[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[ownedbycats]

AO3 fic (explicit) uses <p>&nbsp;</p> to break scenes. It disappears, even with remove_empty_p:false in storyUrl section. Ideas?

[JimmXinu]

Have you adjusted keep_empty_tags to remove p?

## By default, empty tags are removed as part of cleaning up the
## source HTML.  However, a few tags should be kept even if empty.
## (Whitespace only, including   is considered empty.)  This
## setting can adjust which tags are kept.
keep_empty_tags:p,td,th

[ownedbycats]

Have not adjusted that from default.ini.

[JimmXinu]

I put <p>&nbsp;</p> in adapter_test1 code and comes through.

I would need to see the story URL(PM) and personal.ini.

[ownedbycats]

I ran another overwrite. This time it worked. Maybe i used wrong update mode or something.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Also, I've been moving my storyUrl sections to a custom longtext column (#fanficsettings) to declutter my personal.ini. Most of them are finished/hiatused stories anyways so I can just copy it in when needed.

This made me wonder if it'd be possible to add feature to read the storyUrl sections from the column directly. Probably not worth it to implement, considering that I'm the first to ask and possibly the only one who'd use it.

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Possible? Yes. Likely? No. I've considered that before, but I don't think the added complexity and added troubleshooting issues are worth it.

If anyone's interested, I posted in Action Chains Resources a chain which can help with this:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Here's my enhanced version of the chain that additionally also copies story-specific settings from a column. This allows me to reduce the size of personal.ini by removing settings for completed stories while still keeping them available if I later need them.

to use, create a long-text column (interpret type: plain text) with lookup name #fanficsettings.

As I suggest editing settings in the personal.ini editor rather than the column itself, I also included Calibre ID in the commented header to make it easier to locate the book the section's associated with. An example from my library:

## stillwaters01 - There Were Days (8382)
[https://archiveofourown.org/works/959950]
exclude_notes:chaptersummary

[Vallora]

Like a few people already, I'm getting a "HTTP Error in FFF '403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://archiveofourown.gay/users/login'(403)" This is also for .org as well. I've tried some of the other redirects but from the list that's usable, some of them turn RED when I try to type them in for a redirect. This is only happening with authors that are "Locked". I've tried to comment out my username but nothing pops up to let me log in to download unless there's something else I have to do to set that up. My personal.ini is very bare so there isn't anything that should be messing with, and as a last ditch attempt, I've even used a VPN. If a debug log is needed I'll need to be walked through it but I don't know what else to try. And also, I haven't tried to download any new stories for a month now and this just started a week or two ago. Please help or point me to previous threads that can walk me through anything that could make this work again. I'm using Chrome so if I need to switch to Firefox is I have to set up a cashe or something, I'll do it.

Thank you for any help in advance.

[fandoms8]

I'm suddenly having some issues with my personal.ini. First, it suddenly became impossible to download locked fics. I made a post on reddit and tried every suggestion and they all failed. I'll link the post here:https://www.reddit.com/r/Calibre/com...t=share_button

Eventually I just gave up but now all fics aren't downloading properly. I have include_images:false but now it isn't working either. I know it all worked in July so I don't know what changed. Is there an order to the personal.ini that I'm unaware of that makes it work? My current personal.ini is pasted below:

[www.archiveofourown.org]
username:XXXXXXXX
password:XXXXXXXX
is_adult:true
exclude_notes:authorheadnotes,chaptersummary,chapt erheadnotes,chapterfootnotes,authorfootnotes,inspi redlinks.
#use_view_full_work:true
include_subject_tags:
include_titlepage:false
include_images:false

[ownedbycats]

Now that collectionUrl is a valid entry, how should I update Metadata Managemen entry?

I like to include specific gift/exchange collections in my Series column rather than using a separate column.

[archiveofourown.org]

## Copies collections to series
include_in_series:series,collections

add_to_include_metadata_pre:
## Include specific collections as series. Here, I've included both an exact version (==) and regex (=~). 
 collections==Fic Exchange 2023
 collections=~(Fic Exchange \d{4})

add_to_exclude_metadata_pre:
## If a fic also has a series, it'll concatenate the entries. To avoid this, use exclude_metadata_pre with a storyUrl conditional.
 series==Unwanted Series&&storyUrl==https://archiveofourown.org/works/xxxx
## If you're using collection URLs, you will also want to remove the series URL.
 seriesUrl==https://archiveofourown.org/series/xxxx&&storyUrl==https://archiveofourown.org/works/xxxx

## Alternately, if you prefer to keep the series:
 collections==Fic Exchange 2023&&storyUrl==https://archiveofourown.org/works/xxxx

add_to_replace_metadata:
## I apply transformations to 'collections' but applying them to 'series' should also work
 collections=>ficexchange=>Fic Exchange

To also include collection URLs for use on the titlepage and with the 'Set Calibre Series URL' option, add these lines. (Be careful to merge the sections instead of creating duplicate ones.)

