[GUI Plugin] Goodreads Sync - Page 25

booklover81 · 04-14-2012, 05:13 AM

For the past few days since I installed the new version of Calibre I have received this error when I try to add books to my Goodreads shelves.

calibre, version 0.8.47
ERROR: Goodreads Failure: The request contacting Goodreads has failed. Please try again.

URL: http://www.goodreads.com/review/311899692.xml
Response Code: 404
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Goodreads - Page Not Found</title>
<link href="/assets/goodreads.css" media="screen" rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="/assets/main.css" media="screen" rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body id="home">
<div class="headerContainer">
<div class="header">

<div class="branding">
<a href="/"><img src="/assets/layout/goodreads_logo.gif" width="200" height="41" border="0" alt="goodreads" class="logo"/></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>


<div class="mainContentContainer">
<div class="mainContent">
<div class="mainContentFloat">

<div class="leftContainer mediumText">

<h1>Page Not Found</h1>
<br/>
The page you requested doesn't exist.
Please check the url again, or visit the home page.
<br/><br/>

<a class="actionLink" href="/">« go to the goodreads homepage</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>


</body>
</html>

I have uninstalled calibre and restored it to a earlier version.. same thing happened, I uninstalled Goodreads Sync and reinstalled.. still having the same problem. Oh and when the error happens it keeps trying to connect to Goodreads and locks up Calibre to where I have to use Task Manager to end it.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?

kiwidude · 04-14-2012, 08:28 AM

@booklover81 - I noticed the same error last night. I have been waiting to see if it is something that Goodreads will "fix" or whether it needs some plugin changes. It seems the url to bring back the review info for a book no longer works which breaks adding a book to a shelf.

Their website was down for maintenance when I checked later on, I shall try to have a look today to see what is going on. If it isn't just some temporary problem on their website and instead some longer term change I shall have to release a new plugin version once I figure out how to fix what they have broken.

charles_cinci · 04-14-2012, 09:17 AM

I'm seeing the same error...and I've not updated calibre recently...been running 0.8.47 for awhile.

Nor do I have any problems with calibre locking up...

Interestingly, when I click the "View linked book" after getting the error doing the "Add to shelf" it takes me to the book page where it does show on my read shelf though with today's date instead of the read date I have in calibre..

kiwidude · 04-14-2012, 09:31 AM

I must admit I didn't read all of booklover's post above - certainly lockups dont happen for me. I suspect it isn't actually a lockup and instead there is a dialog which isn't being shown on the screen (some people have issues with multiple monitors etc).

The actual adding to a shelf is working. What isn't working is the ability to set a date read and/or rating, because Goodreads have broken the ability to get the review information in order to update it. In my case however books I see on the shelf have the date read column as blank (not today's date) and no rating which is what I would expect as a result of the error.

RickyB · 04-14-2012, 06:50 PM

Hi Kiwidude. New still to Calibre and plugins especially! When I try and authorise this plugin I get:

calibre, version 0.8.46
ERROR: Goodreads Failure: The request contacting Goodreads has failed. Please try again.

URL: http://www.goodreads.com/oauth/request_token/
Response Code: 401
Invalid OAuth Request

then

calibre, version 0.8.46
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:'NoneType' object is not iterable

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.config", line 1007, in authorize_plugin
TypeError'NoneType' object is not iterable:

Tried a search for a solution, but no luck. Any suggestions?

TIA

kiwidude · 04-14-2012, 07:20 PM

@RickyB - Welcome to MobileRead.

This sort of error means only one of two things - either it is a temporary problem with their website, or Goodreads have made a change to their API either accidentally or deliberately (the latter being unlikely). As you will see a few posts above (and the Count Pages plugin) they have been making some changes to their website in the last few days, and some things have been broken.

Give it another day or two (they probably won't do anything about it until Monday) and try again then. If it is still giving the same error next week drop me a PM or note on this thread and I will take another look. You can always try contacting Goodreads support yourself with the top part of that error (the stuff before your "then" part).

Kwality · 04-14-2012, 07:33 PM

Firstly, thank you for your plugins.

Secondly, I would like to add that I am receiving the same errors as RickyB both yesterday and today. I note that RickyB is in Australia and I am in England. Could this be part of the problem, I wonder?

kiwidude · 04-14-2012, 08:08 PM

@Kwality - welcome to MobileRead to you too... first time posters come out of the woodwork when there is a problem

.

