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Old 07-22-2025, 06:04 PM   #1
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Amazon metadata download problems

Has Amazon set up a permanent block for Calibre metadata searches?

Today I tried to get metadata for a book. And while I got data from Fantastic Fiction I got nothing from Amazon. Which is a bit unusual.

When I check the log it said:
Quote:
Downloading details from: https://www.amazon.com/Silo-Summers-.../dp/1702749959
get_details failed for url: 'https://www.amazon.com/Silo-Summers-End-Frozen-World/dp/1702749959'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\ebooks\metadata\sources\amazon.py", line 412, in run
File "calibre\ebooks\metadata\sources\amazon.py", line 425, in get_details
File "calibre\ebooks\metadata\sources\amazon.py", line 430, in parse_details
calibre.ebooks.metadata.sources.amazon.CaptchaErro r: Amazon returned a CAPTCHA page, probably because you downloaded too many books. Wait for some time and try again.
Here is the problem. It has been more than 12 hours since I tried to get metadata. I got metadata for about 12 books yesterday. noticed the last couple had no Amazon, checked and saw the same message. So stopped.

Normally I just wait an hour or so and try again, but last night I just went to bed to try again today. But its 12 hours later now and I still have a captcha?

Am I just on a long time out now? or what?
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