Collection URL requires a version of FanFicFare released after April 4, 2023, which added the static include_in_* required for the placeholder (as FanFicFare cannot replace an empty entry).

[archiveofourown.org]
## This creates an 'collectionUrl' entry and adds a placeholder. I chose to use 'abc' for easy replacement (no escapes!).
add_to_extra_valid_entries:,collectionUrl
include_in_collectionUrl:"abc"

## Adds collectionURL to series.
include_in_seriesUrl:seriesUrl,collectionUrl

add_to_replace_metadata:
## Change the placeholder 'abcs' to collection urls using conditionals
## If you are using a collection name that has been modified by replace_metadata, make sure this goes below it.
 collectionUrl=>abc=>https://archiveofourown.org/collections/FicExchangeLink&&collections==Fic Exchange 2023

add_to_exclude_metadata_post:
## If the placeholder isn't changed during replace_metadata, this will remove it to prevent general breakage
 collectionUrl==abc

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Now that collectionUrl is a valid entry, how should I update Metadata Managemen entry?

I dunno. Reword as setting a static series URL?

[ownedbycats]

I tested and a simple include_in_seriesUrl:seriesUrl,collectionsUrl in place of second part seems to work

EDIT: Updted Metadata Management entry after further testing:

[archiveofourown.org]

## Copies collections to series
include_in_series:series,collections

## STRONGLY RECOMMEND commenting this out when not downloading/updating fics in included collections
## It'll include urls from collections that haven't been included, and mess up series URLs
#add_to_include_in_seriesUrl:,collectionsUrl

add_to_include_metadata_pre:
## Include specific collections as series. Here, I've included both an exact version (==) and regex (=~). 
 collections==Fic Exchange 2023
 collections=~(Fic Exchange \d{4})

add_to_replace_metadata:
## I apply transformations to 'collections' but applying them to 'series' should also work
 collections=>ficexchange=>Fic Exchange

[https://archiveofourown.org/works/xxxx]
add_to_exclude_metadata_pre:
## If a fic also has a series, it'll concatenate the entries. To avoid this, use exclude_metadata_pre.
 series==Unwanted Series
 seriesUrl==https://archiveofourown.org/series/xxxx
## Alternately, if you prefer to keep the series, remove add_to_include_in_seriesURL and put this:
 collections==Fic Exchange 2023

[SilentShadow123]

Hello, are there any fixes for fanfiction on Archiveofourown (AO3) that are archive locked (blue lock icon)? I'm noticing that all these archive locked fanfiction are giving me the error: "HTTP Error in FFF '403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://archiveofourown.gay/users/login'(403)" when I try to download them.

Please help if possible!

[LittleBit]

I did a quick search and didn't find any answers, so I'm not sure if it's just me having this problem, but I started having this problem with downloading from from AO3 and chrome a few weeks ago. Every attempt at downloading via browser cache has given me

Browser Cache Failed to Load with error 'HTTP Error in FFF 'open_pages_in_browser_tries_limit exceeded for site (archiveofourown.org), assuming site is off line.'(428)

I haven't changed any settings, the path is still set and so are the use browser cache and open pages in browser. The pages don't open in browser and then the failed to download dialog box pops up. I can use #use_archive_transformativeworks_org:true and #use_archiveofourown_gay:true to download most other stories but there are a few I can't update with either of those options. How can I get this working again?

[Tharos]

Since authors sometimes use different author names on various websites, I would like to harmonize them in Calibre. I use the following for individual names.

add_to_replace_metadata:
 author=>JustBored21 =>JB21Q

What doesn't work is changing to two names. The following does not work. What do I need to adjust?

add_to_replace_metadata:
 author=>JustBored21 =>JustBored21 & JB21Q

I would like the "JustBored21 & JB21Q" to appear in the author column.

[HowWouldIKnow]

How can I expose the AO3 tags (kuds, comments, bookmarks) to calibre?
I have it set up like this:

[archiveofourown.org]
use_browser_cache:true
#use_browser_cache_only:true
#open_pages_in_browser:true

extratags: AO3

add_to_custom_column_settings:
kudos=>#kudos,
hits=>#hits,
bookmarks=>#bookmarks,
comments=>#comments

But I still don´t see those in the calibre columns. Same with "Packaged".
I see them in the book.