[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by Loulybob

Hi! I love this plugin and it makes my life so much easier. Just wondering - could http://firefly.populli.org/ potentially be supported? It doesn't get updated (2 new stories in the last month or so) very often but there's 1300+ stories there and quite a few I would like to download.

I've added it to the 'sites under consideration' list.

[readerboy7]

Bug report: FanFicFare has trouble downloading SufficientVelocity threads containing threadmarks.

Status
Title
Author
Comment
URL
Bad
Dread Rising
Shadenight123
'NoneType' object has no attribute 'find_all'
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/21733/
Add
Helios
Gorgoneion
Already contains 7 chapters.
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/5028/
Bad
Sonata and Fugue
Kinematics
'NoneType' object has no attribute 'find_all'
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/9239/

Helios doesn't have threadmarks, the other 2 do.
However Spacebattles, a forum using near-identical software, seems to work fine with threadmarks.

Status
Title
Author
Comment
URL
Add
Spirit of Nature
VereorNox
Already contains 20 chapters.
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/331899/

I'm using calibre 2.48, FFF v 2.2.16

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by readerboy7

Bug report: FanFicFare has trouble downloading SufficientVelocity threads containing threadmarks.

Helios doesn't have threadmarks, the other 2 do.
However Spacebattles, a forum using near-identical software, seems to work fine with threadmarks.

I'm using calibre 2.48, FFF v 2.2.16

Test version with a fix was posted yesterday.

[readerboy7]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Test version with a fix was posted yesterday.

Thanks for the info. I haven't really been following this thread.

By the way, thanks for developing this extremely useful plugin in the first place.

[readerboy7]

Sorry for the doublepost.

Could this plugin be adjusted so as to download fics written on wordpress? There are some.
Additionally, https://forums.darklordpotter.net/index.php has a section called Work By Author, in which there are fanfics. However, these require having an account, with a minimum on 5 posts to view. I'd imagine downloading things from there would be difficult, unless the user would be willing to give their username and password to FFF.

[justkiddingornot]

I have read that fictionhunt.com is considered a "Site Never Likely to be Supported". But considering is serves as a backup of FF.net, it has become usefull, especially after ff.net’s deletion spree.

Another example is when authors leave and/or delete (some of) their fics, and you can't find anyone who managed to save their stories before they were deleted. Most of authors don’t mind if their stories are shared around as long as the credits are given properly*. Those that do usually hunt down all other net copies of their work and pull them.

Even if there is no description, the story itself is there, as are all the other *properly credited* information: Author, Title, Chapters, Characters, Words, Rated, Language, Genre, Reviews, Updated and Published. It even contains the original FF.net links for story and author.

Also, saving 50+ Multichaptered stories and manually creating an ebook is quite tiresome, especially if a simple plugin can do all this work in a much, much shorter time. Surely there are many people who would welcome a plugin for this (backup) site.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by readerboy7

Could this plugin be adjusted so as to download fics written on wordpress? There are some.
Additionally, https://forums.darklordpotter.net/index.php has a section called Work By Author, in which there are fanfics. However, these require having an account, with a minimum on 5 posts to view. I'd imagine downloading things from there would be difficult, unless the user would be willing to give their username and password to FFF.

Unlikely. Or at least, it's unlikely I'm going to do it.

I did add support for a few forum sites because there were stories there I personally wanted to read. And it was a PITA.

If somebody else wants to write code to add support for WordPress or forums.darklordpotter.net--and will support it--I'll likely accept it. But I don't have any plans to it.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by justkiddingornot

I have read that fictionhunt.com is considered a "Site Never Likely to be Supported". But considering is serves as a backup of FF.net, it has become usefull, especially after ff.net’s deletion spree.
...

I'll look into it again. Can you provide links to a few stories that are on fictionhunt.com that aren't on ffnet?

[thecookiemommma]

I have a conundrum, and it may not have an easy answer. If it doesn't, please just tell me to deal with it manually, and I'll continue to do so.

First off, I love the addition of the "add 'crossover' to multiple categories." It makes things so much easier. So, so much easier. However, in a couple fandoms, that causes a problem. Especially ... Marvel. Because technically, say a story with Captain America, Iron Man and the others can be labeled "avengers," "Iron Man," "Captain America," "SHIELD", and several other things. However, it's not technically a crossover, because it's the same universe. The same applies to NCIS, CSI, and several other fandoms that spawn more than one show / movie. Is there an easy way to tell it not to label certain things as crossovers, even if they're listed separately?

