bookbrowse

Find information about your favorite book without leaving the comfort of your terminal. Powered by hardcover.app

Installation

Use a Package Manager

# Arch Linux
yay -S bookbrowse

Build It Yourself

Clone the GitHub repository:

git clone https://github.com/hatredholder/bookbrowse

cd into the cloned repository:

cd bookbrowse

Install it with go:

go install .

Setup

Before you can get your hands onto using this wonderful project, you must first get a Hardcover API key, which requires creating an account.

After you sign into your account, navigate to the Hardcover API Access page, from where you copy your key (including the "Bearer" keyword).

Set the HARDCOVER_API_KEY environment variable.

Usage

• -h, --help: help for bookbrowse
• -t, --templates: choose template for output format
• -v, --version: display current version

Advanced Usage

Templates

bookbrowse supports templates. When bookbrowse is ran following directories and files are created inside ~/.config directory:

bookbrowse
├── default.tmpl
└── markdown.tmpl

default.tmpl template is used by default, to use other templates --template flag has to be passed:

bookbrowse --template markdown "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" > "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".md

.tmpl extension must be ommited when choosing a template.

Template Functions

• commify: turn slice array into comma-separated list
• truncate: truncate string elliptically
• formatRating: n/10 stars format

All functions can be found in internal/templates/functions.go

Contributing

If you encounter any problems, get any ideas on what should this project have or feel like giving me some critique, you're free to open an issue.