Forked from Forked from https://github.com/ashtom/book-box that was forked from https://github.com/amorriscode/book-box.

Migrated to use Hardcover API instead of GoodReads as they don't offer API access anymore.

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book-box-hardcover

📚Update a pinned gist to contain your latest reads on Hardcover.app

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📌✨ For more pinned-gist projects like this one, check out: https://github.com/matchai/awesome-pinned-gists

Setup

Prep work

1. Create a new public GitHub Gist
2. Create a token with the gist scope and copy it.
3. Create a Hardcover account
4. Get your API key for the Hardcover API

Project setup

1. Fork this repo
2. Go to the repo Settings > Secrets
3. Add the following environment variables:

• GIST_ID: The ID of the gist you created above (https://gist.github.com/amorriscode/3f84910b524db4819ec2dc1063f632ab).
• GH_TOKEN: The GitHub token generated above.
• HARDCOVER_KEY: The API key for the Hardcover API. (Don't copy the Bearer prefix.)

Inspiration

This gist was inspired by matchai's bird-box.

Timestamps

• 2025-06-17