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TheWicklowWolf / eBookBuddy

Book discovery tool that provides recommendations based on selected Readarr books, using Goodreads.
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Search Feature Request #2

Closed Lehrules closed 5 months ago

Lehrules commented 5 months ago

I love this interface and it's simplicity. Is there any way we could have a search function? I would love to use this as my primary way to add books to Readarr.

TheWicklowWolf commented 5 months ago

I tried to avoid overlapping functions, and since Readarr already has a search feature, I didn't implement one.

I'll keep this in mind for future updates, and I am open to PRs too.

MoSattler commented 5 months ago

Would also love that! Readarr is less nice for non technical user, while ebookbuddy is a bit more intuitiv!

TheWicklowWolf commented 5 months ago

@MoSattler The Readarr search works OK, it's just a bit slow.

And it's still getting back on track after experiencing issues with its metadata provider: https://wiki.servarr.com/readarr/status

MoSattler commented 5 months ago

I am sure it works just fine, but it doesnt work well for my use because of it's UX. It's not straightforward to use for non-technical people. It's also easy to mess up and do things they didnt intend to in Readarr. So I'd rather not give non-technical people access to it.

I'd rather have a simply UI where one can get simple recommendations and a search bar, and that's it. I was thinking about coding something like this myself, but it seems like Goodreads isn't giving out any more API keys.

TheWicklowWolf commented 5 months ago

but it seems like Goodreads isn't giving out any more API keys.

Thats the main issue.

As I said I'm open to PRs, if you feel like integrating it here.