Conversion error

[sesone]

Hi there,

for a couple of weeks I get this annoying error message everytime I want to fetch The Economist or The New York Times. Can anyone give me some advice on how to resolve this?

Any help will be appreciated, thank you very much in advance!

Sesone

calibre, version 0.7.47
ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Fetch news from The Economist (RSS)

Fetch news from The Economist (RSS)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.7.47
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': 'original',
'chapter': None,
'chapter_mark': 'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': None,
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'dont_download_recipe': False,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'extra_css': None,
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x04431710>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'lrf': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'mobi_ignore_margins': False,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': True,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleOutput object at 0x04431A30>,
'page_breaks_before': None,
'password': None,
'personal_doc': '[PDOC]',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': None,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': '',
'rescale_images': False,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': '',
'sr1_search': '',
'sr2_replace': '',
'sr2_search': '',
'sr3_replace': '',
'sr3_search': '',
'tags': None,
'test': False,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'username': None,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: Recipe Input running
Using proxies: {'ftp': 'sinproxy:8080', 'http': 'sinproxy:8080'}
Python function terminated unexpectedly
<urlopen error [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed> (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 103, in main
File "site.py", line 85, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 110, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 904, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 204, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\input.py", line 105, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 734, in download
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 871, in build_index
File "c:\docume~1\sadeka\locals~1\temp\calibre_0.7.47_t mp_xdiudo\calibre_0.7.47_xwv2hb_recipes\recipe0.py ", line 38, in parse_index
raw=True)
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 495, in index_to_soup
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 199, in open_novisit
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_opener.py", line 193, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1142, in http_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1118, in do_open
urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed>

[sesone]

Ok I know now what the problem was. Calibre is using the IE proxy settings which I hadn't adjusted yet. Problem is now solved. Thanks guys.

[ogen223]

Hi sesone

I have the same problem, yet unresolved. How do you fix the IE proxy settings in calibre?

Thank you very much!

[Manichean]

You don't. You fix them in the IE settings or in the control panel.

[ogen223]

Thanks, Manichean. How do I get to the IE settings? And what does "IE" stands for anyway?

[Manichean]

Internet Explorer. Depends on your OS and your version of IE, look for something called internet settings or somesuch.

[ogen223]

Hey Sesone, may you please tell me what you've exactly adjusted in your Internet Explorer? I can't make up any problems, the explorer works fine, so does the OS, even the news fetching works perfectly but for "The Economist"...

I guess it must be a minuscule problem easy to resolve which is unfortunately well hidden.

Manichean, thank you for your help, appreciate it very much.

[Manichean]

If you can use the internet normally, but the Economist recipe fails to download, there's probably something wrong with the recipe. Do other recipes work? Do you use the default, pre-installed recipe? Can you reach the feed address using a browser?

[ogen223]

Yes, I've installed Calibre today without changing anything. First I chose the latest version but as I continued to have problems fetching news I changed to an older version (namely 0.7.47) which I already had used before.

Except for the economist, I fetch Le Monde, NZZ online and Polityka. All three without troubles. Thank you and your team for your efforts at this point!

I'll send you the error output. Maybe this will help.

[ogen223]

ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Fetch news from The Economist (free)

Fetch news from The Economist (free)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.7.32
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': 'original',
'chapter': None,
'chapter_mark': 'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': None,
'debug_pipeline': None,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'dont_download_recipe': False,
'extra_css': None,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'footer_regex': '(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'header_regex': '(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x04590FD0>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'lrf': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': True,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleDXOutput object at 0x045962F0>,
'page_breaks_before': None,
'password': None,
'personal_doc': '[PDOC]',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preprocess_html': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': None,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_footer': False,
'remove_header': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'rescale_images': False,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'tags': None,
'test': False,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'username': None,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: Recipe Input running
Skipping article Odessa: Mutiny and melancholy as it is too old.
Skipping article Italy: Avanti as it is too old.

etc...

[ogen223]

...etc..

Skipping article Pollution and global warming: Climate change in black and white as it is too old.
Skipping article Maria Altmann as it is too old.
Python function terminated unexpectedly
No new articles found (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 103, in main
File "site.py", line 85, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 107, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 24, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 836, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 216, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\input.py", line 105, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 726, in download
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 857, in build_index
File "c:\users\hp\appdata\local\temp\calibre_0.7.32_tmp _t_rfv6\calibre_0.7.32_h_zwus_recipes\recipe0.py", line 66, in parse_index
self.feed_dict.items()])
File "c:\users\hp\appdata\local\temp\calibre_0.7.32_tmp _t_rfv6\calibre_0.7.32_h_zwus_recipes\recipe0.py", line 70, in eco_sort_sections
raise ValueError('No new articles found')
ValueError: No new articles found

[kovidgoyal]

You need to wait a day.

[Manichean]

That error indicates that there are no new articles to download. As Kovid already said, you'll need to wait for new articles to appear.

[ogen223]

Your are geniuses, thanks so much, it works again! The error output was though every time a different one... Software's a mystery.