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FlyingSpaceOxen · 04-08-2025, 09:39 PM

FictionMania now gives "429 Too Many Requests" errors should one exceed a very low threshold of total user activity via web browser and/or FanFicFare, with an accompanying message of "If you're a human being, try again tomorrow." A post by a site admin on the hyberboard states that this was done to combat users mass downloading stories and bots.

I got around this by adding "slow_down_sleep_time:10" under [fictionmania.tv], but care should be taken to avoid clicking any links on the site while FFF is working, otherwise your IP address is liable to be blocked till the next day. The default value for this site should probably be raised accordingly.

The site also seems to instantly block you when it detects FFF's default "user_agent:FFF/4.X". This occurred several times before I changed it to mimic a Firefox user agent.

Additionally, "Story with Images" URLs are not being detected by FFF, with the error: "adapter_fictionmaniatv.py(175): Story With Images(SWI) not found, falling back to HTML."

04-08-2025, 09:39 PM	#10563
FlyingSpaceOxen Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2025 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	Recent changes with FictionMania FictionMania now gives "429 Too Many Requests" errors should one exceed a very low threshold of total user activity via web browser and/or FanFicFare, with an accompanying message of "If you're a human being, try again tomorrow." A post by a site admin on the hyberboard states that this was done to combat users mass downloading stories and bots. I got around this by adding "slow_down_sleep_time:10" under [fictionmania.tv], but care should be taken to avoid clicking any links on the site while FFF is working, otherwise your IP address is liable to be blocked till the next day. The default value for this site should probably be raised accordingly. The site also seems to instantly block you when it detects FFF's default "user_agent:FFF/4.X". This occurred several times before I changed it to mimic a Firefox user agent. Additionally, "Story with Images" URLs are not being detected by FFF, with the error: "adapter_fictionmaniatv.py(175): Story With Images(SWI) not found, falling back to HTML."