I can parse through and do that, but I wondered if there was a workaround.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by thecookiemommma

I have a conundrum, and it may not have an easy answer. If it doesn't, please just tell me to deal with it manually, and I'll continue to do so.
...

Nothing comes to mind. The way add_genre_when_multi_category is implemented it won't even work to fold the 'same universe' categories into one because it counts categories without running replace_metadata to avoid loops.

And add_genre_when_multi_category is applied after replace_metadata and include/excludes are done.

You could possibly do something clever with replace_metadata and genre_LIST, I don't see what off hand.

I don't think there's any easy answer here.

[thecookiemommma]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Nothing comes to mind. The way add_genre_when_multi_category is implemented it won't even work to fold the 'same universe' categories into one because it counts categories without running replace_metadata to avoid loops.

And add_genre_when_multi_category is applied after replace_metadata and include/excludes are done.

You could possibly do something clever with replace_metadata and genre_LIST, I don't see what off hand.

I [don't] think there's any easy answer here.

Fair enough. That's what I thought, but I figured I'd ask.

[firefoxxy]

Hello!

First of all thank you for this plug-in! I have a question and hope this is the right place to ask. Tanjamuse - thank you for that, it's so handy! - gave me the hint to use this setting in the FanFicFare plug-in:

generate_cover_settings:
 ${category}=>Bleach=>Bleach

Now I tried to change that in a way that instead of category the plug-in would search for a specific ship in the metadata. But that did not work. I have not very much knowledge about this 'language', so I tried:

 ${ships}=>Naruto/Sasuke=>NaruSasu

which did not work. Then I set FFF to put the ships in a custom column, taking the idea from a post above, called the column ships, and tried again.

 ${#ships}=>Naruto/Sasuke=>NaruSasu

It didn't work either. I have cover settings with the appropriate names, so that's not it. Could you point me in the right direction? Any help is appreciated!

[firefoxxy]

Hello!

It's me again. I have (again) trouble with metadata when downloading a story. The peronal.ini is set to change the ship 'Harry Potter & and Severus Snape' to 'Harry & Severus' when downloading a story from AO3.

Today I tried again - and it doesn't work any more. There is no ship at all. Well to be exact, the ship is changed to 'Harry'.

I cannot see where the fault is, so I included all the general settings and those for AO3. Sorry, it's quite long. I left some old settings in there (commented-out) because I thought that I might need them again. Ugh. It's cluttered, but I can't do it any better... Sorry, again.

Spoiler:

is_adult:true

add_to_custom_columns_settings:
 ships=>#ships
## this is for the generate cover plug-in

generate_cover_settings:
 ${category}=>Bleach=>Bleach
 ${category}=>Fruits Basket=>Fruits Basket
 ${category}=>Harry Potter Works=>Harry Potter
 ${category}=>Loveless=>Loveless
 ${category}=>Marvel=>Marvel
 ${category}=>Naruto=>Naruto
 ${category}=>Ouran High School Host Club=>Ouran High School Host Club
 ${category}=>Vampire Knight=>Vampire Knight
 ${#ships}=>Naruto/Sasuke=>Naruto NaruSasu
 ${#ships}=>Kakashi/Sasuke=>Naruto Kaka&Sasu
 ${#ships}=>Sakura/Sasuke=>Naruto SakuSasu
 ${#ships}=>Kakashi/Sakura=>Naruto KakaSaku
 ${#ships}=>Hinata/Sasuke=>Naruto HinaSasu
 ${#ships}=>Itachi&Sasuke=>Naruto Brothers kids
 ${#ships}=>Kakashi&Sasuke=>Naruto Kaka&Sasu paternal
 ${#ships}=>Iruka/Kakashi=>Naruto KakaIruka hug
 ${#ships}=>Naruto&Sasuke=>Naruto NaruSasu Kids shadows

[epub]
include_images:true
keep_summary_html:true
make_firstimage_cover:true
image_max_size: 580, 725

