[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[ackomb]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Yes, but the first one doesn't work at all. The second one does, but leaves the space.

As you can see in my previous post, the 1st is working fine for me. So it must be something else.

[ownedbycats]

edit: del

[JimmXinu]

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Any idea why this replace_metadata would fail to remove " (Fandom)"? Regex101 indicates that the pattern matches.

## Character standardization and dedepublication
## Removing some fandoms first
 characters=>\s(\(Elder Scrolls\)|\(Fallout\)|\(Mass Effect\)|\(Skyrim\))$=>

Try:

 characters=>\s*(\(Elder Scrolls\)|\(Fallout\)|\(Mass Effect\)|\(Skyrim\))$=>

Note the added parans about to group the fandoms.

Your pattern was "\s(Elder Scrolls)" or "(Fallout)" or ... Also, I added a '*' to the space for the inevitable cases without space or with more than one space.

Originally Posted by ackomb

1) Not sure if anyone asked before but couldn't find it searching this thread.
I was wondering of it is possible for FFF to have a built in feedback to the site to follow/subscribe to a story or author.
Going through every story/author I like to follow by hand is taking me forever. But learning from this thread I also don't want to keep checking for updates manually every week since it creates way to much unnecessary traffic.

There are a few reasons we don't have an 'auto-follow/subscribe' feature. They are basically the same reasons we don't have 'submit review', 'add like', etc features.

• FFF downloads stories so you can save them, but the primary use case is for ebook readers like Kindle and Nook. I don't think it's unreasonable to go back to the sites for things other than reading.
• FFF supports +100 sites. There are several that share code, but most are unique.

Originally Posted by ackomb

2) I've set up to update stories from my e-mail account, and it works except for 1 thing. I've added 2 tag in "Add these tags Automatically" however once they've been updated, these tags don't show. Is there another setting I need to do for this to work?

If you did the update manually (not from email), you probably want to check 'Keep Existing Tags when Updating Metadata?'. FFF config, Basic tab, right hand side, towards the middle in 'GUI Options' box.

[ackomb]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

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There are a few reasons we don't have an 'auto-follow/subscribe' feature. They are basically the same reasons we don't have 'submit review', 'add like', etc features.

• FFF downloads stories so you can save them, but the primary use case is for ebook readers like Kindle and Nook. I don't think it's unreasonable to go back to the sites for things other than reading.
• FFF supports +100 sites. There are several that share code, but most are unique.

Fair enough, I was just wondering. Never hurts to ask .

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

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If you did the update manually (not from email), you probably want to check 'Keep Existing Tags when Updating Metadata?'. FFF config, Basic tab, right hand side, towards the middle in 'GUI Options' box.

I Use the option "Get story URLs from Email" and you said to check the "Keep Existing Tags when Updating Metadata?" which I had checked already.

So not sure what I'm doing wrong

[JimmXinu]

I've tested this in as many combinations as I can think of.

I already mentioned 'Keep Existing Tags when Updating Metadata?' option (it's on the left, not the right, my bad) on the Basic tab.

Another possibility is if you have the Tags New Only checkbox clicked on the Standard Columns tab. That would prevent those tags from being set on update.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

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Try:

 characters=>\s*(\(Elder Scrolls\)|\(Fallout\)|\(Mass Effect\)|\(Skyrim\))$=>

Note the added parans about to group the fandoms.

Your pattern was "\s(Elder Scrolls)" or "(Fallout)" or ... Also, I added a '*' to the space for the inevitable cases without space or with more than one space

That worked Thank you. Its weird that Regex101 showed it should match.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

That worked Thank you. Its weird that Regex101 showed it should match.

When I go use your regex101 link it has the grouping parans. And if I remove them, the Fallout test line doesn't match the space. Looks like it's working as expected to me.

[watani]

Seems that fanfiction.net just updated their site in a way that broke how FFF gets metadata and chapters for stories on the site. I'm getting this error for every story on FF.net I try to update with the latest test version:

'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x9d in position 422: invalid start byte'

This error also occurs in a way that results in no job getting listed in the Calibre log.

[JimmXinu]

I'm not seeing it and no one else has chimed in, so I suspect it's not general.

If you collect a debug log (run Calibre in debug mode, under Preferences drop down) of a failed FFF download and post it here, I might be able to tell you more.

[watani]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

I'm not seeing it and no one else has chimed in, so I suspect it's not general.

If you collect a debug log (run Calibre in debug mode, under Preferences drop down) of a failed FFF download and post it here, I might be able to tell you more.

Apparently letting my computer sit for several hours while I was away at work somehow solved the problem? It was giving the same error message this morning when I woke up, but when I came back this afternoon the message is now gone and I can update FF.net stories fine. I haven't performed any computer restarts or Calibre restarts in the meanwhile, so it's really odd.

In any case, sorry for the apparent false alarm. I'll keep what you said about Calibre's debug mode in mind in case the issue pops up again in the future.

[ackomb]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

I've tested this in as many combinations as I can think of.

I already mentioned 'Keep Existing Tags when Updating Metadata?' option (it's on the left, not the right, my bad) on the Basic tab.

Another possibility is if you have the Tags New Only checkbox clicked on the Standard Columns tab. That would prevent those tags from being set on update.

Yep that was it, I foolishly thought one would overwrite the other. And it did just not in the order I expected. and for some reason I thought I'd tried that already, guess I didn't.

Thanks again

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

I'm not seeing it and no one else has chimed in, so I suspect it's not general.

If you collect a debug log (run Calibre in debug mode, under Preferences drop down) of a failed FFF download and post it here, I might be able to tell you more.

I'm unable to confirm error either, but as wild speculation i wonder if perhaps ffnet might be returning pages to this user in something other than utf-8?

[watani]

Can you update an existing story and its metadata without updating its cover? Unchecking the "Update EPUB Cover?" option still results in the cover being updated in Calibre.

Main reason I'm asking is cause the websites which host stories often only have low-res covers, but some stories have high-res covers linked. Unfortunately, the low-res covers fall below the resolution requirement for them to show up as thumbnails on my Kindle Fire HD, so I like to replace them with their respective high-res versions if I find them. Every time I update these stories, however, the replaced high-res covers get overwritten by the website low-res cover so I need to repeat the process and it's a bit annoying.

[ownedbycats]

If you scroll down to the bottom of your personal.ini you can do this:

[https://archiveofourown.org/works/######]
never_make_cover:true

I do this for a few stories with high-res covers I don't want overwritten, and a few others with NSFW artwork that keeps getting used as covers.

I think there may also be a way to set it to a custom URL/filepath but I am not entirely sure.

[watani]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

If you scroll down to the bottom of your personal.ini you can do this:

[https://archiveofourown.org/works/######]
never_make_cover:true

I do this for a few stories with high-res covers I don't want overwritten, and a few others with NSFW artwork.

Got it, thanks.

Does make me wonder what the purpose of the "Generate Cover Only for New Books" option is under the Calibre Cover tab of FFF's preferences. I've had that checked, but it still doesn't prevent the covers from being overwritten when updating.