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0 pointsa_bonobo5y ago0 comments

Yeah, the Python csv package hasn't had problems for me yet.

One unfortunate bug that they seem to have put onto the 'wont-fix' pile is that for many recent-ish books, the 'date read' field isn't properly exported, so if you try to make reading stats you have to cheat a bit by approximating the 'finished date' with the 'book added' date.

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gravitas5y ago

Because of this post I went looking at a backup of my LibraryThing data as well (it's "more fresh", been trying to convert) and it seems just as messy; community threads going back years.

The LT JSON export looks well-formed however, the book records I see are quite vast in content/data/metadata and would probably be a nice python fit. I'm not sure if I could import this with the LT webUI, but it's a nice looking JSON backup nonetheless.

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0 pointsa_bonobo5y ago0 comments

Yeah, the Python csv package hasn't had problems for me yet.

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gravitas5y ago

Because of this post I went looking at a backup of my LibraryThing data as well (it's "more fresh", been trying to convert) and it seems just as messy; community threads going back years.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse