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Starson17 · 03-10-2010, 08:29 PM

I've got a recipe that works, but it pulls an image that is slightly different from the image I see when I go to the page the image came from. The log shows that the recipe is actually fetching the image I want, but Calibre doesn't get that image. It gets one similar, but different. When I use a browser to directly view the URL of the image that the recipe is fetching, I see the image I want, not the one that Calibre gets.

I've tried turning off cookies in the browser, clearing cookies, clearing the cache and fetching the image again, but I always get the image I want in the browser, and never get the image that Calibre's recipe gets. I've tried changing the useragent string, blocking the referrer, etc., but I can't seem to simulate Calibre with the browser closely enough that I get the same image that Calibre gets.

What am I missing? How does the site know that a Calibre recipe is grabbing the image? Comments? Thanks.

03-10-2010, 08:29 PM	#1
Starson17 Wizard Posts: 4,004 Karma: 177841 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: WinMo: IPAQ; Android: HTC HD2, Archos 7o; Java:Gravity T	Simulate Calibre recipe with browser? I've got a recipe that works, but it pulls an image that is slightly different from the image I see when I go to the page the image came from. The log shows that the recipe is actually fetching the image I want, but Calibre doesn't get that image. It gets one similar, but different. When I use a browser to directly view the URL of the image that the recipe is fetching, I see the image I want, not the one that Calibre gets. I've tried turning off cookies in the browser, clearing cookies, clearing the cache and fetching the image again, but I always get the image I want in the browser, and never get the image that Calibre's recipe gets. I've tried changing the useragent string, blocking the referrer, etc., but I can't seem to simulate Calibre with the browser closely enough that I get the same image that Calibre gets. What am I missing? How does the site know that a Calibre recipe is grabbing the image? Comments? Thanks.