NY Times problem

[scottsan]

using version 0.8.4.6 to download NY Times without a problem.
This morning I installed 0.8.5.0 update and got error messages trying to get the NY Times.
I reinstalled version 0.8.4.6 and now that version provides the same error message, the details of which follow:


calibre, version 0.8.46
ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Fetch news from New York Times

Fetch news from New York Times
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.8.46
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'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_download_recipe': False,
'dont_split_on_page_breaks': True,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'epub_flatten': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': None,
'fix_indents': True,
'flow_size': 260,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x636fb30>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
'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,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_default_epub_cover': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_svg_cover': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.GenericEink object at 0x636fd30>,
'page_breaks_before': None,
'password': 'scottsan',
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
'pretty_print': True,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': None,
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': '',
'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,
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'username': 'ankaraaikikai@mac.com',
'verbose': 2}
Python function terminated unexpectedly: no control matching name 'userid'
InputFormatPlugin: Recipe Input running
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Volumes/Lacie/Applications/Ebook Software/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 147, in main
return run_entry_point()
File "/Volumes/Lacie/Applications/Ebook Software/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 116, in run_entry_point
return getattr(pmod, func)()
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 191, 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 963, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/conversion.py", line 208, in __call__
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/recipe_input.py", line 104, in convert
File "site-packages/calibre/web/feeds/news.py", line 757, in __init__
File "<string>", line 325, in get_browser
File "site-packages/mechanize/_form.py", line 2780, in __setitem__
File "site-packages/mechanize/_form.py", line 3101, in find_control
File "site-packages/mechanize/_form.py", line 3185, in _find_control
mechanize._form.ControlNotFoundError: no control matching name 'userid'


any solution available?

[kovidgoyal]

Their website is down: https://www.nytimes.com/features/mem...intenance.html

[squigish]

It looks like their javascript apparatus for running the paywall is down too. I'm sure it'll be up again by morning.

Let's hope their "upgrade" doesn't break calibre's recipe.

[scottsan]

I suppose you were correct, the times website was down.
Currently, the recipe downloads correctly using v.0.8.50.

Thanks,