[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by vikarti

How to fix issue with ficbook.net?

Looks like the site has changed.

I've opened an issue (#1076) asking dbhmw, the dev who worked on it last, if they can look at it.

[JimmXinu]

New Version Released

Version 4.35.0 - 2024-06-01
- Add download_finished_signal for Action Chains #1073
- New Site: touchfluffytail.org thanks dbhmw (#1071)
- adapter_wattpadcom: Improve error reporting when story not found / connection refused.
- base_xenforo2 better detect whether logged in.
- adapter_deviantartcom: Streamline login vs watchers vs mature See #1070
- adapter_inkbunny: Fix author & category thanks dbhmw (#1069)
- base_xenforo2forum: Prefix tag collecting too much.
- datetime.utcnow() deprecated in more recent py3 versions
- Skip invalid images, detect img types thanks dbhmw (#1068)
- Fix for WebToEpub firefox cache key changing
- QQ: Doesn't need reader_posts_per_page:30 anymore
- adapter_forumquestionablequestingcom:Switch to BaseXenForo2ForumAdapter
- adapter_ficbooknet: Remove py3 string handling that breaks on py2
- Update bundled certifi cacert.pem and version, not core.py

Note that ficbook.net has changed and isn't fixed yet in this version.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Looks like the site has changed.

I've opened an issue (#1076) asking dbhmw, the dev who worked on it last, if they can look at it.

Turns out I was wrong about the site changing.

dbhmw pointed out in #1076 that it has to do with using a proxy vs direct or using Browser Cache.

[julo]

For SOL FFF doesn't add 'Details' any more. Can FFF be modified to add it again or if that fails, can that be added via personal.ini and if so how?

[JimmXinu]

No idea what you mean by "doesn't add 'Details' any more". Looks like it's reading metadata to me.

[vikarti]

btw, is it possible to make FanFicFare use Ficbook.net's premium subscription if user have it?(site does allow direct epub downloading in user does have subscription but it's not very convinient to check for updates, click, re-add to calibre and so on)

[JimmXinu]

No, the adapter for ficbook doesn't know how to login.

[julo]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

No idea what you mean by "doesn't add 'Details' any more". Looks like it's reading metadata to me.

At the beginning of an FFF download the 'Details' included title, author, genre, etc. with tile and author linked, see (typical) "epub start-old". Now that part is missing in epubs, see "epub start-now". The part which is not picked up any more is shown on "Details".
Also SOL now adds an ugly cover image see "TitlePage". An option to not add it would be appreciated.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by julo

At the beginning of an FFF download the 'Details' included title, author, genre, etc. with tile and author linked, see (typical) "epub start-old". Now that part is missing in epubs, see "epub start-now". The part which is not picked up any more is shown on "Details".
Also SOL now adds an ugly cover image see "TitlePage". An option to not add it would be appreciated.

Are you sure you haven't turned of title page? Because I'm seeing metadata on the title page as usual and your image looks like it skips from cover directly into the chapter text.

Another possibility: If you include metadata entry 'notice' in titlepage, it seems to include the cover image. If you're looking at the bottom of the titlepage, it might look like that.

I don't read the site, so I've no idea if what 'notice' includes has changed. The site did change recently.

As for the generated cover, my extremely small sample set shows real covers are named '999999-c' and generated ones '-t' or '-w'. Try this to exclude it:

[storiesonline.net]
# ...
add_to_cover_exclusion_regexp:|.*-[tw]$

[julo]

I recently switched one computer from Windows 10 to 11. I wonder if there is a connection, but knowingly I changed nothing. AFAIR I just copied the personal.ini over.
I never kept track of which computer I used for downloads. Now have to keep track of for a while, I guess.

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2024-06-03
- adapter_ficbooknet: Fix breakage for proxies & add covers #1077 - #1076, thanks dbhmw

[ownedbycats]

Question: Is there a storyUrl config that can be used to remove empty paragraphs (<p> </p>) from the story body? I have an editor chain to clean them up but I thought if I could do it direcrly that be easier.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Question: Is there a storyUrl config that can be used to remove empty paragraphs (<p> </p>) from the story body? I have an editor chain to clean them up but I thought if I could do it direcrly that be easier.

You can try removing 'p' from keep_empty_tags.

From defaults.ini under [defaults]:

## By default, empty tags are removed as part of cleaning up the
## source HTML.  However, a few tags should be kept even if empty.
## (Whitespace only, including   is considered empty.)  This
## setting can adjust which tags are kept.
keep_empty_tags:p,td,th

[John Maverick]

For those having problem with downloading fics with FFF from AO3 I suggest they try to use Flaresolverr proxy. I'm using the last version of Flaresolverrr (3.3.19) and is working for me. Even if it stops working for FF.net since a few months ago.

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2024-06-04
- adapter_ficbooknet: adapter_ficbooknet: Better fixes for py2 from dbhmw