The problem is with the Goodreads servers as I mentioned above - regardless of location. The only question mark in my mind is how "temporary" the problem is. If you look back through this (ever growing) thread you will see this sort of thing has happened before, and usually within a few days it gets fixed. Obviously nothing has been changed in the plugin, so the "fault" lies entirely with Goodreads.

jesscat · 04-15-2012, 06:19 PM

I'm having the same problem too,and I'm here in the US. "Read" status is getting updated despite the error message, but not the date read column. Can't identify when exactly it started for me - some time between Thursday morning and today. As per Kiwi's instructions, I'll wait to see if it fixes itself, but wanted to add my voice for documentation purposes.

kiwidude · 04-15-2012, 07:13 PM

I've reported the problems on the Goodreads developer forum here, we shall see how on the case they get come Monday.

jesscat · 04-19-2012, 09:22 PM

It's been a few days now and this problem is still occurring - any news or new developments? Having to update the date read column on GR by hand after updating Calibre reminds me how much I've come to rely on this plugin!

kiwidude · 04-20-2012, 04:26 AM

@jesscat - if you had read the thread I directly linked to above you would see there has been some progress. The authorisation issue needs a change to the plugin which I have made. The updating a review error is something they just this morning responded about saying it should hopefully be fixed later today on their side.

I have been holding up on releasing the new version until I can verify that things are indeed completely working again in case more changes were required, so hopefully tonight I can do that.

booklover81 · 04-20-2012, 05:32 AM

Thanks KiwiDude! This plug-in is really helpful!

kiwidude · 04-20-2012, 05:47 PM

Changes in this release:

Change the url for authentication to not have a trailing slash as recent Goodreads release broke this.
Add protection for blank author from bug in calibre
When get an error during authentication, do not throw a misleading second error.

Goodreads have updated their website to fix the broken review updates from last weeks release. Those users new to this plugin above should find that this release fixes the authentication issue which was also broken.

Janet54 · 04-20-2012, 05:55 PM

Hmm, I just rebooted and tried and still getting a message that it failed.

04-14-2012, 09:17 AM	#363
charles_cinci Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: nook	Same problem I'm seeing the same error...and I've not updated calibre recently...been running 0.8.47 for awhile. Nor do I have any problems with calibre locking up... Interestingly, when I click the "View linked book" after getting the error doing the "Add to shelf" it takes me to the book page where it does show on my read shelf though with today's date instead of the read date I have in calibre.. Last edited by charles_cinci; 04-14-2012 at 09:21 AM. Reason: update

04-14-2012, 06:50 PM	#365
RickyB Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 296 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Adelaide, Australia Device: Kobo Touch	Cannot authorise Goodreads plugin Hi Kiwidude. New still to Calibre and plugins especially! When I try and authorise this plugin I get: calibre, version 0.8.46 ERROR: Goodreads Failure: The request contacting Goodreads has failed. Please try again. URL: http://www.goodreads.com/oauth/request_token/ Response Code: 401 Invalid OAuth Request then calibre, version 0.8.46 ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:'NoneType' object is not iterable Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.config", line 1007, in authorize_plugin TypeError'NoneType' object is not iterable: Tried a search for a solution, but no luck. Any suggestions? TIA

04-20-2012, 05:47 PM	#374
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,735 Karma: 2208556 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	v1.6.5 Released Changes in this release: Change the url for authentication to not have a trailing slash as recent Goodreads release broke this. Add protection for blank author from bug in calibre When get an error during authentication, do not throw a misleading second error. Goodreads have updated their website to fix the broken review updates from last weeks release. Those users new to this plugin above should find that this release fixes the authentication issue which was also broken.

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04-14-2012, 05:13 AM	#361
booklover81 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Nook Color	For the past few days since I installed the new version of Calibre I have received this error when I try to add books to my Goodreads shelves. calibre, version 0.8.47 ERROR: Goodreads Failure: The request contacting Goodreads has failed. Please try again. URL: http://www.goodreads.com/review/311899692.xml Response Code: 404 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Goodreads - Page Not Found</title> <link href="/assets/goodreads.css" media="screen" rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="/assets/main.css" media="screen" rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body id="home"> <div class="headerContainer"> <div class="header"> <div class="branding"> <a href="/"><img src="/assets/layout/goodreads_logo.gif" width="200" height="41" border="0" alt="goodreads" class="logo"/></a> </div> </div> </div> <!-- BEGIN: mainContent --> <div class="mainContentContainer"> <div class="mainContent"> <div class="mainContentFloat"> <div class="leftContainer mediumText"> <h1>Page Not Found</h1> <br/> The page you requested doesn't exist. Please check the url again, or visit the home page. <br/><br/> <a class="actionLink" href="/">« go to the goodreads homepage</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- END: mainContent --> </body> </html> I have uninstalled calibre and restored it to a earlier version.. same thing happened, I uninstalled Goodreads Sync and reinstalled.. still having the same problem. Oh and when the error happens it keeps trying to connect to Goodreads and locks up Calibre to where I have to use Task Manager to end it. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?

