[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I tried to set ''=>#pagecount to see if nulling out the column would allow Count Pages to re-populate it, but it didn't work.

## Literal strings can be set into custom columns using double quotes.
## Each metadata=>column mapping must be on a separate line and each
## needs to have one space at the start of each line.

You're using single quotes.

Except that setting an Integer type column to empty string doesn't clear it.

In the Calibre GUI, the same is true: if you erase the contents of an int column, it automagically resets back to the previous value when you try to save it. You have to set it to a space to clear it.

But setting an int column to " " (space) from the API throws an error from inside the Calibre code:

ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ' '

I'm not entirely sure what, if anything, should be done about that.

[ownedbycats]

I remembered that "None" is how you check for undefined integers in template (example), so I tried putting "None"=>#pagecount. It seems to work.

[culytera]

Originally Posted by ackomb

I tried your style, in one of my own set-up custom columns in a test library and get different results. The last thing I can think of is the type of custom column used. I use a Comma separated text, like tags, shown in text browser type of column.

What type are you using?

Oh that must be why mine is different. It's a "column built from other columns, behaves like tags" so I can use the template function for grouping the word count.

[ownedbycats]

Note that if you have any non-numeric characters in a composite, you'll want to sort by text.

For what it matters, my #purchasecost (non-taglike composite) sorts correctly in tag browser.

[culytera]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Note that if you have any non-numeric characters in a composite, you'll want to sort by text.

For what it matters, my #purchasecost (non-taglike composite) sorts correctly in tag browser.

That's the thing, it was already sorted by text. Made another column with the other type that lets me use templates and it's still the same.

[ownedbycats]

huh, odd -- though since this is getting out of scope of FFF itself, perhaps post a thread in Library Management about it?

[ownedbycats]

I'm having trouble copying the workskin of this (and holy crap wtf is this css?) to add_to_output_css - either errors with half the dialog off-screen (so I can't actually see the important part of the error) or just not working. Any suggestions?

[JimmXinu]

Read it online? It's < 900 words. The author's "work skin" style is literally longer than the story.

AO3 "work skins" are the only in-line styles (search for style type="text/css") and for whatever reason they flatten the CSS.

If you really must, you should be able to copy that and put a new line after every ';' without issues.

UPDATE: Fun fact: AO3's own epub download doesn't include work skin CSS.

[ownedbycats]

I took a look at my personal.ini, then ran the CSS through Notepad++ to strip out #workskin and double the %'s. It didn't work, but it didn't error...

Eh, read this one on the site I guess.

[ackomb]

Originally Posted by culytera

That's the thing, it was already sorted by text. Made another column with the other type that lets me use templates and it's still the same.

Well I'm officially out of ideas. I did the exact same thing and it works for me.
So it must be some setting somewhere else that we can't think of.

But ownedbycats is right, this is not an FFF issue but I don't know how/who strips in into a separate thread under library management.

[ownedbycats]

See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=4298490

[ownedbycats]

When adding a story section for an ffnet story, I copied the entire story URL including the title. Do I need it, or just the ID? (ffnet's restrictions make testing annoying. )

[famewolf]

For the story https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/35...t-how-the-hell

Sections hidden behind a spoiler tag on the web site are overwriting text from the story making it unreadable. Example pictures attached.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

When adding a story section for an ffnet story, I copied the entire story URL including the title. Do I need it, or just the ID? (ffnet's restrictions make testing annoying. )

You can leave off the title, but you need the rest:

[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/99999/1/]
...

Originally Posted by famewolf

For the story https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/35...t-how-the-hell

Sections hidden behind a spoiler tag on the web site are overwriting text from the story making it unreadable. Example pictures attached.

That's to do with Calibre's Viewer more than FFF's output.

Viewed in my Kindle (from AZW3--same problem shows in Calibre's Viewer), in a browser or even in Calibre's own Edit book the table scrolls right-left or is squashed to fit.

If you change Calibre Viewer Preferences > Page Layout > Flow mode (instead of Page mode), the table is cut off instead of wrapped over the later text.

I don't know how you'd get Calibre Viewer to do a better job, either with it's own settings or with additional CSS.

Attached is a minimal epub containing only that chapter if anyone else would like to try.

