API¶

Lazylibrarian now has a basic api. To use it... http://host:port/api?apikey=your_api_key&cmd=help

This will list all available commands and any extra parameters required.
Simple commands just return OK, more complex commands return results as JSON so you probably want to use json.loads() to read the results.
Time consuming commands such as library scanning and updating active authors return OK straight away, and then run in the background as a separate thread. If you need to know when they have completed, monitor the log, or use the optional &wait parameter. Some proxy servers will timeout if the wait is too long.

Parameters passed to the api should be in urllib.quote_plus style, eg name=Tom+Holt, not name="Tom Holt" or name=Tom%20Holt
and be aware that Goodreads is very fussy about initials, and returns strange/irrelevant/random results if you don't get it right.
It doesn't like initials followed by spaces, examples below are quote_plus encoded...
eg "J+R+R+Tolkien" fails, it needs to be "J.+R.+R.+Tolkien" or "J.R.R.Tolkien" or just "Tolkien"
but it DOES need spaces if not initials eg "Tom.Holt" fails, but "Tom+Holt" works

Also if there are any functions you might like that aren't implemented, post a message on the issues page and I'll see what I can do.

addAuthor:¶

&name= add author to database by name

addAuthorID:¶

&id= add author to database by AuthorID

addBook:¶

&id= add book details to the database

addMagazine:¶

&name= add magazine to database by name

authorUpdate:¶

update the oldest author, if any are overdue

calibreList:¶

[&toread=] [&read=] get a list of books in calibre library

checkModules:¶

Check which library modules lazylibrarian is using

checkRunningJobs:¶

ensure all needed jobs are running

cleanCache:¶

[&wait] Clean unused and expired files from the LazyLibrarian caches

clearLogs:¶

clear current log

createMagCovers:¶

[&wait] [&refresh] create covers for magazines, optionally refresh existing ones

createMagCover:¶

&file= [&refresh] [&page=] create cover for magazine issue, optional page number

createPlaylist:¶

&id Create playlist for an audiobook

deleteEmptySeries:¶

Delete any book series that have no members

dumpMonths:¶

Save installed monthnames to file

exportCSVwishlist:¶

[&wait] [&dir=] Export a CSV wishlist to named or alternate directory

findAuthor:¶

&name= search goodreads/googlebooks for named author

findBook:¶

&name= search goodreads/googlebooks for named book

forceActiveAuthorsUpdate:¶

[&wait] [&refresh] reload all active authors and book data, refresh cache

forceAudioBookScan:¶

[&wait] [&remove] [&dir=] [&id=] rescan whole or part audiobook library

forceBookSearch:¶

[&wait] [&type=eBook/AudioBook] search for all wanted books

forceLibraryScan:¶

[&wait] [&remove] [&dir=] [&id=] rescan whole or part book library

forceMagSearch:¶

[&wait] search for all wanted magazines

forceProcess:¶

[&dir] [ignorekeepseeding] process books/mags in download or named dir

forceRSSSearch:¶

[&wait] search all entries in rss feeds

forceWishlistSearch:¶

[&wait] search all entries in wishlists

getAllBooks:¶

list all books in the database

getAuthor:¶

&id= get author by AuthorID and list their books

getAuthorImages:¶

[&wait] get images for all authors without one

getAuthorImage:¶

&id= get an image for this author

getBookAuthors:¶

&id= Get list of authors associated with this book

getBookCovers:¶

[&wait] Check all books for cached cover and download one if missing

getBookCover:¶

&id= [&src=] fetch cover link from cache/cover/librarything/goodreads/google for BookID

getDebug:¶

show debug log header

getHistory:¶

list history

getIndex:¶

list all authors

getIssues:¶

&name= list issues of named magazine

getLogs:¶

show current log

getMagazines:¶

list magazines

getModules:¶

show installed modules

getRead:¶

list read books for current user

getRSSFeed:¶

&feed= [&limit=] show rss feed entries

getSeriesAuthors:¶

&id= Get all authors for a series and import them

getSeriesMembers:¶

&id= Get list of series members using SeriesID

getSnatched:¶

list snatched books

getToRead:¶

list to-read books for current user

getVersion:¶

show lazylibrarian current/git version

getWanted:¶

list wanted books

getWorkPage:¶

&id= Get url of Librarything BookWork using BookID

getWorkSeries:¶

&id= Get series from Librarything BookWork using BookID or GoodReads using WorkID

grFollowAll:¶

Follow all lazylibrarian authors on goodreads

grFollow:¶

&id= Follow an author on goodreads

grSync:¶

&status= &shelf= [&library=] Sync books with given status to a goodreads shelf

grUnfollow:¶

&id= Unfollow an author on goodreads

help:¶

list available commands.