04-14-2012, 08:28 AM	#362
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,735 Karma: 2208556 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	@booklover81 - I noticed the same error last night. I have been waiting to see if it is something that Goodreads will "fix" or whether it needs some plugin changes. It seems the url to bring back the review info for a book no longer works which breaks adding a book to a shelf. Their website was down for maintenance when I checked later on, I shall try to have a look today to see what is going on. If it isn't just some temporary problem on their website and instead some longer term change I shall have to release a new plugin version once I figure out how to fix what they have broken.

04-14-2012, 09:31 AM	#364
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,735 Karma: 2208556 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	I must admit I didn't read all of booklover's post above - certainly lockups dont happen for me. I suspect it isn't actually a lockup and instead there is a dialog which isn't being shown on the screen (some people have issues with multiple monitors etc). The actual adding to a shelf is working. What isn't working is the ability to set a date read and/or rating, because Goodreads have broken the ability to get the review information in order to update it. In my case however books I see on the shelf have the date read column as blank (not today's date) and no rating which is what I would expect as a result of the error.

04-14-2012, 07:20 PM	#366
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,735 Karma: 2208556 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	@RickyB - Welcome to MobileRead. This sort of error means only one of two things - either it is a temporary problem with their website, or Goodreads have made a change to their API either accidentally or deliberately (the latter being unlikely). As you will see a few posts above (and the Count Pages plugin) they have been making some changes to their website in the last few days, and some things have been broken. Give it another day or two (they probably won't do anything about it until Monday) and try again then. If it is still giving the same error next week drop me a PM or note on this thread and I will take another look. You can always try contacting Goodreads support yourself with the top part of that error (the stuff before your "then" part).

04-14-2012, 07:33 PM	#367
Kwality Fervent Reader Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: England Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire HD	Firstly, thank you for your plugins. Secondly, I would like to add that I am receiving the same errors as RickyB both yesterday and today. I note that RickyB is in Australia and I am in England. Could this be part of the problem, I wonder?

04-14-2012, 08:08 PM	#368
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,735 Karma: 2208556 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	@Kwality - welcome to MobileRead to you too... first time posters come out of the woodwork when there is a problem . The problem is with the Goodreads servers as I mentioned above - regardless of location. The only question mark in my mind is how "temporary" the problem is. If you look back through this (ever growing) thread you will see this sort of thing has happened before, and usually within a few days it gets fixed. Obviously nothing has been changed in the plugin, so the "fault" lies entirely with Goodreads.

04-15-2012, 06:19 PM	#369
jesscat Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 354 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: US Device: iPad mini	I'm having the same problem too,and I'm here in the US. "Read" status is getting updated despite the error message, but not the date read column. Can't identify when exactly it started for me - some time between Thursday morning and today. As per Kiwi's instructions, I'll wait to see if it fixes itself, but wanted to add my voice for documentation purposes.

04-15-2012, 07:13 PM	#370
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,735 Karma: 2208556 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	I've reported the problems on the Goodreads developer forum here, we shall see how on the case they get come Monday.

04-19-2012, 09:22 PM	#371
jesscat Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 354 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: US Device: iPad mini	It's been a few days now and this problem is still occurring - any news or new developments? Having to update the date read column on GR by hand after updating Calibre reminds me how much I've come to rely on this plugin!

04-20-2012, 04:26 AM	#372
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,735 Karma: 2208556 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	@jesscat - if you had read the thread I directly linked to above you would see there has been some progress. The authorisation issue needs a change to the plugin which I have made. The updating a review error is something they just this morning responded about saying it should hopefully be fixed later today on their side. I have been holding up on releasing the new version until I can verify that things are indeed completely working again in case more changes were required, so hopefully tonight I can do that.

04-20-2012, 05:32 AM	#373
booklover81 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Nook Color	Thanks KiwiDude! This plug-in is really helpful!

04-20-2012, 05:55 PM	#375
Janet54 Connoisseur Posts: 81 Karma: 76992 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oklahoma Device: Voyage, Fire HDX, Fire Phone, Galaxy Note 8,10.9	Hmm, I just rebooted and tried and still getting a message that it failed.