[archiveofourown.org]
username:
password:
include_in_characters: characters, ships
include_in_genre: genre,warnings,freeformtags
sort_ships:true
add_to_custom_columns_settings:
 kudos=>#kudos
 hits=>#hits
 comments=>#reviews
exclude_metadata_pre:
 genre==Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
 ships,characters,genre,freeformtags=~Other (Additional|Character|Relationship) Tags to Be Added
 warnings==Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
 warnings==No Archive Warnings Apply
 genre=~.*-centric
 ships=~^Clint Barton & Natasha Romano.*$
 ships=~Bruce Banner & Tony Stark
 ships=~Pepper Potts & Tony Stark
 genre==Avengers Tower
 genre==Canon Compliant
replace_metadata:
 category=> (- All Media Types|- Fandom|\(Movies\)|\(Movie [0-9]+\)|\(Comics\)|\(TV\))$=>
 characters=>\(mentions of\) =>
 characters=> \([Ch]haracter\)=>
 characters=> ?\((cameo|briefly|if you squint|sort of)\)=>
 characters=> - Character=>
 characters=>^Other mentions$=>
 ships=>(.*)[/&](.*) \(?[Ff]riendship(?: only)\)?=>\1 & \2
 ships=> - Relationship=>
## above: general clean-up
 category=>.*Harry Potter.*=>Harry Potter Works
 category=>.*Marvel.*|.*Avengers.*|.*Iron Man.*|.*Thor.*|.*Loki.*|^Captain America.*=>Marvel Universe
## characters=>([^/]+)/([^/]+)/(.+)=>\1\,\2\,\3
## characters=>([^/]+)/(.+)=>\1\,\2
 characters=>^Harry.*$=>Harry Potter
 characters=>^Severus.*$=>Severus Snape
 characters=>^Hermione.*$=>Hermione Granger
 characters=>^Remus.*$=>Remus Lupin
 characters=>^Draco.*$=>Draco Malfoy
 characters=>^Ron.*$=>Ron Weasley
 characters=>^Lucius.*$=>Lucius Malfoy
 characters=>^Narcissa.*$=>Narcissa Malfoy
 characters=>^(Voldemort.*|Tom Riddle.*)$=>Tom Riddle Jr.
 characters=>^Loki.*$=>Loki
 characters=>^Tony.*$=>Tony Stark
 characters=>^Thor.*$=>Thor
 characters=>^Frigga.*$=>Frigga
 characters=>^Odin.*$=>Odin
 characters=>^Sif.*$=>Sif
 characters=>^Fandral.*$=>Fandral
 characters=>^Volstagg.*$=>Volstagg
 characters=>^Hogun.*$=>Hogun
 characters=>^Jarvis.*$=>Jarvis
 characters=>^Fenri[sr].*$=>Fenrir
 characters=>^Sleipnir.*$=>Sleipnir
 characters=>^Hel.*$=>Hel
 characters=>^J(o|ö)rmungand.*$=>Jörmungand
 characters=>^Helblindi.*$=>Helblindi
 characters=>^Byleistr.*$=>Byleistr
 characters=>^Laufey.*$=>Laufey
 characters=>^F.rbauti.*$=>Farbauti
 characters=>^Jane.*$=>Jane Foster
 characters=>^Heimdall.*$=>Heimdall
 characters=>^Thanos.*$=>Thanos
 characters=>^The Other.*$=>The Other
 characters=>^Sigyn.*$=>Sigyn
 characters=>^Natasha.*$=>Natasha Romanov
 characters=>^Clint.*$=>Clint Barton
 characters=>^Steve.*$=>Steve Rogers
 characters=>^Pepper.*$=>Pepper Potts
 characters=>^Peter Parker.*$=>Peter Parker
 characters=>^Amora.*$=>Amora
 characters=>^Wanda.*$=>Wanda Maximoff
 characters=>^(James)?(Bucky.*|.*Barnes)$=>Bucky Barnes
 characters=>^Betty.*$=>Betty Ross
 characters=>^Bruce.*$=>Bruce Banner
 characters=>^Phil.*$=>Phil Coulson
 characters=>^Angrbo.*$=>Angrboda
 characters=>^Balde?r.*$=>Baldr
 characters=>^(OC.*|OFC|OMC|Original Characters?)$=>OC
 characters=>^(Haruno )?Sakura$=>Sakura Haruno
