Feature request: easily switch api_endpoint

[barrymossel]

Currently I use calibre-web as my api_endpoint, but that's hosted locally and on vacation I rather use the bol/kobo store. Would it be possible to have a switch in NickelMenu to change the api_endpoint (and reboot), so I can choose where to download books from?

[ragusa87]

What I did is this:

1. Edit your configuration file Kobo eReader.conf to include an additional key api_endpoint_backup=....
2. Next to this file, create a file switch.sh with the content below:

#/bin/bash
set -e
SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname -- "$( readlink -f -- "$0"; )")
cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}"

INPUT="Kobo eReader.conf"

# Extract the values into variables
api_endpoint_value=$(sed -n 's/^api_endpoint=//p' "$INPUT")
api_endpoint_backup_value=$(sed -n 's/^api_endpoint_backup=//p' "$INPUT")
# Replace values
sed -i.bak \
    -e "s|^api_endpoint=.*|api_endpoint=$api_endpoint_backup_value|" \
    -e "s|^api_endpoint_backup=.*|api_endpoint_backup=$api_endpoint_value|" "$INPUT"

# Output result
cat "${INPUT}" | grep "api_endpoint\="

3. Make sure to chmod +x switch.sh
4. Edit your config file /mnt/onboard/.adds/nm/config and add the line below: menu_item :main :SwitchEndpoint :cmd_output :500:/mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo/switch.sh

You can then run this action from the NickelMenu and reboot your Kobo to apply it.

[eric09230]

@ragusa87 Thank you sir! It's working!

Regarding the first point, please remember to add the following two lines to your Kobo eReader.conf:

api_endpoint=https://yourdomain/kobo/...........
api_endpoint_backup=https://storeapi.kobo.com/

This ensures that your Kobo device will have the correct main and backup API endpoints configured.