calibredb --password <pwfile>

[Divingduck]

Hi Kovid,

it seems I forgot something. Can you give me a hint?

I can do the following CLI command:

calibredb list --with-library "http://didel-dum:12345/" --fields=authors,title,*cod_y --username TestUser --password TestPw --for-machine>_y.txt

with this options I became the info forbidden or the username/password combination is incorrect:

calibredb list --with-library "http://didel-dum:12345/" --fields=authors,title,*cod_y --username TestUser --password stdin --for-machine>_y.txt

Same for the combination password file.
calibredb list --with-library "http://didel-dum:12345/" --fields=authors,title,*cod_y --username TestUser --password dideldum.txt --for-machine>_y.txt


I thought, this had work when I test it long time ago but now it seems I'm not able to get this running again with a password file.

Additional question, if I remember correct, I didn't need the switch --username if I use a file but maybe I am wrong. In the past I used a text file like dideldum.txt with a single line including username and password with a space between: TestUser TestPw.

I am a bit lost on this, as it seems that no combination will do what I like to do except the first version as command line with direct input.


System Windows10-64Bit actual version
calibre 3.1.5.0 64Bit

[kovidgoyal]

See calibredb --help

The syntax is

--password <stdin>

--password <f:/path/to/file>

The angle brackets are required. Remember to escape them or use quotes so your shell does not get confused.

[Divingduck]

Yes, this was what I thought in the first time too, but I get always a The username/password combination is incorrect and for <stdin> there is no request for password input but a AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'getpass'

I did it this way
--password "<stdin>"
--password "<c:\Users\X\Documents\Calibre\Calibredb\dideldum. txt>"
--password "<c:/Users/X/Documents/Calibre/Calibredb/dideldum.txt>"

I did set the ban for testing to 0.

[kovidgoyal]

Make sure your text file has no trailing newline. As for stdin not working, probably some windows issue, I've never tried it on windows.

[kovidgoyal]

Oh and the file needs to start with f: so like this

<f:c:/whatever/>

[kovidgoyal]

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...b11b861a2dd4b5

[Divingduck]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Oh and the file needs to start with f: so like this

<f:c:/whatever/>

Yes. The missing f: was my problem. The documentation is a bit vague in this point as it looks for Windows users like a drive letter instead of an necessarily starting code.


Maybe you can modify the manual from:
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gen...calibredb.html

--password
Password for connecting to a calibre Content server. To read the password from standard input, use the special value: <stdin>. To read the password from a file, use: <f:/path/to/file>.)

to something like:

--password
Password for connecting to a calibre Content server. To read the password from standard input, use the special value: <stdin>. To read the password from a file, use: <f:/path/to/file>.
Angle brackets and f: for reading from a file are required. Some OS shell like Windows standard shell need for processing quotes to escape.

Sample: --password "<f:c:/path/to/file>"

A password text file only include a password without trailing newline.

[kovidgoyal]

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...e533d30a472377

[Divingduck]

Thanks.

[Divingduck]

Short feedback, <stdin> is working now too with 3.16.0. Thanks again.