'Failed: Fetch news from The New Republic'

[symmetry]

When trying to download The New Republic, I get a conversion error message saying:
'Failed: Fetch news from The New Republic'
This does not seem to happen with any other publications.
I am running Calibre 0.9.17 (though the problem persisted in 0.9.16 as well). My best guess is that it has something to do with TNR overhauling their site last week.

This is the info I get when I ask for details:

calibre, version 0.9.17 (win32, isfrozen: True)
Conversion Error: Failed: Fetch news from The New Republic

Fetch news from The New Republic
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.9.17
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'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_download_recipe': False,
'dont_split_on_page_breaks': True,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'embed_font_family': None,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'epub_flatten': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': None,
'fix_indents': True,
'flow_size': 260,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x03E5D950>,
'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,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_default_epub_cover': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_svg_cover': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.OutputProfile object at 0x03E5DB30>,
'page_breaks_before': None,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
'pretty_print': True,
'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,
'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,
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
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InputFormatPlugin: Recipe Input running
Using custom recipe
Python function terminated unexpectedly
HTTP Error 404: Not Found (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 132, in main
File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point
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 109, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 934, in download
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1101, in build_index
File "<string>", line 22, in parse_index
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 613, in index_to_soup
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 199, in open_novisit
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 255, in _mech_open
mechanize._response.httperror_seek_wrapper: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

[Krittika Goyal]

this now requires subscription. If you pm me login info then I can fix this.

[symmetry]

that would be great thanks! Though could you please clarify what you mean by log in info? Log in for what?

[Krittika Goyal]

i would need a valid login id and a valid password for tnr. you can put in a dummy password for a while and send it to me. once i fix the recipe you can change your password back to something secure.

[symmetry]

hi, sorry for the belated response, but I now have a subscription and was wondering if you were still keen to fix the recipe? (i will send you id/password if so)

[Krittika Goyal]

I will try. please make the password a dummy one and change it back after I finish or fail.

[symmetry]

thanks. I'll send it to you once I receive access next month.

[rainrdx]

I used to maintain the new republic recipe and I have given up. The reason is, even if you are a current subscriber (I am), TNR makes only a very small portion of each issue available online when that issue is out on the street. It will continue to publish some more from the same issue over time (but never the whole issue). This kind of habit makes a scheduled automatic grabbing impossible.