ignoreAuthor:¶

&id= ignore author by AuthorID

includeAlternate:¶

[&wait] [&dir=] Include books from named or alternate folder and any subfolders

importAlternate:¶

[&wait] [&dir=] Import books from named or alternate folder and any subfolders

importCSVwishlist:¶

[&wait] [&dir=] Import a CSV wishlist from named or alternate directory

listIgnoredAuthors:¶

list all authors in the database marked ignored

listIgnoredBooks:¶

list all books in the database marked ignored

listIgnoredSeries:¶

list all series in the database marked ignored

listMissingWorkpages:¶

list all books with errorpage or no workpage

listNoISBN:¶

list all books in the database with no isbn

listNoBooks:¶

list all authors in the database with no books

listNoDesc:¶

list all books in the database with no description

listNoGenre:¶

list all books in the database with no genre

listNoLang:¶

list all books in the database with unknown language

loadCFG:¶

reload config

logMessage:¶

&level= &text= send a message to lazylibrarian logger

moveBook:¶

&id= &toid= move one book to new author by BookID and AuthorID

moveBooks:¶

&fromname= &toname= move all books from one author to another by AuthorName

nameVars:¶

&id Show the name variables that would be used for a bookid

pauseAuthor:¶

&id= pause author by AuthorID

queueBook:¶

[&id= &type=eBook/AudioBook] mark book as Wanted default eBook

readCFG:¶

&name=&group= read value of config variable \name\ in section \group\

refreshAuthor:¶

&name= [&refresh] reload author (and their books) by name optionally refresh cache

removeAuthor:¶

&id= remove author from database by AuthorID

removeMagazine:¶

&name= remove magazine and all of its issues from database by name

renameAudio:¶

&id Rename an audiobook using configured pattern

restart:¶

restart lazylibrarian

restartJobs:¶

restart background jobs, getRead:list read books for current user

resumeAuthor:¶

&id= resume author by AuthorID

saveTable:¶

&table= Save a database table to a file

searchBook:¶

&id= [&wait] [&type=eBook/AudioBook] search for one book by BookID

searchItem:¶

&item= get search results for an item (author title, isbn)

setAllBookAuthors:¶

[&wait] Set all authors for all books from book workpages

setAllBookSeries:¶

[&wait] Set the series details from goodreads or librarything workpages

setAuthorImage:¶

&id= &img= set a new image for this author

setAuthorLock:¶

&id= lock author name/image/dates

setAuthorUnlock:¶

&id= unlock author name/image/dates

setBookImage:¶

&id= &img= set a new image for this book

setBookLock:¶

&id= lock book details

setBookUnlock:¶

&id= unlock book details

setNoDesc:¶

[&refresh] set description for all books in the database without one, retry "No Description" entries on refresh

setNoGenre:¶

[&refresh] set genre for all books in the database without one, retry "Unknown" entries on refresh

setWorkID:¶

[&wait] [&bookids] Set WorkID for all books that dont have one, or bookids

setWorkPages:¶

[&wait] Set the WorkPages links in the database (unavailable at present, disabled at librarything)

showCaps:¶

&provider= get a list of capabilities from a provider

showJobs:¶

show status of background jobs

showMonths:¶

show installed monthnames

showStats:¶

show database statistics

showThreads:¶

show threaded processes

shutdown:¶

stop lazylibrarian

syncCalibreList:¶

[&toread=] [&read=] sync list of read/toread books with calibre

update:¶

update lazylibrarian

unqueueBook:¶

&id= [&type=eBook/AudioBook] mark book as Skipped default eBook

vacuum:¶

vacuum the database

writeCFG:¶

&name=&group=&value= set config variable \name\ in section \group\ to value

writeAllOPF:¶

[&refresh] write out opf files for all books, optionally overwrite existing opf

writeOPF:¶

&id= [&refresh] write out an opf file for a bookid, optionally overwrite existing opf

preprocessAudio:¶

&dir= &author= &title= [&id=] [&tag] [&merge] preprocess an audiobook folder

preprocessBook:¶

&dir= preprocess an ebook folder

preprocessMagazine:¶

&dir= &cover= preprocess a magazine folder

memUse:¶

memory usage of the program in kB

cpuUse:¶

recent cpu usage of the program

nice:¶

show current nice level

nicer:¶

make a little nicer

&user= &feed= subscribe a user to a feed

unsubscribe:¶

&user= &feed= remove a user from a feed

listAlienAuthors:¶

List authors not matching current book api

listAlienBooks:¶

List books not matching current book api

listNabProviders:¶

List all newznab/torznab providers

listRSSProviders:¶

List all rss/wishlist providers

listTorrentProviders:¶

List all torrent providers

listIRCProviders:¶

List all irc providers

listDirectProviders:¶

List all direct providers

listProviders:¶

List all providers

changeProvider:¶

&name= &xxx= Change values for an existing provider, valid parameters are shown in listProviders for the relevant provider type

addProvider:¶

&type= &xxx= Add a new provider, type should be newznab,torznab,irc,rss,gen. Provide optional extra parameters or defaults are used as per last (empty) entry of each type shown in listProviders

delProvider:¶

&name= Delete a provider by name