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[Enhancement] Author metadata #96
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Originally created by @keaganhilliard on GitHub (Nov 16, 2021).
I'm currently in the process of porting my library over from Emby/Plex to Audiobookshelf, just to check it out. In Emby I was able to get author metadata using my own plugin and Audnexus. I'm wondering if it would be possible to be able to add some metadata for the author beyond just the name. The same could be applied to narrator but that info is generally harder to get anyway.
I also think it would be cool to be able to have an "Authors" tab where you can look at all of your authors, hopefully have images and a description. For reference what it looks like in Emby at the moment:
I'm loving everything in the app so far, being able to group by series is awesome and a lot better than collections in the other streaming apps.
@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2021):
I just haven't seen a good way to acquire author metadata, even google books API only provides a name. Can you provide a list of metadata you think should be stored for authors?
I like the idea of an authors tab, but I think we need to come up with a slick design first that accounts for the majority of authors not having a photo. @p1xelll may have some idea for this.
@keaganhilliard commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021):
Honestly, all I have right now is name, description and profile photo. https://audnex.us/ scrapes audible to grab author metadata/images but at least wraps it in an API that's easy to use. It's about the best source that I've been able to find. Goodreads has some but they don't let you generate API tokens and their TOU is a nightmare, but Readarr is using it so there might be an avenue there.
@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021):
If someone is hosting a public audnexus api then audiobookshelf could use it for metadata.
The author page and support for metadata can be added before a reliable source is found though. If the page can look good with just placeholder author photos then I'm up for moving forward on that.
@keaganhilliard commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021):
Awesome! Yeah the link I sent earlier gives you the api documentation and https://api.audnex.us is the endpoint.
You would end up making callouts to these endpoints:
https://api.audnex.us/authors?name=adrian%20tchaikovsky
https://api.audnex.us/authors/B002XLHS8Q
@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021):
This is great, I thought the whole time it was meant to be self-hosted.
@p1xelll commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021):
First look
but I'll probably change the /author page
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021):
Nice! I like that more than Jellyfin because it is not leaving a bunch of white space. The problem remains though of finding a placeholder image for authors without photos, since this will likely be the default for a while until a source is integrated.
@p1xelll commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021):
I used the icon for those who don't have a photo. It doesn't look that bad. I'll try to think of something else.
@p1xelll commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021):
This probably looks better.
@advplyr commented on GitHub (Dec 3, 2021):
v1.6.33with experimental features turned on has the very start of the authors page. No ability to add images/metadata yet, and no authors page. Clicking on one takes you to a filtered bookshelf.@JKamsker commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2022):
@advplyr Have you thought about how we are going to be able to add covers and metadata?
@prolife86 commented on GitHub (Apr 21, 2022):
Has there been any progress in this process?
I've located the JSON files and the folder which has the metadata, can I add the pictures there and link to them in the JSON?
@advplyr commented on GitHub (Apr 21, 2022):
There is no way to use your own author images yet without manually editing metadata files. There will need to be an uploader made on the edit author modal.
You can update those JSON files in the database /config/authors but be careful doing.
@advplyr commented on GitHub (Apr 22, 2022):
Authors page is officially in v2.0.1 but still basic. We still need to add in uploading your own author photos.
@jt196 commented on GitHub (May 5, 2022):
@advplyr - I know this is closed but been doing some tagging today and reading the docs a bit, one option could be to apply the same rules to the Author folder as the books folders, desc.txt and any photos get added to the author metadata/section, if the user wishes to manually add the data.
@advplyr commented on GitHub (May 5, 2022):
I don't think each author gets their own folder right now. You can open an issue for this though and we'll figure something out.
@advplyr commented on GitHub (May 10, 2022):
We now have an authors landing page in v2.0.12