[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

I just updated Thunderbird to the latest, and already updated calibre today; it still works for me.

Win10 says there's an update for me, but is stalled at "Downloading 0%". I'll check again if/when it finishes.

Still working after win10 update.

[ownedbycats]

Another reboot fixed the drag & drop issue.

If you're not using Flaresolverr 2.2.6, update it. I had to do that to update two stories yesterday.

I noticed the Cloudflare 'checking your browser' page looks slightly different on ffnet now, so I assume they changed some settings.

[estherflails]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Rather than go back and forth more times, here is an implementation that works for me for what I think you want.

Thank you! Sorry for the trouble. Modified it a bit to suit my purposes better, but it works great now.

[danmeian]

Hi, I'm a bit new at using Calibre and haven't had great luck with googling. Can someone point me to any tutorials on fetching AO3 updates from email into Calibre (or if that function exists at all)? I would appreciate that a lot, thank you.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by danmeian

Hi, I'm a bit new at using Calibre and haven't had great luck with googling. Can someone point me to any tutorials on fetching AO3 updates from email into Calibre (or if that function exists at all)? I would appreciate that a lot, thank you.

Two ways:

If you have Thunderbird, you can open the 'download from URLs' window and then drag and drop from the email list into it.

Otherwise, Configure FFF > Email Settings and fill in the IMAP information. Some email providers are fussier than others.

[danmeian]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Two ways:

If you have Thunderbird, you can open the 'download from URLs' window and then drag and drop from the email list into it.

Otherwise, Configure FFF > Email Settings and fill in the IMAP information. Some email providers are fussier than others.

Thank you for the instruction! I filled in info as followed:
IMAP server name: imap.gmail.com
IMAP user name: username@gmail.com
IMAP user password: the password i used for my email

But when I tried to get URLs from email, I got this error:

calibre, version 5.41.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>error</b>:b'[AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)'

calibre 5.41 embedded-python: True is64bit: False
Windows-10-10.0.22000 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
32bit process running on 64bit windows
('Windows', '10', '10.0.22000')
Python 3.8.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.22000', '', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Count Pages (1, 11, 3) && EpubMerge (2, 14, 0) && FanFicFare (4, 14, 3) && Find Duplicates (1, 9, 6) && Import List (1, 8, 3) && Reading List (1, 13, 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin" , line 569, in get_urls_from_imap_menu
File "C:\Users\HP\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFi cFare.zip\fanficfare\geturls.py", line 189, in get_urls_from_imap
File "imaplib.py", line 603, in login
imaplib.IMAP4.error: b'[AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)'

I'm certain that I entered the right password (and have IMAP enabled in gmail setting). How should I fix this error?

[danmeian]

Originally Posted by danmeian

Thank you for the instruction! I filled in info as followed:
IMAP server name: imap.gmail.com
IMAP user name: username@gmail.com
IMAP user password: the password i used for my email

But when I tried to get URLs from email, I got this error:

calibre, version 5.41.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>error</b>:b'[AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)'

calibre 5.41 embedded-python: True is64bit: False
Windows-10-10.0.22000 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
32bit process running on 64bit windows
('Windows', '10', '10.0.22000')
Python 3.8.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.22000', '', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Count Pages (1, 11, 3) && EpubMerge (2, 14, 0) && FanFicFare (4, 14, 3) && Find Duplicates (1, 9, 6) && Import List (1, 8, 3) && Reading List (1, 13, 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin" , line 569, in get_urls_from_imap_menu
File "C:\Users\HP\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\FanFi cFare.zip\fanficfare\geturls.py", line 189, in get_urls_from_imap
File "imaplib.py", line 603, in login
imaplib.IMAP4.error: b'[AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)'

I'm certain that I entered the right password (and have IMAP enabled in gmail setting). How should I fix this error?

I just dug through this thread and found that apparently there is a problem with Gmail, so I also made a Yahoo mail just in case. Should I set up an app password or just enter the email's password?

[firefoxxy]

Originally Posted by danmeian

I just dug through this thread and found that apparently there is a problem with Gmail, so I also made a Yahoo mail just in case. Should I set up an app password or just enter the email's password?

If you're using your Gmail address, you need to set up an app password for FFF. I don't use Yahoo so I can't say if it works with the regular email password.

[astarinlife]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

sort_ships:true

add_to_replace_metadata:
# Split leading 'past' to own (temp) entry, 00 to put at
# front(sort_ships:true assumed)
 ships_CHARS=>^[pP]ast (.*)=>00past\,\1
## strip each ships char down to first part only
 ships_CHARS=>^([^ ]+).*$=>\1
## Change 00past/ back to "Past "
 ships=>^00past\s*(/|&)\s*=>Past\s

Is it possible to use this but with exceptions? For example:

replace_metadata:
 ships=>James "Rhodey" Rhodes=>Rhodey
 ships=>Mary Jane Watson=>MJ

or is this a pick one way to do things situation?

[JimmXinu]

Multi-reply

Originally Posted by danmeian

I just dug through this thread and found that apparently there is a problem with Gmail, so I also made a Yahoo mail just in case. Should I set up an app password or just enter the email's password?

This prior post lists the best references:

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Specifically, the discussion about recent Gmail changes affecting FFF started here.

My most detailed response is here with an important clarification here.

And for completeness, here is Google's page about "app password".

Originally Posted by astarinlife

Is it possible to use this but with exceptions? For example:

replace_metadata:
 ships=>James "Rhodey" Rhodes=>Rhodey
 ships=>Mary Jane Watson=>MJ

or is this a pick one way to do things situation?

replace_metadata lines are processed in order. If you put those lines above the line that strips entries down to first name only, they should be effective.

[Keybounce]

So this is something I just found.

This story
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/51...227/chapter-28

(ok, the story itself is https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/51...e-heart-grows/)
has some artwork each chapter (in this case, the dungeon layout), and occasionally extra (that linked chapter has two more).

But ...

Well, there is nothing showing up on my kindle.
In the calibre reader, I see a "Dead image link" icon.

It shows up on a fairly current chrome browser on one OS, but does not show up on firefox nor an older browser on a different OS.

(I'm unable to upgrade this OS anymore, and neither browser will get upgrades unless I do).

I don't know what's going on that it shows on one browser, but not older ones, nor that it shows as "dead image" on the built-in reader program.

Can this be fixed in any way? Is it like the "browser cache" behavior for cloudflare?

[JimmXinu]

I'm able to download and see images in that chapter using Calibre 6.3 and FFF 4.15 in Win10.

If you are unable to update Firefox, are you also on an older version of Calibre? It does make a difference.

You might try adding the setting no_image_processing:true to personal.ini in FFF.

FFF wouldn't scale the images anymore then, so they may be unreasonably big on Kindle.

[milford833]

Sorry I did not mean to post this, I was just so frustrated with FFN.

[JimmXinu]

I would recommend against 'threatening' anyone about anything.

And I further request that you not discuss it here, as I don't want to be involved.

[milford833]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

I would recommend against 'threatening' anyone about anything.

And I further request that you not discuss it here, as I don't want to be involved.

I meant to edit it as I did not mean to post it, I am just so frustrated with them. I edited it now. Sorry.