[applegaa]

It looks like Scribblehub changed something today that stops FFF from working. It started from the first book I tried updating today, so it's not a throttling issue. When I went to the site with my browser, I got a screen saying it was checking if my connection was secure. I ran Calibre in debug and reran one to grab the log. Here is the relevant section:

FFF: DEBUG: 2023-02-16 18:29:52,683: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin(1125): FanFicFare v4.20.0
FFF: INFO: 2023-02-16 18:29:52,930: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.prefs(215): Using default settings
FFF: DEBUG: 2023-02-16 18:29:52,964: configurable.py(1050): use_browser_cache:
FFF: DEBUG: 2023-02-16 18:29:52,964: configurable.py(1070): use_basic_cache:true
FFF: DEBUG: 2023-02-16 18:29:52,965: adapter_scribblehubcom.py(133): URL: https://www.scribblehub.com/series/279372/system-change/
FFF: DEBUG: 2023-02-16 18:29:52,965: cache_basic.py(116): 
========== MISS (GET) BasicCache
https://www.scribblehub.com/series/279372/system-change/
FFF: DEBUG: 2023-02-16 18:29:52,966: fetcher_requests.py(114): 
---------- REQ (GET) RequestsFetcher
https://www.scribblehub.com/series/279372/system-change/
FFF: DEBUG: 2023-02-16 18:29:53,121: fetcher_requests.py(127): response code:403
FFF: ERROR: 2023-02-16 18:29:53,121: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.dialogs(725): Exception: {'title': 'System Change', 'author_sort': 'SunriseCV', 'author': ['SunriseCV'], 'comments': '', 'good': False, 'status': 'Error', 'showerror': True, 'calibre_id': 1981, 'begin': None, 'end': None, 'comment': "HTTP Error in FFF '403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://www.scribblehub.com/series/279372/system-change/'(403)", 'url': 'https://www.scribblehub.com/series/279372/system-change/', 'site': 'www.scribblehub.com', 'series': '', 'added': False, 'pubdate': None, 'publisher': 'www.scribblehub.com', 'listorder': 0, 'collision': 'Update EPUB if New Chapters'}:HTTP Error in FFF '403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://www.scribblehub.com/series/279372/system-change/'(403)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\applegaa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFicFare.zip\fanficfare\fetchers\fetcher_requests.py", line 128, in request
  File "C:\Users\applegaa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFicFare.zip\requests\models.py", line 943, in raise_for_status
requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://www.scribblehub.com/series/279372/system-change/

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.dialogs", line 712, in do_loop
  File "calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin", line 1331, in prep_download_loop
  File "calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin", line 1211, in get_story_metadata_only
  File "C:\Users\applegaa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFicFare.zip\fanficfare\adapters\base_adapter.py", line 327, in getStoryMetadataOnly
  File "C:\Users\applegaa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFicFare.zip\fanficfare\adapters\base_adapter.py", line 431, in doExtractChapterUrlsAndMetadata
  File "C:\Users\applegaa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFicFare.zip\fanficfare\adapters\adapter_scribblehubcom.py", line 135, in extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata
  File "C:\Users\applegaa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFicFare.zip\fanficfare\requestable.py", line 119, in get_request
  File "C:\Users\applegaa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFicFare.zip\fanficfare\requestable.py", line 111, in get_request_redirected
  File "C:\Users\applegaa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFicFare.zip\fanficfare\fetchers\base_fetcher.py", line 133, in get_request_redirected
  File "C:\Users\applegaa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFicFare.zip\fanficfare\fetchers\cache_basic.py", line 122, in fetcher_do_request
  File "C:\Users\applegaa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFicFare.zip\fanficfare\fetchers\decorators.py", line 102, in fetcher_do_request
  File "C:\Users\applegaa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFicFare.zip\fanficfare\fetchers\base_fetcher.py", line 106, in do_request
  File "C:\Users\applegaa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFicFare.zip\fanficfare\fetchers\fetcher_requests.py", line 149, in request
fanficfare.exceptions.HTTPErrorFFF: HTTP Error in FFF '403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://www.scribblehub.com/series/279372/system-change/'(403)
FFF: DEBUG: 2023-02-16 18:29:56,267: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin(2136): update_error_column_loop bad System Change https://www.scribblehub.com/series/279372/system-change/ HTTP Error in FFF '403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://www.scribblehub.com/series/279372/system-change/'(403)
FFF: DEBUG: 2023-02-16 18:29:56,348: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin(1864): set_marked_ids:{1981: 'fff_failed_0000'}
FFF: DEBUG: 2023-02-16 18:29:56,365: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin(1873): Finished Adding/Updating 0 books.
FFF: DEBUG: 2023-02-16 18:29:56,365: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin(1876): removed tdir

- Andrew