reads

Command line tool to interact with Goodreads.

• Installation
  • Binaries
  • With Go
• Authentication
• Usage
  • Search for Book
  • List Shelves
  • Show Books on Shelf
  • Add Book to Shelf

Installation

Binaries

For installation instructions from binaries please visit the Releases Page.

With Go

$ go get github.com/ajbosco/reads/cmd/reads

Authentication

1. Create a Developer Key with Goodreads
2. Create a config.yml file

DeveloperKey: your-developer-key
DeveloperSecret: your-developer-secret

3. Set the config filepath as GOODREADS_CLI_CONFIG environment variable.

export GOODREADS_CLI_CONFIG=path/to/your/config.yml

Usage

$ reads -h
NAME:
   reads - Command line tool to interact with Goodreads

USAGE:
   reads [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

COMMANDS:
     search   search for a book by title, author, or id
     shelves  view shelves and add books to them
     help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --config value, -c value  Goodreads CLI config file [$GOODREADS_CLI_CONFIG]
   --debug, -d               enable debug logging
   --help, -h                show help
   --version, -v             print the version

Search for Book

$ reads search -h
NAME:
   reads search - search for a book by title, author, or id

USAGE:
   reads search [arguments...]

List Shelves

$ reads shelves list -h
NAME:
   reads shelves list - list your shelves

USAGE:
   reads shelves list [arguments...]

Show Books on Shelf

$ reads shelves show -h
NAME:
   reads shelves show - show books on shelf

USAGE:
   reads shelves show [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --shelf value, -s value  -s=shelf-name

Add Book to Shelf

$ reads shelves add -h
NAME:
   reads shelves add - add a book to shelf

USAGE:
   reads shelves add [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --shelf value, -s value    -s=shelf-name
   --book-id value, -b value  -b=book-id