[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare - Page 707

JimmXinu · 04-13-2025, 02:06 PM

Personally, I'd just leave it alone for a few days.

Many times, when an individual is throttled/blocked, it's cleared again automatically after a while.

No, FFF doesn't have any way to automatically merge in content from other downloaders.

ownedbycats · 04-13-2025, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

No, FFF doesn't have any way to automatically merge in content from other downloaders.

You can rename the html files with the OEBPS/file####.xhtml structure and import with ebook-edit. Formatting might look wrong though. You can later delete them and run update always to get them the right way.

ChaoticAdventure · 04-14-2025, 02:28 AM

Hi, I have a question. I'm not sure if this is at all possible, but I thought I'd ask just in case.

I use include_in_characters to add ships to characters, so that the characters in ships are added to the character list. In Calibre itself, this never results in duplicates because the duplicate tags are merged. But in Fanficfare's created title page, where I've included characters in my titlepage_entries, it includes the duplicates from the ships column if they happen to overlap.

For example, if the original fic includes both the character tag for "Harry Potter" and also the ship "Harry Potter/Hermione Granger", the title page will have the character tags "Harry Potter,Harry Potter, Hermione Granger". I'd like to remove the duplicate.

If I set the column in the titlepage_entries to my calibre column (calibre_cust_mycharacters) instead of the 'characters' column, this fixes the issue, but for anthologies it doesn't include anything at all. Is there any way to set this option differently when I'm uploading a series versus a single work? Or to remove the duplicate tags?

To be clear, the settings look like this:

[defaults]
titlepage_entries: status,<br />,ships,<br />,characters,<br />,calibre_cust_mytags,<br />,description

[archiveofourown.org]
include_in_characters:,characters,ships

If this is not possible it's fine, I've lived with the issue so far, and I can just turn it off and back on when I upload series. I just thought if someone knew how to do this, it would be stupid to keep struggling with it.

JimmXinu · 04-14-2025, 10:05 AM

ChaoticAdventure,

I suspect you've left out part of your config.

As shown, you should end up with "Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Hermione Granger", not "Harry Potter, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger". And what's really there is two strings: "Harry Potter" and "Harry Potter, Hermione Granger" -- that's why FFF isn't de-duping.

So I suspect you have a replace_metadata line that's changing the "/" to "," in characters. (Or both / and &.)

If you change the "," to "/," in that line, it will split into two entries and be de-duped in FFF. (Wiki page.)

That should work for both regular and anthology books.

ChaoticAdventure · 04-14-2025, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

ChaoticAdventure,

I suspect you've left out part of your config.

Wow, I completely forgot I had done that.

Yeah, that is what I am doing. I would like for them to stay separated with the comma, though. But I see now why what I want to do isn't possible. Thank you.

JimmXinu · 04-14-2025, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChaoticAdventure

Wow, I completely forgot I had done that.

Yeah, that is what I am doing. I would like for them to stay separated with the comma, though. But I see now why what I want to do isn't possible. Thank you.

??? Then change it on characters and not on ships.

Rakshae · 04-14-2025, 09:35 PM

I'm getting an error on AO3 downloads that's odd.

Code:

Status|Title|Author|Comment|URL|Error|
Unknown|Unknown|HTTP Error in FFF '525 Server Error:  for url: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64294126/navigate?view_adult=true'(525)|https://archiveofourown.org/works/64294126|

I haven't changed any ini settings since it last worked and I'm unsure why the URL is sending back an error when it works fine in browser.

ownedbycats · 04-14-2025, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rakshae

I'm getting an error on AO3 downloads that's odd.

Code:

Status|Title|Author|Comment|URL|Error|
Unknown|Unknown|HTTP Error in FFF '525 Server Error:  for url: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64294126/navigate?view_adult=true'(525)|https://archiveofourown.org/works/64294126|

I haven't changed any ini settings since it last worked and I'm unsure why the URL is sending back an error when it works fine in browser.

AO3 is having server issues. Its been going on since February, so if this is the first time you've been very lucky. Use browser cache.

DNSB · 04-14-2025, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rakshae

I'm getting an error on AO3 downloads that's odd.

Code:

Status|Title|Author|Comment|URL|Error|
Unknown|Unknown|HTTP Error in FFF '525 Server Error:  for url: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64294126/navigate?view_adult=true'(525)|https://archiveofourown.org/works/64294126|

I haven't changed any ini settings since it last worked and I'm unsure why the URL is sending back an error when it works fine in browser.

Interesting. That error indicates an SSL handshake error. Perhaps an issue with the certificates your system is using? The virtual system I used to test is running Windows 11 version 24H2 (OS Build 26200.5518), Calibre 8.2.1 (running from source) with FFF 4.44.0 and it downloaded the file from your URL with a slow startup. I suspect the startup was while dealing with Cloudflare.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I am not using browser cache.

