Please add a way to sync shelves to Kobo based on calibre metadata

[dchawisher]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I would like to transition from desktop calibre to calibre-web. My calibre workflow involves a set of metadata processing rules that result in all my books being members of a handful of Categories (e.g. the book Gridlinked might be fiction, science-fiction, thriller). I then use the Kobo extended driver to send those Categories to my Kobo as Collections. The result is a well-organized Kobo library that is easy to browse even with hundreds of books on the device.

With calibre-web, I cannot sync Categories (or any Calibre metadata) to Kobo as Collections. Instead I must manually add each ebook to the appropriate Shelves. Because my ebook library is substantial, and because managing Shelves manually is cumbersome, this is infeasible.

Describe the solution you'd like Any of the following:

• The ability to manage Shelves in calibre. (I understand that this is very unlikely.)
• The ability to assign Shelves automatically in calibre-web based on calibre metadata. (For example: each of the comma-separated values in the 'tags' field becomes a Shelf)
• The ability to use calibre metadata, rather than Shelves, as the "Collection" for purposes of Kobo syncing. (For example: a flag that when checked sends Categories, rather than Shelves, to the Kobo as Collections.)

Additional context The cumbersome management of Shelves is a common concern. Other issues requesting a way to automatically set Shelves from Calibre metadata (from categories, custom columns, or other solutions): #2316, #1980, #1649, #1185, #809, #760, #136 Other issues related to streamlining Shelves management: #2272, #1914, #1888, #1799

[jeff47]

Agreed - I would love to be able to have things sync to my Kobo by setting a tag in Calibre, rather than having to first import the book to Calibre and then open Calibre-Web to add it to the synced shelf.

[adamshand]

Yes please! It would be wonderful to be able to control what gets sync'd to my Kobo from Calibre Desktop.

[supfors]

When playing with python pandas the other day I figured I might as well write a script to create/update calibre-web shelves based on my calibre tags. Hope it helps a little.

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