FETCH-EBOOK-METADATA(1)

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version 9.14.0 · 8 versions
, in arch rolling, nixos 26.05, ubuntu stonking

✨ FETCH-EBOOK-METADATA(1) ✨

okay bestie, so like... this is the calibre manual for fetch-ebook-metadata, and it's literally the little tool that goes out into the internet and pulls book metadata back for you 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

fetch-ebook-metadata — yeah that's it, that's the name, she's self-titled, main character energy fr fr 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

fetch-ebook-metadata [options]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

She fetches book metadata from online sources. Periodt. ✨

⚠️ listen up bestie: you must specify at least one of title, authors or ISBN. No vibes-only requests, the tool needs SOMETHING to go on 😭

Also! Whenever you pass arguments to fetch-ebook-metadata that have spaces in them, you gotta enclose those arguments in quotation marks. Like for real, quotes are the moment. For example: "/some path/with spaces" 🫶

🎀 [OPTIONS] 🎀

  • --allowed-plugin, -p — name a specific metadata download plugin to use. By default, ALL the metadata plugins get to come to the party 🎉. You can pass this multiple times if you want multiple plugins, because sharing is caring. All the plugin names, in her full glory: Google, Google Images, Amazon.com, Edelweiss, Open Library
  • --authors, -a — book author(s) ✍️
  • --cover, -c — specify a filename and the cover (if it's available) gets saved to it. Without this option? No cover gets downloaded. Not a single pixel. 💀
  • --help, -h — show this help message and exit (the classic escape hatch 🙈)
  • --identifier, -I — identifiers like ASIN/Goodreads id etc. Can be specified multiple times for multiple identifiers, stack 'em up 🧚. For example: --identifier asin:B0082BAJA0
  • --isbn, -i — book ISBN 📖
  • --opf, -o — output the metadata in OPF format instead of human readable text (so like, robot mode instead of gossip mode 🤖)
  • --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

Kovid Goyal

and that's the whole page bestie, no cap, you ate it 🍓

calibre version 9.14.0, dated August 28, 2026 — that's the vibe check, ily, go fetch some metadata 💖✨🌈

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