-rename -x /path/to/folder

Nautilus script

To wire isbn-bulk-rename into a GNOME Nautilus script:

• Install libnotify-bin or equivalent package that includes the notify-send command
• Create the following ~/.xsessionrc file:

if [ -d "$HOME/.nvm" ]; then
  export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"

  # This loads nvm
  [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
fi

• Restart your X session sudo systemctl restart display-manager (on modern Ubuntu systems)
• Create the following Nautilus script with an explanatory filename:

#!/bin/sh
for f in "$@"; do isbn-bulk-rename "$f"; done
notify-send -t 3000 "ISBN renaming done"

Development

git clone https://github.com/infojunkie/isbn-info
npm install
npm test
npm run build
npm run link