I observed this the first time on sunday, when I fetched the comics of the week before. It is reproducable, even on an other calibre instance.
Since the recipe was not changed, perhaps there was a change on the website?
Some Examples:
* B.C. No comic on May 11,12,13,14,15,16
* Calvin And Hobbes: No Comics May 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 But there is a Comic on May 15.
* For Better or For Worse: No Comics May 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 But there is a Comic on May 15.
* Foxtrot Classics: No Comics May 11,12,13,14,15,16,17
So it looks like the May 15 is special, because in some cases I get a comic for this day.
Device: WinMo: IPAQ; Android: HTC HD2, Archos 7o; Java:Gravity T
Quote:
Originally Posted by Andreas
I observed this the first time on sunday, when I fetched the comics of the week before. It is reproducable, even on an other calibre instance.
Since the recipe was not changed, perhaps there was a change on the website?
Some Examples:
* B.C. No comic on May 11,12,13,14,15,16
* Calvin And Hobbes: No Comics May 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 But there is a Comic on May 15.
* For Better or For Worse: No Comics May 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 But there is a Comic on May 15.
* Foxtrot Classics: No Comics May 11,12,13,14,15,16,17
So it looks like the May 15 is special, because in some cases I get a comic for this day.
first of all, thanks for the great recipes, that I use for a long time.
And yes, the comics are available on the site.
The only difference I could see between the comics downloaded (from May 15) and the rest, that was not downloaded, is that the downloaded comics on the site do not have the "zoom feature", while the others do have this feature.
But normally I do not visit the site (thanks to your script) so I can not say, whether the zoom feature is new.
Device: WinMo: IPAQ; Android: HTC HD2, Archos 7o; Java:Gravity T
Quote:
Originally Posted by bjc
Hi,
I am also having the same problem, it appears that only the Sunday comic is getting downloaded.
Great recipes! keep up the super work.
The site has changed and this should fix it:
Spoiler:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/env python
__license__ = 'GPL v3'
__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2010 Starson17'
'''
www.gocomics.com
'''
from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
import mechanize, re
class GoComics(BasicNewsRecipe):
title = 'GoComics'
__author__ = 'Starson17'
__version__ = '1.05'
__date__ = '19 may 2011'
description = u'200+ Comics - Customize for more days/comics: Defaults to 7 days, 25 comics - 20 general, 5 editorial.'
category = 'news, comics'
language = 'en'
use_embedded_content= False
no_stylesheets = True
remove_javascript = True
cover_url = 'http://paulbuckley14059.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/calvin-and-hobbes.jpg'
remove_attributes = ['style']
####### USER PREFERENCES - COMICS, IMAGE SIZE AND NUMBER OF COMICS TO RETRIEVE ########
# num_comics_to_get - I've tried up to 99 on Calvin&Hobbes
num_comics_to_get = 7
# comic_size 300 is small, 600 is medium, 900 is large, 1500 is extra-large
comic_size = 900
# CHOOSE COMIC STRIPS BELOW - REMOVE COMMENT '# ' FROM IN FRONT OF DESIRED STRIPS
# Please do not overload their servers by selecting all comics and 1000 strips from each!
conversion_options = {'linearize_tables' : True
, 'comment' : description
, 'tags' : category
, 'language' : language
}
keep_only_tags = [dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['feature','banner']}),
]
remove_tags = [dict(name='a', attrs={'class':['beginning','prev','cal','next','newest']}),
dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['tag-wrapper']}),
dict(name='a', attrs={'href':re.compile(r'.*mutable_[0-9]+', re.IGNORECASE)}),
dict(name='img', attrs={'src':re.compile(r'.*mutable_[0-9]+', re.IGNORECASE)}),
dict(name='ul', attrs={'class':['share-nav','feature-nav']}),
]
def get_browser(self):
br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser(self)
cookies = mechanize.CookieJar()
br = mechanize.build_opener(mechanize.HTTPCookieProcessor(cookies))
br.addheaders = [('Referer','http://www.gocomics.com/')]
return br
def parse_index(self):
feeds = []
for title, url in [
######## COMICS - GENERAL ########
(u"2 Cows and a Chicken", u"http://www.gocomics.com/2cowsandachicken"),
# (u"9 to 5", u"http://www.gocomics.com/9to5"),
# (u"The Academia Waltz", u"http://www.gocomics.com/academiawaltz"),
# (u"Adam@Home", u"http://www.gocomics.com/adamathome"),
# (u"Agnes", u"http://www.gocomics.com/agnes"),
# (u"Andy Capp", u"http://www.gocomics.com/andycapp"),
# (u"Animal Crackers", u"http://www.gocomics.com/animalcrackers"),
# (u"Annie", u"http://www.gocomics.com/annie"),
(u"The Argyle Sweater", u"http://www.gocomics.com/theargylesweater"),
# (u"Ask Shagg", u"http://www.gocomics.com/askshagg"),
(u"B.C.", u"http://www.gocomics.com/bc"),
# (u"Back in the Day", u"http://www.gocomics.com/backintheday"),
# (u"Bad Reporter", u"http://www.gocomics.com/badreporter"),
# (u"Baldo", u"http://www.gocomics.com/baldo"),
# (u"Ballard Street", u"http://www.gocomics.com/ballardstreet"),
# (u"Barkeater Lake", u"http://www.gocomics.com/barkeaterlake"),
# (u"The Barn", u"http://www.gocomics.com/thebarn"),
# (u"Basic Instructions", u"http://www.gocomics.com/basicinstructions"),
# (u"Bewley", u"http://www.gocomics.com/bewley"),
# (u"Big Top", u"http://www.gocomics.com/bigtop"),
# (u"Biographic", u"http://www.gocomics.com/biographic"),
(u"Birdbrains", u"http://www.gocomics.com/birdbrains"),
# (u"Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog", u"http://www.gocomics.com/bleeker"),
# (u"Bliss", u"http://www.gocomics.com/bliss"),
(u"Bloom County", u"http://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty"),
# (u"Bo Nanas", u"http://www.gocomics.com/bonanas"),
# (u"Bob the Squirrel", u"http://www.gocomics.com/bobthesquirrel"),
# (u"The Boiling Point", u"http://www.gocomics.com/theboilingpoint"),
# (u"Boomerangs", u"http://www.gocomics.com/boomerangs"),
# (u"The Boondocks", u"http://www.gocomics.com/boondocks"),
# (u"Bottomliners", u"http://www.gocomics.com/bottomliners"),
# (u"Bound and Gagged", u"http://www.gocomics.com/boundandgagged"),
# (u"Brainwaves", u"http://www.gocomics.com/brainwaves"),
# (u"Brenda Starr", u"http://www.gocomics.com/brendastarr"),
# (u"Brewster Rockit", u"http://www.gocomics.com/brewsterrockit"),
# (u"Broom Hilda", u"http://www.gocomics.com/broomhilda"),
(u"Calvin and Hobbes", u"http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes"),
# (u"Candorville", u"http://www.gocomics.com/candorville"),
# (u"Cathy", u"http://www.gocomics.com/cathy"),
# (u"C'est la Vie", u"http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie"),
# (u"Chuckle Bros", u"http://www.gocomics.com/chucklebros"),
# (u"Citizen Dog", u"http://www.gocomics.com/citizendog"),
# (u"The City", u"http://www.gocomics.com/thecity"),
# (u"Cleats", u"http://www.gocomics.com/cleats"),
# (u"Close to Home", u"http://www.gocomics.com/closetohome"),
# (u"Compu-toon", u"http://www.gocomics.com/compu-toon"),
# (u"Cornered", u"http://www.gocomics.com/cornered"),
(u"Cul de Sac", u"http://www.gocomics.com/culdesac"),
# (u"Daddy's Home", u"http://www.gocomics.com/daddyshome"),
# (u"Deep Cover", u"http://www.gocomics.com/deepcover"),
# (u"Dick Tracy", u"http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy"),
# (u"The Dinette Set", u"http://www.gocomics.com/dinetteset"),
# (u"Dog Eat Doug", u"http://www.gocomics.com/dogeatdoug"),
# (u"Domestic Abuse", u"http://www.gocomics.com/domesticabuse"),
# (u"Doodles", u"http://www.gocomics.com/doodles"),
(u"Doonesbury", u"http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury"),
# (u"The Doozies", u"http://www.gocomics.com/thedoozies"),
# (u"The Duplex", u"http://www.gocomics.com/duplex"),
# (u"Eek!", u"http://www.gocomics.com/eek"),
# (u"The Elderberries", u"http://www.gocomics.com/theelderberries"),
# (u"Flight Deck", u"http://www.gocomics.com/flightdeck"),
# (u"Flo and Friends", u"http://www.gocomics.com/floandfriends"),
# (u"The Flying McCoys", u"http://www.gocomics.com/theflyingmccoys"),
(u"For Better or For Worse", u"http://www.gocomics.com/forbetterorforworse"),
# (u"For Heaven's Sake", u"http://www.gocomics.com/forheavenssake"),
# (u"Fort Knox", u"http://www.gocomics.com/fortknox"),
# (u"FoxTrot", u"http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot"),
(u"FoxTrot Classics", u"http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrotclassics"),
# (u"Frank & Ernest", u"http://www.gocomics.com/frankandernest"),
# (u"Fred Basset", u"http://www.gocomics.com/fredbasset"),
# (u"Free Range", u"http://www.gocomics.com/freerange"),
# (u"Frog Applause", u"http://www.gocomics.com/frogapplause"),
# (u"The Fusco Brothers", u"http://www.gocomics.com/thefuscobrothers"),
(u"Garfield", u"http://www.gocomics.com/garfield"),
# (u"Garfield Minus Garfield", u"http://www.gocomics.com/garfieldminusgarfield"),
# (u"Gasoline Alley", u"http://www.gocomics.com/gasolinealley"),
# (u"Gil Thorp", u"http://www.gocomics.com/gilthorp"),
# (u"Ginger Meggs", u"http://www.gocomics.com/gingermeggs"),
# (u"Girls & Sports", u"http://www.gocomics.com/girlsandsports"),
# (u"Haiku Ewe", u"http://www.gocomics.com/haikuewe"),
# (u"Heart of the City", u"http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity"),
# (u"Heathcliff", u"http://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff"),
# (u"Herb and Jamaal", u"http://www.gocomics.com/herbandjamaal"),
# (u"Home and Away", u"http://www.gocomics.com/homeandaway"),
# (u"Housebroken", u"http://www.gocomics.com/housebroken"),
# (u"Hubert and Abby", u"http://www.gocomics.com/hubertandabby"),
# (u"Imagine This", u"http://www.gocomics.com/imaginethis"),
# (u"In the Bleachers", u"http://www.gocomics.com/inthebleachers"),
# (u"In the Sticks", u"http://www.gocomics.com/inthesticks"),
# (u"Ink Pen", u"http://www.gocomics.com/inkpen"),
# (u"It's All About You", u"http://www.gocomics.com/itsallaboutyou"),
# (u"Joe Vanilla", u"http://www.gocomics.com/joevanilla"),
# (u"La Cucaracha", u"http://www.gocomics.com/lacucaracha"),
# (u"Last Kiss", u"http://www.gocomics.com/lastkiss"),
# (u"Legend of Bill", u"http://www.gocomics.com/legendofbill"),
# (u"Liberty Meadows", u"http://www.gocomics.com/libertymeadows"),
(u"Lio", u"http://www.gocomics.com/lio"),
# (u"Little Dog Lost", u"http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost"),
# (u"Little Otto", u"http://www.gocomics.com/littleotto"),
# (u"Loose Parts", u"http://www.gocomics.com/looseparts"),
# (u"Love Is...", u"http://www.gocomics.com/loveis"),
# (u"Maintaining", u"http://www.gocomics.com/maintaining"),
# (u"The Meaning of Lila", u"http://www.gocomics.com/meaningoflila"),
# (u"Middle-Aged White Guy", u"http://www.gocomics.com/middleagedwhiteguy"),
# (u"The Middletons", u"http://www.gocomics.com/themiddletons"),
# (u"Momma", u"http://www.gocomics.com/momma"),
# (u"Mutt & Jeff", u"http://www.gocomics.com/muttandjeff"),
# (u"Mythtickle", u"http://www.gocomics.com/mythtickle"),
# (u"Nest Heads", u"http://www.gocomics.com/nestheads"),
# (u"NEUROTICA", u"http://www.gocomics.com/neurotica"),
(u"New Adventures of Queen Victoria", u"http://www.gocomics.com/thenewadventuresofqueenvictoria"),
(u"Non Sequitur", u"http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur"),
# (u"The Norm", u"http://www.gocomics.com/thenorm"),
# (u"On A Claire Day", u"http://www.gocomics.com/onaclaireday"),
# (u"One Big Happy", u"http://www.gocomics.com/onebighappy"),
# (u"The Other Coast", u"http://www.gocomics.com/theothercoast"),
# (u"Out of the Gene Pool Re-Runs", u"http://www.gocomics.com/outofthegenepool"),
# (u"Overboard", u"http://www.gocomics.com/overboard"),
# (u"Pibgorn", u"http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn"),
# (u"Pibgorn Sketches", u"http://www.gocomics.com/pibgornsketches"),
(u"Pickles", u"http://www.gocomics.com/pickles"),
# (u"Pinkerton", u"http://www.gocomics.com/pinkerton"),
# (u"Pluggers", u"http://www.gocomics.com/pluggers"),
(u"Pooch Cafe", u"http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe"),
# (u"PreTeena", u"http://www.gocomics.com/preteena"),
# (u"The Quigmans", u"http://www.gocomics.com/thequigmans"),
# (u"Rabbits Against Magic", u"http://www.gocomics.com/rabbitsagainstmagic"),
(u"Real Life Adventures", u"http://www.gocomics.com/reallifeadventures"),
# (u"Red and Rover", u"http://www.gocomics.com/redandrover"),
# (u"Red Meat", u"http://www.gocomics.com/redmeat"),
# (u"Reynolds Unwrapped", u"http://www.gocomics.com/reynoldsunwrapped"),
# (u"Ronaldinho Gaucho", u"http://www.gocomics.com/ronaldinhogaucho"),
# (u"Rubes", u"http://www.gocomics.com/rubes"),
# (u"Scary Gary", u"http://www.gocomics.com/scarygary"),
(u"Shoe", u"http://www.gocomics.com/shoe"),
# (u"Shoecabbage", u"http://www.gocomics.com/shoecabbage"),
# (u"Skin Horse", u"http://www.gocomics.com/skinhorse"),
# (u"Slowpoke", u"http://www.gocomics.com/slowpoke"),
# (u"Speed Bump", u"http://www.gocomics.com/speedbump"),
# (u"State of the Union", u"http://www.gocomics.com/stateoftheunion"),
(u"Stone Soup", u"http://www.gocomics.com/stonesoup"),
# (u"Strange Brew", u"http://www.gocomics.com/strangebrew"),
# (u"Sylvia", u"http://www.gocomics.com/sylvia"),
# (u"Tank McNamara", u"http://www.gocomics.com/tankmcnamara"),
# (u"Tiny Sepuku", u"http://www.gocomics.com/tinysepuku"),
# (u"TOBY", u"http://www.gocomics.com/toby"),
# (u"Tom the Dancing Bug", u"http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug"),
# (u"Too Much Coffee Man", u"http://www.gocomics.com/toomuchcoffeeman"),
# (u"W.T. Duck", u"http://www.gocomics.com/wtduck"),
# (u"Watch Your Head", u"http://www.gocomics.com/watchyourhead"),
# (u"Wee Pals", u"http://www.gocomics.com/weepals"),
# (u"Winnie the Pooh", u"http://www.gocomics.com/winniethepooh"),
(u"Wizard of Id", u"http://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid"),
# (u"Working It Out", u"http://www.gocomics.com/workingitout"),
# (u"Yenny", u"http://www.gocomics.com/yenny"),
# (u"Zack Hill", u"http://www.gocomics.com/zackhill"),
(u"Ziggy", u"http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy"),
######## COMICS - EDITORIAL ########
("Lalo Alcaraz","http://www.gocomics.com/laloalcaraz"),
("Nick Anderson","http://www.gocomics.com/nickanderson"),
("Chuck Asay","http://www.gocomics.com/chuckasay"),
("Tony Auth","http://www.gocomics.com/tonyauth"),
("Donna Barstow","http://www.gocomics.com/donnabarstow"),
# ("Bruce Beattie","http://www.gocomics.com/brucebeattie"),
# ("Clay Bennett","http://www.gocomics.com/claybennett"),
# ("Lisa Benson","http://www.gocomics.com/lisabenson"),
# ("Steve Benson","http://www.gocomics.com/stevebenson"),
# ("Chip Bok","http://www.gocomics.com/chipbok"),
# ("Steve Breen","http://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen"),
# ("Chris Britt","http://www.gocomics.com/chrisbritt"),
# ("Stuart Carlson","http://www.gocomics.com/stuartcarlson"),
# ("Ken Catalino","http://www.gocomics.com/kencatalino"),
# ("Paul Conrad","http://www.gocomics.com/paulconrad"),
# ("Jeff Danziger","http://www.gocomics.com/jeffdanziger"),
# ("Matt Davies","http://www.gocomics.com/mattdavies"),
# ("John Deering","http://www.gocomics.com/johndeering"),
# ("Bob Gorrell","http://www.gocomics.com/bobgorrell"),
# ("Walt Handelsman","http://www.gocomics.com/walthandelsman"),
# ("Clay Jones","http://www.gocomics.com/clayjones"),
# ("Kevin Kallaugher","http://www.gocomics.com/kevinkallaugher"),
# ("Steve Kelley","http://www.gocomics.com/stevekelley"),
# ("Dick Locher","http://www.gocomics.com/dicklocher"),
# ("Chan Lowe","http://www.gocomics.com/chanlowe"),
# ("Mike Luckovich","http://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich"),
# ("Gary Markstein","http://www.gocomics.com/garymarkstein"),
# ("Glenn McCoy","http://www.gocomics.com/glennmccoy"),
# ("Jim Morin","http://www.gocomics.com/jimmorin"),
# ("Jack Ohman","http://www.gocomics.com/jackohman"),
# ("Pat Oliphant","http://www.gocomics.com/patoliphant"),
# ("Joel Pett","http://www.gocomics.com/joelpett"),
# ("Ted Rall","http://www.gocomics.com/tedrall"),
# ("Michael Ramirez","http://www.gocomics.com/michaelramirez"),
# ("Marshall Ramsey","http://www.gocomics.com/marshallramsey"),
# ("Steve Sack","http://www.gocomics.com/stevesack"),
# ("Ben Sargent","http://www.gocomics.com/bensargent"),
# ("Drew Sheneman","http://www.gocomics.com/drewsheneman"),
# ("John Sherffius","http://www.gocomics.com/johnsherffius"),
# ("Small World","http://www.gocomics.com/smallworld"),
# ("Scott Stantis","http://www.gocomics.com/scottstantis"),
# ("Wayne Stayskal","http://www.gocomics.com/waynestayskal"),
# ("Dana Summers","http://www.gocomics.com/danasummers"),
# ("Paul Szep","http://www.gocomics.com/paulszep"),
# ("Mike Thompson","http://www.gocomics.com/mikethompson"),
# ("Tom Toles","http://www.gocomics.com/tomtoles"),
# ("Gary Varvel","http://www.gocomics.com/garyvarvel"),
# ("ViewsAfrica","http://www.gocomics.com/viewsafrica"),
# ("ViewsAmerica","http://www.gocomics.com/viewsamerica"),
# ("ViewsAsia","http://www.gocomics.com/viewsasia"),
# ("ViewsBusiness","http://www.gocomics.com/viewsbusiness"),
# ("ViewsEurope","http://www.gocomics.com/viewseurope"),
# ("ViewsLatinAmerica","http://www.gocomics.com/viewslatinamerica"),
# ("ViewsMidEast","http://www.gocomics.com/viewsmideast"),
# ("Views of the World","http://www.gocomics.com/viewsoftheworld"),
# ("Kerry Waghorn","http://www.gocomics.com/facesinthenews"),
# ("Dan Wasserman","http://www.gocomics.com/danwasserman"),
# ("Signe Wilkinson","http://www.gocomics.com/signewilkinson"),
# ("Wit of the World","http://www.gocomics.com/witoftheworld"),
# ("Don Wright","http://www.gocomics.com/donwright"),
]:
print 'Working on: ', title
articles = self.make_links(url)
if articles:
feeds.append((title, articles))
return feeds
def make_links(self, url):
title = 'Temp'
current_articles = []
pages = range(1, self.num_comics_to_get+1)
for page in pages:
page_soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
if page_soup:
try:
strip_title = page_soup.find(name='div', attrs={'class':'top'}).h1.a.string
except:
strip_title = 'Error - no Title found'
try:
date_title = page_soup.find('ul', attrs={'class': 'feature-nav'}).li.string
if not date_title:
date_title = page_soup.find('ul', attrs={'class': 'feature-nav'}).li.string
except:
date_title = 'Error - no Date found'
title = strip_title + ' - ' + date_title
for i in range(2):
try:
strip_url_date = page_soup.find(name='div', attrs={'class':'top'}).h1.a['href']
break #success - this is normal exit
except:
strip_url_date = None
continue #try to get strip_url_date again
for i in range(2):
try:
prev_strip_url_date = page_soup.find('a', attrs={'class': 'prev'})['href']
break #success - this is normal exit
except:
prev_strip_url_date = None
continue #try to get prev_strip_url_date again
if strip_url_date:
page_url = 'http://www.gocomics.com' + strip_url_date
else:
continue
if prev_strip_url_date:
prev_page_url = 'http://www.gocomics.com' + prev_strip_url_date
else:
continue
current_articles.append({'title': title, 'url': page_url, 'description':'', 'date':''})
url = prev_page_url
current_articles.reverse()
return current_articles
def preprocess_html(self, soup):
if soup.title:
title_string = soup.title.string.strip()
_cd = title_string.split(',',1)[1]
comic_date = ' '.join(_cd.split(' ', 4)[0:-1])
if soup.h1.span:
artist = soup.h1.span.string
soup.h1.span.string.replaceWith(comic_date + artist)
feature_item = soup.find('p',attrs={'class':'feature_item'})
if feature_item.a:
a_tag = feature_item.a
a_href = a_tag["href"]
img_tag = a_tag.img
img_tag["src"] = a_href
img_tag["width"] = self.comic_size
img_tag["height"] = None
return self.adeify_images(soup)
extra_css = '''
h1{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight:bold;font-size:large;}
h2{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight:normal;font-size:small;}
img {max-width:100%; min-width:100%;}
p{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;}
body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;}
'''
I would appreciate it if you would confirm here that it works for you (or doesn't). There are lots of people running this with various preferred comics, and I haven't tested on all. I have tested all the default 25. The only one that failed was BirdBrains, and that was only for one strip that was missing on the site.
I just tried my GoComics and all is working fine. I have had no problems with the comics download, including B.C. / Calvin & Hobbs for the past 10 days. Just input as requested.
05-17-2011, 08:26 AM
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