[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2022-09-12
- adapter_storiesonlinenet: Fix for empty scores. #882
- Update translations.

[icecold]

Is there a list of keyboard shortcuts for the personal.ini editor?

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by icecold

Is there a list of keyboard shortcuts for the personal.ini editor?

Ctrl-F for Find, Ctrl-G for Find again, plus Ctrl-Enter and Ctrl-Return mapping to the OK button are the only ones I add.

Everything else is the stock editing keys. I believe they vary a bit by OS.

[ownedbycats]

just curious: can FFF embed fonts? This post made me think of the few fanfics I have with similar unsupported UTF characters.

[JimmXinu]

No, there's no provision for that in FFF.

[sorin61]

It seems that the plugin can't fetch metadata from aneroticstory.com
Maybe they changed something in the structure of the website?

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2022-09-13
- Update embedded certifi to 2022.06.15.1
- Add use_ssl_default_seclevelone option for aneroticstory

Originally Posted by sorin61

It seems that the plugin can't fetch metadata from aneroticstory.com
Maybe they changed something in the structure of the website?

I am seeing an SSL error with that site, but only in Calibre 6:

[SSL: WRONG_SIGNATURE_TYPE] wrong signature type (_ssl.c:997)

It's fine with FFF CLI and with Calibre 5 and earlier. Updating certifi store doesn't help.

Searching for that error finds that it is a problem with the site using an older SSL/TLS stack that newer clients won't use by default for security:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...uring-requests
https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/4775

The ideal solution would be for the site to update--it's been 4 years since this started happening to people.

Instead, I've added a config option to force FFF to use a lower security level. But you have to manually turn it on:

[www.aneroticstory.com]
use_ssl_default_seclevelone:true

[milford833]

Originally Posted by sandmanwake

I don't know if you know about this site: https://ff2ebook.com/index.php

If someone else used the site to download the story you were interested in downloading, you might be able to get an archived epub of it via the Archive link at the top of the page.

Just so everyone knows it is still working good on FF.Net right now.

[ownedbycats]

quick question: When I drag & drop from Thunderbird's email list, it puts a line break between URLs. If I drag & drop from a browser's address bar, it doesn't. Is this fixable?

[JimmXinu]

Drag another one and it gets it's own line.

Drag/drop is kinda hairy. I don't want to poke it unless something is significantly broken.

[JimmXinu]

New Version Released

Version 4.16.0 - 2022-09-19
- Update embedded certifi to 2022.06.15.1
- Add use_ssl_default_seclevelone option for aneroticstory
- Update translations.
- Add flaresolverr_proxy_timeout (default 60000ms) #703
- storiesonline / finestories / scifistories : Change story URL scheme to keep story-title & use to detect story ID reuse. #882
- Fix for remove from update & rejects lists when lower selected first.
- adapter_wattpadcom: Add include_chapter_banner_images feature, defaults on
- Clear metadata cache on numWords set from plugin for derived values.
- Deprecate 'Update EPUB Cover?' Download Option. See #878 and Cover Settings Calibre Plugin
- Add force_cover_image setting
- Add use_old_cover setting
- Add 'Set Calibre Cover Only for New Books' checkbox
- Remove RSS link from threadmarks_title (XF2)
- Also include threadmarks_title in tagsfromtitle (XF)
- nsapa_proxy: detect proxy protocol violation - Fix #865 - thanks, nsapa

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2022-09-20
- Fixes for add_category/genre_when_multi_category settings. #884

[chantolove]

Hey! As you might have seen, there's increasing rumors of FFN as a site being abandoned and on the verge of crashing. I was looking for a way to mass archive fics, and I came across a recommendation for your plugin. Amazing that it's still being updated, tysm for maintaining it so long!

I was wondering if it still runs into issues with FFN's rate-limiting stuff? Or if that's been worked around since the reddit thread I found a year ago discussing it. I've set up a test, but I don't want to leave it running all day and then come back to my computer to see something's gone wrong and I've wasted time haha. Is there a recommended 'max' amount of fics to download at once or anything?

[JimmXinu]

@chantolove:

Please don't try to use FanFicFare for mass archive.

It is not intended for that purpose and it doesn't work well with it.

We've had to use various work arounds to get anything at all out of ffnet for a couple years now.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

New Test Version Posted

2022-09-20
- Fixes for add_category/genre_when_multi_category settings. #884

What's the nature of the glitch? I use that setting.