ebook-convert: use user recipies

mic47 · 02-27-2011, 03:03 PM

Hi,

I am trying to do following thing:
I have an account on a server where is installed calibre (0.7.43). I want every day, to download some news and send it to my kindle. I script, that does following:
1.) ebook-convert foo.recipe foo.mobi
2.) mutt <email> -a foo.mobi

If foo is builtin-recipe (or that is downloadable), than it work. But if foo is user recipe (or changed builtin recipe -- through calibre gui) it does not work. I've got following error message:

Failed to compile downloaded recipe. Falling back to builtin one
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/web/feeds/input.py", line 78, in convert
recipe = compile_recipe(raw)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py", line 33, in compile_recipe
match = re.search(r'coding[:=]\s*([-\w.]+)', src[:200])
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is unsubscriptable

It looks like the ebook-convert cannot take user-recipe that I created in GUI. Is there any workaround or am I doing something wrong?

Thank you

kovidgoyal · 02-27-2011, 05:53 PM

just copy paste the recipe from the gui into a text editor and save it as a a .recipe file.

mic47 · 02-27-2011, 09:49 PM

Thank you, it works.

Farhad · 03-07-2011, 09:21 AM

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02-27-2011, 03:03 PM	#1
mic47 Master Yoda Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle	ebook-convert: use user recipies Hi, I am trying to do following thing: I have an account on a server where is installed calibre (0.7.43). I want every day, to download some news and send it to my kindle. I script, that does following: 1.) ebook-convert foo.recipe foo.mobi 2.) mutt <email> -a foo.mobi If foo is builtin-recipe (or that is downloadable), than it work. But if foo is user recipe (or changed builtin recipe -- through calibre gui) it does not work. I've got following error message: Failed to compile downloaded recipe. Falling back to builtin one Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/web/feeds/input.py", line 78, in convert recipe = compile_recipe(raw) File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py", line 33, in compile_recipe match = re.search(r'coding[:=]\s*([-\w.]+)', src[:200]) TypeError: 'NoneType' object is unsubscriptable It looks like the ebook-convert cannot take user-recipe that I created in GUI. Is there any workaround or am I doing something wrong? Thank you

03-07-2011, 09:21 AM	#4
Farhad Zealot Posts: 139 Karma: 1248 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Florida Device: N800/Nokia 5230/PB IQ701/PB 360	Need help renaming files after conversion message deleted by author Last edited by Farhad; 03-08-2011 at 07:57 AM. Reason: posted in the wrong forum

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02-27-2011, 05:53 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,185 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	just copy paste the recipe from the gui into a text editor and save it as a a .recipe file.

02-27-2011, 09:49 PM	#3
mic47 Master Yoda Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle	Thank you, it works.

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