New javascript login doesn't work

[besianm]

Hi,

The latest update claims that one of new features is:

News download: Add support for logging in to sites that require javascript for their logins.

Closes tickets: 1101809

However, the Harvard Business Review recipe still produces the following error:

calibre, version 0.9.16 (darwin, isfrozen: True)
Conversion Error: Failed: Fetch news from Harvard Business Review

Fetch news from Harvard Business Review
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.9.16
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': 'original',
'chapter': None,
'chapter_mark': 'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': None,
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'dont_download_recipe': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'embed_font_family': None,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': None,
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x108523c90>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'lrf': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'mobi_file_type': 'old',
'mobi_ignore_margins': False,
'mobi_keep_original_images': False,
'mobi_toc_at_start': False,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': True,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleOutput object at 0x108524350>,
'page_breaks_before': None,
'personal_doc': '[PDOC]',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': None,
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': '',
'search_replace': None,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'share_not_sync': False,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': '',
'sr1_search': '',
'sr2_replace': '',
'sr2_search': '',
'sr3_replace': '',
'sr3_search': '',
'start_reading_at': None,
'subset_embedded_fonts': False,
'tags': None,
'test': False,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
Python function terminated unexpectedly: hbr.org has started requiring the use of javascript to log into their website. This is unsupported in calibre, so this recipe has been disabled. If you would like to see HBR supported in calibre, contact hbr.org and ask them to provide a javascript free login method.
InputFormatPlugin: Recipe Input running
Using custom recipe
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 147, in main
return run_entry_point()
File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 116, in run_entry_point
return getattr(pmod, func)()
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 186, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 1009, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/conversion.py", line 239, in __call__
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/recipe_input.py", line 107, in convert
calibre.ebooks.conversion.plugins.recipe_input.Rec ipeDisabled: hbr.org has started requiring the use of javascript to log into their website. This is unsupported in calibre, so this recipe has been disabled. If you would like to see HBR supported in calibre, contact hbr.org and ask them to provide a javascript free login method.

Anybody know what's going on?

[kiklop74]

The recipe is marked disabled.

[kovidgoyal]

The javascript login facility was added, individual recipes still have to make use of it. Currently only the Barrons and Volksrant recipes use it.

[besianm]

Guys thank you for your answers, however:

kiklop74: how can I enable it?

kovidgoyal: what's the normal process/procedure for this to happen?

Again, thank you very much for your time.

[kovidgoyal]

Someone has to fix the recipe to use the new javascript login functionality. If you PM me your hbr username and password I'll take a look at it eventually, but I am rather busy at the moment.