.. _db_api: API documentation for the database interface ====================================================== .. module:: calibre.db.cache :synopsis: The API accessing and manipulating a calibre library. This API is thread safe (it uses a multiple reader, single writer locking scheme). You can access this API like this:: from calibre.library import db db = db('Path to calibre library folder').new_api If you are in a calibre plugin that is part of the main calibre GUI, you get access to it like this instead:: db = self.gui.current_db.new_api .. autoclass:: Cache :members: