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GrimReaperLu · 09-10-2008, 12:13 PM

That works, thanks.

Here's what I did:

I looked in my Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options, Connections, LAN Settings and found there was an automatic configuration script set to

Code:

http://autoproxy.aaa.bbb.ccc:88/proxy.pac

Your settings might include the address of the proxy server in the bottom half of this window, in which case skip the next step.

I opened this link and it gave me a script, which contained the address of the proxy it would use:
PROXY 123.123.123.123:8888

Open the Start menu, right click on My Computer and select Properties. On the Advanced tab click Environment variables.

Click on New to create a User Variable called http_proxy
set the value to:

Code:

http://grimreaperlu:uncrackabl3@123.123.123.123:8888

Code:

(http://<username>:<password>@<proxy server ip>:<proxy server port>)

damn, now I've given away my password.

Click OK to close the dialogue boxes. Note that the get_proxy() script still returns {}, but don't panic yet.

Go to http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_manual/news.html and copy the basic news recipe which accesses the BBC, paste this into notepad and save as myrecipe.py in a folder.

Open a cmd window and CD to the folder. Run the command

Code:

feeds2disk --debug --test myrecipe.py

At the end you should see something like:

Code:

100% Article downloaded: 'Big Bang' experiment starts well
100% Feeds downloaded to C:\Documents and Settings\grimreaperlu\index.html
100% Download finished

Restart calibre and try to Fetch News - Oh My God, it's working.

To tidy up in the folder where you saved myrecipe.py, delete the following files:

myrecipe.py
index.html
index.ncx
index.opf
library1.db

don't delete these if it's the folder containing your real library database!

09-10-2008, 12:13 PM	#5
GrimReaperLu Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 12 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Land of Lu Device: Sony PRS-505	Problem solved That works, thanks. Here's what I did: I looked in my Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options, Connections, LAN Settings and found there was an automatic configuration script set to Code: http://autoproxy.aaa.bbb.ccc:88/proxy.pac Your settings might include the address of the proxy server in the bottom half of this window, in which case skip the next step. I opened this link and it gave me a script, which contained the address of the proxy it would use: PROXY 123.123.123.123:8888 Open the Start menu, right click on My Computer and select Properties. On the Advanced tab click Environment variables. Click on New to create a User Variable called http_proxy set the value to: Code: http://grimreaperlu:uncrackabl3@123.123.123.123:8888 Code: (http://<username>:<password>@<proxy server ip>:<proxy server port>) damn, now I've given away my password. Click OK to close the dialogue boxes. Note that the get_proxy() script still returns {}, but don't panic yet. Go to http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_manual/news.html and copy the basic news recipe which accesses the BBC, paste this into notepad and save as myrecipe.py in a folder. Open a cmd window and CD to the folder. Run the command Code: feeds2disk --debug --test myrecipe.py At the end you should see something like: Code: 100% Article downloaded: 'Big Bang' experiment starts well 100% Feeds downloaded to C:\Documents and Settings\grimreaperlu\index.html 100% Download finished Restart calibre and try to Fetch News - Oh My God, it's working. To tidy up in the folder where you saved myrecipe.py, delete the following files: myrecipe.py index.html index.ncx index.opf library1.db don't delete these if it's the folder containing your real library database!