Rakshae · 04-14-2025, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

AO3 is having server issues. Its been going on since February, so if this is the first time you've been very lucky. Use browser cache.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Interesting. That error indicates an SSL handshake error. Perhaps an issue with the certificates your system is using? The virtual system I used to test is running Windows 11 version 24H2 (OS Build 26200.5518), Calibre 8.2.1 (running from source) with FFF 4.44.0 and it downloaded the file from your URL with a slow startup. I suspect the startup was while dealing with Cloudflare.

Thanks for the suggestions and checking I wasn't crazy. I got the story to download from cache, but I'm still not sure why it was having the issue directly from the site when everything else on my system wasn't having a problem with it.

I'm on calibre 8.2.1, FFF v4.44.0, but Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon. I don't know what issue my OS could have that wouldn't also hit my browser.

DNSB · 04-14-2025, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rakshae

I'm on calibre 8.2.1, FFF v4.44.0, but Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon. I don't know what issue my OS could have that wouldn't also hit my browser.

Which browser are you using? Firefox for instance has it's own certificate store while Chromium based browsers tend to use the system certificate store.

Rakshae · 04-14-2025, 10:06 PM

I was checking on Firefox, but Brave also pulls up the story without issue and I believe is chromium based.

DNSB · 04-14-2025, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rakshae

I was checking on Firefox, but Brave also pulls up the story without issue and I believe is chromium based.

Yeah, Bravo is a Chromium based browser.

ownedbycats · 04-14-2025, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rakshae

Thanks for the suggestions and checking I wasn't crazy. I got the story to download from cache, but I'm still not sure why it was having the issue directly from the site when everything else on my system wasn't having a problem with it.

I'm on calibre 8.2.1, FFF v4.44.0, but Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon. I don't know what issue my OS could have that wouldn't also hit my browser.

Because FFF is an automated downloader and Cloudflare doesn't like those?

DNSB · 04-14-2025, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Because FFF is an automated downloader and Cloudflare doesn't like those?

I'm wondering what mechanism it uses to differentiate? User agent is unlikely.

04-14-2025, 09:35 PM	#10597
Rakshae Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2023 Device: none	I'm getting an error on AO3 downloads that's odd. Code: Status\|Title\|Author\|Comment\|URL\|Error\| Unknown\|Unknown\|HTTP Error in FFF '525 Server Error: for url: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64294126/navigate?view_adult=true'(525)\|https://archiveofourown.org/works/64294126\| I haven't changed any ini settings since it last worked and I'm unsure why the URL is sending back an error when it works fine in browser.

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04-13-2025, 02:06 PM	#10591
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,974 Karma: 4604635 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kobo Clara Colour running KOReader	Personally, I'd just leave it alone for a few days. Many times, when an individual is throttled/blocked, it's cleared again automatically after a while. No, FFF doesn't have any way to automatically merge in content from other downloaders.

04-14-2025, 02:28 AM	#10593
ChaoticAdventure Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2024 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre	Hi, I have a question. I'm not sure if this is at all possible, but I thought I'd ask just in case. I use include_in_characters to add ships to characters, so that the characters in ships are added to the character list. In Calibre itself, this never results in duplicates because the duplicate tags are merged. But in Fanficfare's created title page, where I've included characters in my titlepage_entries, it includes the duplicates from the ships column if they happen to overlap. For example, if the original fic includes both the character tag for "Harry Potter" and also the ship "Harry Potter/Hermione Granger", the title page will have the character tags "Harry Potter,Harry Potter, Hermione Granger". I'd like to remove the duplicate. If I set the column in the titlepage_entries to my calibre column (calibre_cust_mycharacters) instead of the 'characters' column, this fixes the issue, but for anthologies it doesn't include anything at all. Is there any way to set this option differently when I'm uploading a series versus a single work? Or to remove the duplicate tags? To be clear, the settings look like this: [defaults] titlepage_entries: status,<br />,ships,<br />,characters,<br />,calibre_cust_mytags,<br />,description [archiveofourown.org] include_in_characters:,characters,ships If this is not possible it's fine, I've lived with the issue so far, and I can just turn it off and back on when I upload series. I just thought if someone knew how to do this, it would be stupid to keep struggling with it.

04-14-2025, 10:05 AM	#10594
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,974 Karma: 4604635 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kobo Clara Colour running KOReader	ChaoticAdventure, I suspect you've left out part of your config. As shown, you should end up with "Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Hermione Granger", not "Harry Potter, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger". And what's really there is two strings: "Harry Potter" and "Harry Potter, Hermione Granger" -- that's why FFF isn't de-duping. So I suspect you have a replace_metadata line that's changing the "/" to "," in characters. (Or both / and &.) If you change the "," to "/," in that line, it will split into two entries and be de-duped in FFF. (Wiki page.) That should work for both regular and anthology books.

04-14-2025, 10:06 PM	#10602
Rakshae Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2023 Device: none	I was checking on Firefox, but Brave also pulls up the story without issue and I believe is chromium based.

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