Setup Kobo Sync in Calibre-Web

Calibre-Web

This guide assumes you’ve already setup Calibre-Web on a server of your choice.

• Navigate to the “Admin” section of your server.

• Scroll down to the “Configuration” section

• Select the “Edit Basic Configuration” button

• Scroll down to “Feature Configuration” and select the “+” icon to expand

• Select the checkbox next to “Enable Kobo Sync”

• Now Select your user name in the upper-right corner

• Scroll down until you see the “Kobo Sync Toke” section

• Select the “Create/View” button to create a token

• Copy the api_endpoint=http://IPADDRESS:PORT/kobo/TOKEN line

On the Kobo

• Connect the Kobo to your computer and tap the “Connect” button on the Kobo

• In File Explorer Navigate to the Kobo mounted as storage, i.e. D:KOBOReader

• Locate the folder “.kobo” and enter it.

• Locate the folder “Kobo” in that folder and enter it.

• Locate the “Kobo eReader.conf” file and edit it with either Notepad, or any other plaintext editor. I prefer Visual Studio Code.

• Locate the line in the file api_endpoint=https://storeapi.kobo.com and replace it with the line you copied earlier

• Save the file and safely eject your Kobo

• Sync your Kobo after ejecting it and it should now pull all your books from your Calibre-Web instance.

Caveat

Note that this only works on your local network. If you want it to work everywhere you’d need to expose your Calibre-Web instance to the internet, and most likely require a Dynamic DNS provider or a static Public IP address. This is the absolute most basic configuration.