Make searching for existing books by title/author(s) optional.

calibre-plugin/config.py

@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ class ConfigWidget(QWidget):
         prefs['checkforseriesurlid'] = self.basic_tab.checkforseriesurlid.isChecked()
         prefs['checkforurlchange'] = self.basic_tab.checkforurlchange.isChecked()
         prefs['injectseries'] = self.basic_tab.injectseries.isChecked()
+        prefs['matchtitleauth'] = self.basic_tab.matchtitleauth.isChecked()
         prefs['smarten_punctuation'] = self.basic_tab.smarten_punctuation.isChecked()
         prefs['reject_always'] = self.basic_tab.reject_always.isChecked()
 
@@ -521,6 +522,11 @@ class BasicTab(QWidget):
         self.injectseries.setChecked(prefs['injectseries'])
         self.l.addWidget(self.injectseries)
 
+        self.matchtitleauth = QCheckBox(_("Search by Title/Author(s) for If Story Already Exists?"),self)
+        self.matchtitleauth.setToolTip(_("When checking <i>If Story Already Exists</i> FanFicFare will first match by URL Identifier.  But if not found, it can also search existing books by Title and Author(s)."))
+        self.matchtitleauth.setChecked(prefs['matchtitleauth'])
+        self.l.addWidget(self.matchtitleauth)
+
         rej_gb = groupbox = QGroupBox(_("Reject List"))
         self.l = QVBoxLayout()
         groupbox.setLayout(self.l)

calibre-plugin/fff_plugin.py

@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ class FanFicFarePlugin(InterfaceAction):
                 # try to find by identifier url or uri first.
                 identicalbooks = self.do_id_search(url)
                 # print("identicalbooks:%s"%identicalbooks)
-                if len(identicalbooks) < 1:
+                if len(identicalbooks) < 1 and prefs['matchtitleauth']:
                     # find dups
                     authlist = story.getList("author", removeallentities=True)
                     mi = MetaInformation(story.getMetadata("title", removeallentities=True),

calibre-plugin/prefs.py

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ default_prefs['lookforurlinhtml'] = False
 default_prefs['checkforseriesurlid'] = True
 default_prefs['checkforurlchange'] = True
 default_prefs['injectseries'] = False
+default_prefs['matchtitleauth'] = True
 default_prefs['smarten_punctuation'] = False
 default_prefs['show_est_time'] = False