[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[ownedbycats]

Sometimes, when trying to update ffnet fanfics, it gets indefinitely on the "fetching metadata" dialog The Flaresolverr window shows nothing happening and the cancel button on the dialog doesn't work. The only solution seems to be to to forcibly close Calibre and then try again.

Any idea why this happens?

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by JDesat

I've found one story/thread on SV that is not downloading, in fact when I try it says "Story does not exist". I haven't actually read any of the story yet, I just love SI's and CYOA stories, etc. but since it's SV I'm pretty sure I can share the link here...

https://forums.sufficientvelocity.co...cyoa-si.64913/

Other things from SV are downloading fine, and I'm having no problems with any other site, it just seems to be this single story. Obviously, this won't be a rush to fix, but since I know FFF has worked on this story before (I had been downloading it fine until the most recent threadmark), I'm trying to understand what is going wrong.

There are a small number of SV stories that require login, but SV(etc) don't give any indication between 'need to login' and 'bad story URL'.

You can download them by setting always_login:true for either the site, or just the one story:

[forums.sufficientvelocity.com]
# or
[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/the-marshal-force-wanderer-multicross-essence-cyoa-si.64913/]
always_login:true
username:YourUser
password:XXXXXXX

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Sometimes, when trying to update ffnet fanfics, it gets indefinitely on the "fetching metadata" dialog The Flaresolverr window shows nothing happening and the cancel button on the dialog doesn't work. The only solution seems to be to to forcibly close Calibre and then try again.

Any idea why this happens?

I'm going to guess Flaresolverr getting hung on something with CloudFlare but not reporting it. FFF doesn't retry connections to Flaresolverr, so it should have either succeeded or failed pretty quickly if it's a problem with that connection.

That said, I am largely beyond caring about CloudFlare shenanigans at this point.

I am aware that Cancel button on metadata loop dialog isn't particularly timely. I don't know of any way for FFF to forceably end the network IO running in the foreground thread.

[ownedbycats]

In my case, I clicked the 'cancel' button and after a few seconds the window dimmed out so I killed it. Next time I'll see if waiting it out works.

[JDesat]

Huh... I already had SV with my username and password in the personal.ini, but I didn't have always_login:true. I just added that, and it is working now. Thanks!

[Nutzer0815]

Hello,
I don't know if it's possible. I also don't know how much effort it would be. Nevertheless, I ask politely whether it is possible to integrate (NSFW site) into the possible download sources. A link to a book as an example: (NSFW story) I would be happy if it were possible, but of course I also understand if it is not possible or to time-consuming .
Thanks in advance.
Nutzer0815

Moderator Notice
Removed NSFW links. NSFW links can be PM'ed, or use FFF github.

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2022-04-01
- ffnet: Add meta_from_last_chapter option.

From defaults.ini:

## ffnet sometimes doesn't update the metadata on the first chapter
## immediately.  meta_from_last_chapter:true will instruct the adapter
## to take the metadata from the last chapter instead of chapter 1.
## It can generate another server request and usually isn't necessary,
## so it defaults to off.
meta_from_last_chapter:false

Originally Posted by Nutzer0815

I don't know if it's possible. I also don't know how much effort it would be. Nevertheless, I ask politely whether it is possible to integrate (site) into the possible download sources.

FAQ: Please add site XYZ to FanFicFare?

Also, please don't link directly to NSFW sites on mobilereads.

[Nutzer0815]

ok, thanks

[ownedbycats]

Question: For the reading list option, would it be very much effort to add an option to add either new or updated fics to the list? Currently they're grouped together.

For context, I just want new fics (not updated ones) to automatically add to my TBR list.

Isn't a big priority so don't worry about it unless it's an easy tweak.

[Nutzer0815]

No problem, it was just a question.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Question: For the reading list option, would it be very much effort to add an option to add either new or updated fics to the list? Currently they're grouped together.

Not a particularly easy tweak.

[Nutzer0815]

Then don't edit it. It's just a small niche site with about 10000 readers. It's not worth the effort for that.
Thank you for the effort.

[Book_fury]

When I click update and get to the update existing list update epub cover is not ticked the cover is still updated

[JimmXinu]

I believe you are talking about the checkbox for updating cover inside the ebook. There are other settings under the config tab Calibre Cover for whether the Calibre cover is updated.

Honestly, there are so many different cover options in FFF that it's difficult to know what will help get you what you want without knowing what all your settings are.

[Redshifter]

I can't get animated GIFs from Archive of Our Own to load into EPUB format. They show as still images. Is there some specific setting I'm supposed to setup? Thanks for all the help you provide.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Redshifter

I can't get animated GIFs from Archive of Our Own to load into EPUB format. They show as still images. Is there some specific setting I'm supposed to setup? Thanks for all the help you provide.

That will be the reader/app. They will need to support display of animated GIFs. And it would not surprise me if epub2 did not support them. epub3 might, but again, it will need the reader to support it.