[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[Amalthia]

What I find interesting with the Ao3 stuff is I am still having better luck downloading when I don't use the cache. Sometimes just coming back a few hours later works.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Basically, the site is broken for that story.

When I look , I see chapter 1 lists 857 chapters, chapter 857 lists 866. And so on.

You can try using the setting check_next_chapter:true, which--if you see the same thing I do--in this case will look at chapter 858 and happens to list 888 chapters.

So you may get lucky. But broken site is broken.

I've noticed FanFiction.net being very unreliable with newer updates. Like disappearing then reappearing later, or 'stoey does not have any chapters" even though it does. Others report it too: [1] [2] [3]

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2025-02-28
- base_xenforoforum: Add details_spoiler option for #1165
- Add [base_otw] with use_basic_cache:true to defaults.ini

[JimmXinu]

New Version Released

Version 4.43.0 - 2025-03-01
- base_xenforoforum: Add details_spoiler option for [#1165](https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare/issues/1165)
- Add [base_otw] with use_basic_cache:true to defaults.ini
- BrowserCache: Better handle cache file changing/failing while reading.
- Fix for BrowserCache for images--cache partitioned by parent(story) page.
- base_otw_adapter: Detect & report 'This site is in beta' page
- AO3: Double default slow_down_sleep_time
- For adapter_mcstoriescom: Remove /../ from Get Story URLs from web page
- adapter_mcstoriescom: Suppress site URLs that look like stories but aren't. #1160
- adapter_fanfictionnet: Attempt chapter from m. (vs www) when chapter not found
- adapter_literotica: Get more story urls. #1159 Thanks, dbhmw
- Add include_tocpage:always option.
- adapter_fimfictionnet: Further cover fix
- adapter_fimfictionnet: Fix cover images and use data-source attr for img src.
- adapter_storiesonlinenet: Remove some code that broke parsing when 'author' was in the title.
- adapter_literotica: http->https
- adapter_literotica: Site changes for non-www domains.
- Make plugin use own copy of six only--including in Smarten Punc
- adapter_fictionlive: fix bounds check in vote accumulaton. resolves JimmXinu#1154, Thanks HazelSh
- Make plugin use own copy of six only.

[vikarti]

Strange issue.
DeviantArt sometimes doesn't like downloading too much too fast, this results in 403 errors.
slow_down_sleep_time fixes this if I just use regular download but it does NOT fix this if I use 'Get Story URLs'(only one story gets downloaded, others get 403s). It looks like slow_down_sleep_time is not being applied when 'Get Story URLs' used.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by vikarti

Strange issue.
DeviantArt sometimes doesn't like downloading too much too fast, this results in 403 errors.
slow_down_sleep_time fixes this if I just use regular download but it does NOT fix this if I use 'Get Story URLs'(only one story gets downloaded, others get 403s). It looks like slow_down_sleep_time is not being applied when 'Get Story URLs' used.

Can you share a URL you see this happening with? Use PM if NSFW, please.

[ownedbycats]

ffnet question How do I get a new chapter when ffnet is fucking up and it doesn't appear in the TOC for chapter 1? I tried using chapter page directly but it didn't work and says only 74 chaps. Is there a way to override where it gets the links?

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1288375...-Transcendence





EDIT: And Chapter 75 is gone again. What is wrong with this site.

[Clem2605]

Hi!

I've begun tu use the browser cache/open_in_browser features with AO3 at least temporarily,because I was having way too many 525 errors without it, and I noticed something.

I use the option to download from Entire Works, and when opening the work in my browser, FFF opens both the navigation page of the work, and the work itself.

I'm assuming that FFF opens the navigation page to grab the links to all the chapters, but when downloading from entire works, this probably becomes redundant since FFF doesn't open those pages individually anymore.

Could it be possible to stop opening this page when the option to download from entire works is enabled?
This probably does more than I suspect, or maybe this isn't possible, but it would reduce by half the traffic to AO3 for each query if doable, so I thought it would be worth it to bring it up.

[JimmXinu]

Multi-reply

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

ffnet question How do I get a new chapter when ffnet is fucking up and it doesn't appear in the TOC for chapter 1? I tried using chapter page directly but it didn't work and says only 74 chaps. Is there a way to override where it gets the links?

You can try check_next_chapter and meta_from_last_chapter.

## ffnet used to have a tendency to send out update notices in email
## before all their servers were showing the update on the first
## chapter.  It generates another server request and doesn't seem to
## be needed lately, so now default it to off.
check_next_chapter:false

## ffnet sometimes doesn't update the metadata on the first chapter
## immediately.  meta_from_last_chapter:true will instruct the adapter
## to take the metadata from the last chapter instead of chapter 1.
## It can generate another server request and usually isn't necessary,
## so it defaults to off.
meta_from_last_chapter:false

Beyond that, broken site is broken.

Originally Posted by Clem2605

I'm assuming that FFF opens the navigation page to grab the links to all the chapters, but when downloading from entire works, this probably becomes redundant since FFF doesn't open those pages individually anymore.

Could it be possible to stop opening this page when the option to download from entire works is enabled?

Short answer is no. I'm not interested in changing FFF's paradigm to save one req on one type of site. Plus there's info on the nav page not available elsewhere.

[ownedbycats]

Another ffnet question: outdated metadata because of brokenness. Is there a way to use count pages for wordcount on that site, but listed wordcount for other sites? It's not a big deal.

EDIT: Actually I compared the chapter notification emails and luckily the wordcounts are updating. Just not other metadata (last update date for example).

[JimmXinu]

No, there isn't.

The code looks for a raw numWords value, so even clearing it with replace_metadata doesn't work.

[booster-t]

Here's another data point regarding A03's 525 error. Trying to update this fic:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61...ters/157176058

Calibre has 27 chapters and the index and chapters show chapter numbers. If I adjust the page on A03 to show Entire Work, I can download an epub with 28 chapters. However, chapter numbers are missing from the TOC and the file. Not sure if this is relevant but it's something ...

What a pain right now.

Stephen

[ThreeLizards]

Hi Jimmy, can I have your help? I looked at this https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFa...Calibre-Plugin and it's not really helping me figure out my problem.

So, when I try to use fanficfare with the generate covers plugin, I get that screenshot below. Something about an error on line 2 at column 6: XML declaration only allowed at the start of the document. But, when I just use the generate covers plug in and press that, it generates the cover.

Can you please help me figure out why fanficfare is not working with the generate cover? I couldn't find anything in my personal.ini for it. and it's on the default cover.

Thank you!

[JimmXinu]

Without seeing the epub (or at least the story URL) and GC settings involved, no, I can't tell you anything about it.

[spicyfood]

Originally Posted by Clem2605

Hi!

I've begun tu use the browser cache/open_in_browser features with AO3 at least temporarily,because I was having way too many 525 errors without it, and I noticed something.

I use the option to download from Entire Works, and when opening the work in my browser, FFF opens both the navigation page of the work, and the work itself.

I'm assuming that FFF opens the navigation page to grab the links to all the chapters, but when downloading from entire works, this probably becomes redundant since FFF doesn't open those pages individually anymore.

Could it be possible to stop opening this page when the option to download from entire works is enabled?
This probably does more than I suspect, or maybe this isn't possible, but it would reduce by half the traffic to AO3 for each query if doable, so I thought it would be worth it to bring it up.

How do you do browser cache/open_in_browser? I'm a newb at this and I was trying to download/update in smaller amounts, but tonight I dried updating only 5 fics and they all got the 525 errors even though the plug-in is up to date.