 characters=>^(Hyuuga )?Hinata$=>Hinata Hyuuga
 characters=>^(Uchiha )?Sasuke$=>Sasuke Uchiha
 characters=>^(Uchiha )?Itachi$=>Itachi Uchiha
 characters=>^Uzumaki Naruto$=>Naruto Uzumaki
 characters=>^(Hatake )?Kakashi$=>Kakashi Hatake
 characters=>^Namikaze Minato$=>Minato Namikaze
 characters=>^Uchiha Faugaku$=>Fugaku Uchiha
 characters=>^Uchiha Mikoto$=>Mikoto Uchiha
 characters=>^Uzumaki Kushina$=>Kushina Uzumaki
 characters=>^Sai (Naruto)$=>Sai
 ships=>(?:^|(?<=/))([^ ,:]+)[^/]*(?=/|$)=>\1
## (?:^|(?<=/)) non-capturing grouping of start-of-line or lookbehind matching /
## ([^ ,:]+) one or more chars until the first space, comma or colon
## [^/]* zero or more chars until /
## (?=/|$) lookahead matching / or end-of-line
 ships=>^James/Steve$=>Bucky/Steve
 ships=>Loki/ Tony Stark=>Loki/Tony
 ships=>^ Tony Stark/Loki$=>Loki/Tony
 ships=>^Harry Potter &amp; Severus Snape$=>Harry &amp; Severus
 ships=>^Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto$=>Naruto/Sasuke
 ships=>^Frigga &amp; Loki.*$=>Frigga &amp; Loki
 ships=>^(Loki &amp; Thor.*|Thor.* &amp; Loki)$=>Loki &amp; Thor
 ships=>^Loki &amp; Tony.*$=>Loki &amp; Tony
 ships=>^Loki &amp; Steve.*$=>Loki &amp; Steve
 ships=>^Loki &amp; Pepper.*$=>Loki &amp; Pepper
 ships,genre=>^[fF]rost[iI]ron( - [fF]reeform)?$=>Loki/Tony
 genre=>[hH]urt/[cC]omfort$=>Hurt-Comfort
 genre=>^[eE]motional [hH]urt-[cC]omfort$=>Hurt-Comfort
 genre=>^.* [hH]as [iI]ssues$=>Drama
 genre=>(Canon-Typical|Graphic Depictions Of) Violence=>Violence
 genre=>^[mM]emory [lL]oss$=>Amnesia
 genre=>^J[oö]tunn?(\s|!)Loki$=>Jötunn!Loki
 genre=>^Intersex Loki$=>Intersex!Loki
 genre=>^[gG]ood Loki$=>Good!Loki
 genre=>^[pP]rotective.*$=>Protectiveness
 genre=>^[fF]luff and (.+)=>Fluff\,\1
 genre=>^[eE]ventual [fF]luff=>Fluff
 genre=>^[aA]ngst (and|with( a)?) [hH]appy [eE]nding$=>Angst\,Happy Ending
 genre=>^[aA]ngst and [fF]eels$=>Angst\,Feels
 genre=>^[aA]ngst and [fF]luff and [sS]mut$=>Angst\,Fluff\,smut
 genre=>^(Loki.*|Tony.*|Thor.*) [fF]eels$=>Feels
 genre=>^(Loki.*|Tony.*|Thor.*) [aA]ngst$=>Angst
 genre=>^[eE]ventual [sS]mut=>smut
 genre=>^Alpha/(Beta.*|Omega.*)$=>Omega Verse
 genre=>^AU( [uU]niverse)?$=>Alternate Universe
 genre=>^Past (.*)?[aA]buse$=>Abuse
 genre=>[hH]umor=>Humour
 genre=>^Complete$=>Completed
 genre=>^[aA]ftermath of ([sS]exual [aA]ssault|[vV]iolence|[wW]ar)$=>Aftermath of Trauma
 genre=>^[fF]emale(\s|!)Loki.*$=>Female Loki
 genre=>^[nN]orse [rR]eligion &amp; [lL]ore$=>Norse Mythology
 genre=>^[dD]omestic [fF]luff$=>Fluff
 genre=>^[pP]ast Torture$=>Aftermath of Torture
 genre=>^Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD$=>PTSD
 genre=>^Alcohol Abuse$=>Substance Abuse

Well...
I really appreciate, if anyone would brave this cluster of code to help me out. Or you could point me to the appropriate place where I should ask for help or look things up. Thank you!

[Tanjamuse]

Do you have a custom column for ships?

[firefoxxy]

Yes, I have a column called ships. It works with other fics, and the ships do appear there - at least if they are seperated by a slash.