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Originally Posted by ficfangirl
Since I updated the plug-in on calibre, I've been unable to download stories from AO3. I keep getting this message:
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requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Har...iew_adult=true
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I'll admit to not be terribly tech savvy, but I've tried all the self help I can think of. Rebooting my computer, restarting calibre, updating to calibre 7.4, signing in and out of AO3. I get this this message or slight variations thereof whether I'm trying to download a page of stories, a single story, or updating existing stories. I'm not sure how to go back to an earlier version of FFF, but that's the only other cure I can think of, and I'm not sure how I go back to an earlier version. Any suggestions? |
Getting
403 Client Error: Forbidden suggests that you are being blocked by the site.
Have you been doing a lot of downloads? The fact you're trying to pull all stories from such a large search set would suggest you have been.
We have seen AO3 blocked people before for 'large' numbers of downloads, but I don't have specific numbers for that. But I'm able to get a story list using the same search URL.
I suspect the answer is first, to wait for the block to clear. I don't know how long that could take, unfortunately. Could be hours, could be days.
Then second, limit your self to fewer downloads. Evaluate and choose before downloading rather than downloading and deleting the ones you don't like.