[GUI Plugin] FanFictionDownLoader

[jessifanfic]

Originally Posted by iatheia

I attempted to do an adapter for National Library prior, though, I decided to leave it till later. But since you are here, would it be possible for you to include an actual link to the author's page and/or numerical things such as word count and the date in the header of a story? Because that was the biggest thing stopping me so far.

Yeah, I can look into doing that. Shouldn't be too difficult. I'll try to get to it this week but it probably won't happen and I am away for a week starting Saturday, so it might be a couple weeks, but I'll check back in with you. :-)

[JimmXinu]

New test version with:

Add 'Get Story URLs from Web Page' feature.

I'm still not convinced that this is a good idea, but I thought I'd try it out and see what people think.

This version has a 'Get Story URLs from Web Page' option on the main menu. The PI will scan the page at the given URL for links and show you all the links that are valid story URLs. This way, it works for both author pages and series pages. Order is preserved.

From there, you can copy the list to the 'Add New' dialog.

(Note that it can't get an author's 'Favorite Stories' list on ffnet due to the javascript madness used to implement 'Favorite Stories' list on ffnet.)

Add cover image to fanfiction.net, but default 'never_make_cover: true' for ffnet.

To turn it on, you have to go into your personal.ini and add:

[www.fanfiction.net]
never_make_cover: false

Add some title output lists in the jobs detail window.

[Firedancer885]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

New test version with 'Get Story URLs from Web Page' feature.

I'm still not convinced that this is a good idea, but I thought I'd try it out and see what people think.

Thank you I tried it on a Wraithbait series page I put aside, because the series had too many parts. It works ok. I'm happy it can't display favourite stories on ffnet. Some authors have 100+ stories and ten times as much favourites.

Order may be preserved in the dialog box, but it won't stay so, when Calibre imports the stories, according to the date and time in my last modified column. I think it's not a problem, if people realize it's happening.

[jackr]

I am happy to retract my assumptions from a few days ago: fanfiction.net IS doing covers now!

Example url: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8070065/...e_Noble_Spirit

The image in this story is different from the authors avatar, which leads me to believe that by default, all stories get their author's avatar cropped for a story cover unless a custom one is specified.

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As for the plugin, I would like to know if its possible for multiple lines in the 'Downloads finished' window to be copied in one go when highlighting more than one. As in: if I click into the title field of a story and then highlight a couple and copy, if all the titles could be copied at once.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by jackr

I am happy to retract my assumptions from a few days ago: fanfiction.net IS doing covers now!

Example url: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8070065/...e_Noble_Spirit

I've seen a few of them now. But I haven't added it because I'm not sure that a tiny (<150px) icon is work using as a cover image.

Originally Posted by jackr

As for the plugin, I would like to know if its possible for multiple lines in the 'Downloads finished' window to be copied in one go when highlighting more than one. As in: if I click into the title field of a story and then highlight a couple and copy, if all the titles could be copied at once.

You want the titles, but somebody else might want the URLs...

Actually, the copy-paste from the last clicked cell is something the GUI toolkit does automatically. Trying to change the copy-paste behavior is... daunting.

I can, however, add a list of titles (or "title by author" or URLs, etc) to the end of the job log in the jobs window if you like.

[JimmXinu]

Update test version back on this post

New test version with:

Add 'Get Story URLs from Web Page' feature.

I'm still not convinced that this is a good idea, but I thought I'd try it out and see what people think.

This version has a 'Get Story URLs from Web Page' option on the main menu. The PI will scan the page at the given URL for links and show you all the links that are valid story URLs. This way, it works for both author pages and series pages. Order is preserved.

From there, you can copy the list to the 'Add New' dialog.

(Note that it can't get an author's 'Favorite Stories' list on ffnet due to the javascript madness used to implement 'Favorite Stories' list on ffnet.)

Add cover image to fanfiction.net, but default 'never_make_cover: true' for ffnet.

To turn it on, you have to go into your personal.ini and add:

[www.fanfiction.net]
never_make_cover: false

Add some title output lists in the jobs detail window.

Jim

[SleepSeeker]

I just have to say i'm loving, Get story url's from web page. Thanks so much for implementing it

[hsev]

Hellò everyone
thank you SO very much for this incredible plugin, the only way i've discovered so far to download ashwinder multi-chapter fics!
And just about ashwinder i need your help because i can't download password protected fics: after the login process this is the error message i got:
"LOCAL VARIABLE 'INFO' REFERENCED BEFORE ASSIGNMENT"
I have the latest calibre (0.8.56) and plugin (1.5.32) version installed.
Any suggestion?
Thank in advance for your help, ciao!

Valeria

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by hsev

And just about ashwinder i need your help because i can't download password protected fics: after the login process this is the error message i got:
"LOCAL VARIABLE 'INFO' REFERENCED BEFORE ASSIGNMENT"

Story URL?

[hsev]

try this one http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/vi...p?sid=1134&i=1
thanks

[iatheia]

Originally Posted by hsev

try this one http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/vi...p?sid=1134&i=1
thanks

Works fine for me.

[hsev]

uum, try again with this one: http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/vi...?sid=17551&i=1
this screenshot explain my problem:
http://brave.it/download/ProblemWith...winderFics.jpg

[iatheia]

Hmm... Than one works fine, too... Tried it both in Calibre and CLI.

Could you run Calibre in debug mode and post the resulting log?

[hsev]

calibre Log di debug
calibre 0.8.56
Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
Windows
('Windows', '7', '6.1.7601')
Python 2.7.3
Windows: ('7', '6.1.7601', 'SP1', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Starting up...
Key u'A' for shortcut Apri la cartella contenente is already used by Aggiungi libri, ignoring
Key u'A' for shortcut Apri la cartella contenente is already used by Aggiungi libri, ignoring
Started up in 14.19 seconds with 103 books
urlhttp://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/vi...p?sid=1134&i=1) beginNone) endNone)
FanFictionDownLoader v1.5.32
url:http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/vi...y.php?sid=1134
Login Failed, Need Username/Password.
Exception: {u'comment': u"local variable 'info' referenced before assignment", u'begin': None, u'good': False, u'end': None, u'author': u'Unknown', u'url': u'http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=1134', u'author_sort': u'Unknown', u'calibre_id': None, u'added': False, u'title': u'Unknown'}:local variable 'info' referenced before assignment
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.dialo gs", line 271, in do_loop
File "calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.ffdl_ plugin", line 436, in get_metadata_for_book
File "calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.fanfi cdownloader.adapters.base_adapter", line 236, in getStoryMetadataOnly
File "calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.fanfi cdownloader.adapters.adapter_ashwindersycophanthex com", line 188, in extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'info' referenced before assignment
Fetched metadata for 1 of 1

[iatheia]

I think I know what happened, but have you been using a skin different from default?