COPS : Calibre OPDS PHP Server

[mariosipad]

@vlad59:
Yours is the perfect solution if you have Owncloud and COPS on the same server. However i got the impression that darkmiss is using an Owncloud on a (remote) server and has COPS installed "locally".


I have problems uploading directories (with or without content) to my Owncloud. Single files are ok. I really have to read the documentation and/or upgrade to a newer version of Owncloud. But that is for when I put together a new Linux server.

[vlad59]

@mariosipad

About your off topic stuff. It's impossible to upload a directory into Owncloud (or any other webapp) with most browsers. In Owncloud 5 there a message that warn you about it.

From what I read, it should be possible with Chrome but I never tried it myself. I use NetDrive or Owncloud Sync to synchronize folders.

[darkmiss]

Originally Posted by mariosipad

@vlad59:
Yours is the perfect solution if you have Owncloud and COPS on the same server. However i got the impression that darkmiss is using an Owncloud on a (remote) server and has COPS installed "locally".

No actually they are both on the same Server .. and this may well the solution to my problem. I wasn't aware that I didn't have to enter the web address but the internal address, but thinking about it, it's logical. I'll try as soon as I have access to a proper
Computer and let you know the outcome. Meanwhile thanks a lot

Ingrid

[cr45h]

Hi I have a problem. I installed the Synocommunity version of COPS through the package manager but I get a database error.

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You've been redirected because COPS is not configured properly
Database error
Check if GD is properly installed and loaded
OK
Check if Sqlite is properly installed and loaded
OK
Check if libxml is properly installed and loaded
OK
Check if Calibre database file exists and is readable
File /volume1/books/metadata.db not found, Please check
Value of $config['calibre_directory'] in config_local.php
Value of open_basedir in your php.ini
The access rights of the Calibre Database
Synology users please read this
Check if Calibre database file can be opened with PHP
If the file is readable, check your php configuration. Exception detail : exception 'PDOException' with message 'safe_mode/open_basedir prohibits opening /volume1/books/metadata.db' in /volume1/web/cops/checkconfig.php:117 Stack trace: #0 /volume1/web/cops/checkconfig.php(117): PDO->__construct('sqlite:/volume1...') #1 {main}
Check if Calibre database file contains at least some of the needed tables
If the file is readable, check your php configuration. Exception detail : exception 'PDOException' with message 'safe_mode/open_basedir prohibits opening /volume1/books/metadata.db' in /volume1/web/cops/checkconfig.php:130 Stack trace: #0 /volume1/web/cops/checkconfig.php(130): PDO->__construct('sqlite:/volume1...') #1 {main}
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I'm not sure what to do. The database file is located in /volume1/books/ so COPS should be able to find it. Can anyone help? Thanks!

[vlad59]

@cr45h

Have you modified open_basedir like stated in the message and followed the link ?

[Goner]

That's an awful lot of error messages
Which version of DSM are you running and do you have web-services enabled ? Also check under the PHP settings if GD extension is enabled ...

[vlad59]

@Goner

No he simply forgot to update open_basedir. The message is pretty clear :

Exception detail : exception 'PDOException' with message 'safe_mode/open_basedir prohibits opening /volume1/books/metadata.db' in /volume1/web/cops/checkconfig.php

[cr45h]

Originally Posted by vlad59

@Goner

No he simply forgot to update open_basedir. The message is pretty clear :

Thanks. That was it.

[darkmiss]

Hello again,

I moved one step forward, because I found out that my syntax was wrong. But now I get the same message as cr45h, meaning that Cops cannot find my database.

COPS is installed in the directory "cops" directly in the main directory

main/cops

and the metadata db is in an owncloud directory

main/owncloud/data/user/files/clientsync/Calibre/Calibre Library/


Everything is on a remote server.

So how do I get the address right?

I tried './owncloud/data/user/files/clientsync/Calibre/Calibre Library/'
as well as replacing the blank in "Calibre Library" with %20

[mariosipad]

Originally Posted by darkmiss

I tried './owncloud/data/user/files/clientsync/Calibre/Calibre Library/'

Can you try:

../owncloud/data/user/files/clientsync/Calibre/Calibre Library/

Use ../owncloud (2 dots)
instead of ./owncloud (1 dot)

Did this help?

[darkmiss]

Originally Posted by mariosipad

Did this help?

Yes. Thank you so much.

There still is an error message:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /xxx/webd/b1/65/5532965/htdocs/cops-0.5.0/config_local.php:28) in /xxx/webd/b1/65/5532965/htdocs/cops-0.5.0/index.php on line 28

But I can see the COPS start page and can also go down to the information about the individual books. I cannot open or download the ebooks, however, I get a "forbidden" message.

Is this some login-issue of OwnCloud?

[mariosipad]

@darkmiss

What exactly is on line 28 of config_local.php?

Please post here. (Or post the whole config_local.php)

[darkmiss]

Here's my config-local.php:

if (!isset($config))

$config = array();



/*

* The directory containing calibre's metadata.db file, with sub-directories

* containing all the formats.

* BEWARE : it has to end with a /

*/

$config['calibre_directory'] = '../owncloud/data/user/files/clientsync/Calibre/Calibre Library/';



/*

* Catalog's title

*/

$config['cops_title_default'] = "COPS";



/*

* use URL rewriting for downloading of ebook in HTML catalog

* See README for more information

* 1 : enable

* 0 : disable

*/

$config['cops_use_url_rewriting'] = "0";

There is nothing excapt 2 square symbols in line 28

[darkmiss]

I deleted the empty lines (including the squares). Now the error message is gone, but I still get no access to the epub-files.

I assume it has to do with the owncloud directories being protected from public access. Does cops have to run in a subdirectory of owcloud?

[mariosipad]

With what "reader" are you connecting to COPS on your remote server?

Can you try with a browser, preferably firefox?

When exactly are you getting the error?