Strip initials from koreader authors

2023-03-27 01:33:30 -04:00
parent ee01ffa4ad
commit cb0c00a695
2 changed files with 4 additions and 6 deletions
--- a/vrobbler/apps/books/openlibrary.py
+++ b/vrobbler/apps/books/openlibrary.py
@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import json
 import logging
-import re
 import urllib

 import requests
@ -79,8 +78,6 @@ def lookup_book_from_openlibrary(title: str, author: str = None) -> dict:
    title_quoted = urllib.parse.quote(title)
    author_quoted = ""
    if author:
-        # Strip middle initials, OpenLibrary often fails with these
-        author = re.sub(" [A-Z]. ", " ", author)
        author_quoted = urllib.parse.quote(author)
    query = f"{title_quoted} {author_quoted}"