magnum

README

Magnum

Magnum is a program that checks if the list of specified light novels has any updates and notes the release dates of any new entries.

Supported Publishers

• Yen Press
• JNovel Club
• Seven Seas Entertainment (uses Google Cache)
• One Peace Books (uses Wikipedia)
• Viz Media
• Hanashi Media (uses Wikipedia)

Light Novels to Account for

• Daily Life of the Immortal King - Novel Updates?
• Eighth Son - Novel Updates

TODOs

• Add more unit tests and validation for commands and parsing logic to make sure it works as intended and is easier to refactor down the road since breaking changes should be easier to catch

Commands

• add
• get-info
• list
• remove
• set-status
• show-info

add

Adds the provided series info to the list of series to keep track of

Flags

Short Name	Long Name	Description	Value Type	Default Value	Is Required	Other Notes
n	name	the name of the series	string		true
p	publisher	the publisher of the series	string		false
s	slug	the slug for the series to use instead of the one based on the series name	string		false
r	status	the status of the series (defaults to Ongoing)	string	O	false
t	type	the series type	string		false
o	wikipedia-table-parse-override	the amount of tables that should parsed in the light novels section of the wikipedia page if it should not be all of them	int	0	false

Usage

# To add a series with just a name and other information to be filled out:
magnum add -n "Lady and the Tramp"
Note: that the other fields will be filled in via prompts except the series status which is assumed to be ongoing

# To add a series with a special URL slug that does not follow the normal pattern for the publisher in question or is on its own page:
magnum add -n "Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World" -s "re-starting-life-in-another-world"

# To add a series that is not ongoing (for example Completed):
magnum add -n "Demon Slayer" -r "C"

get-info

Gets the book release info for books that have been added to the list of series to track

Flags

Short Name	Long Name	Description	Value Type	Default Value	Is Required	Other Notes
c	include-completed	get info for completed series		false	false
v	verbose	show more info about what is going on		false	false

Usage

# To get all of the release data for non-completed series:
magnum get-info

list

Lists the names of each of the series that is currently being tracked

Flags

Short Name	Long Name	Description	Value Type	Default Value	Is Required	Other Notes
p	publisher	show series with the specified publisher	string		false
r	status	show series with the specified status	string		false
t	type	show series with the specified type	string		false
v	verbose	show the publisher and other info about the series		false	false

Usage

# To show a list of all series names that are being tracked:
magnum list

# To include information like publisher, status, series, etc.:
magnum list -v

remove

Removes the provided series from the list of series to keep track of

Flags

Short Name	Long Name	Description	Value Type	Default Value	Is Required	Other Notes
n	name	the name of the series	string		true

Usage

# To remove a series use the following command:
magnum remove -n "Lady and the Tramp"

set-status

Sets the status of the provided/selected book name

Flags

Short Name	Long Name	Description	Value Type	Default Value	Is Required	Other Notes
c	include-completed	include completed series in the books to search		false	false
n	name	name of the book to set the status for	string		false
s	status	status to set for the selected book (O/H/C)	string		false

Usage

# To set the status of a book you know the name of:
magnum set-status -n "book_name"
This will result in being prompted for a status for that book.

# To set the status of a book you know the name and status of:
magnum set-status -n "book_name" -s C

# To set the status of a book by using the cli selection options:
magnum set-status

# To set the status of a book and include the completed series:
magnum set-status -c

show-info

Shows each series that has upcoming releases along with when the releases are in the order they are going to be released

Usage

# To show upcoming releases in order of when they are releasing:
magnum show-info