Epoch Times needs login

aflusche · 09-07-2025, 07:31 PM

Hi guys,

It appears that The Epoch Times now requires a login to view ANY full article. The Calibre recipe can only grab a preview paragraph from each article. I have an account, but I can't figure out how to pass my credentials along through Calibre.

I have tried and FAILED to add the code myself. I've experimented with adding stuff like this to the built-in recipe:

Code:

need_subscription = True

def get_browser(self):
  br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser(self)
  if self.username is not None and self.password is not None:
    br.open('https://profile.theepochtimes.com/en/?edition=us')
    br.select_form(nr=0)
    br['email']   = self.username
    br.submit()
    print("after submitting email")
    br['password'] = self.password
    br.submit()
    print("after login")
  return br

That produces this error:

Code:

mechanize._mechanize.FormNotFoundError: no form matching nr 0

One problem may be that the website code doesn't seem to have the login form directly in the first HTML to load. Maybe it's loading via Javascript or something.

Can anyone help?

aflusche · 09-21-2025, 03:36 PM

Any help?

kovidgoyal · 09-21-2025, 10:57 PM

If it has implemented login via JS you will need to use devtools in a browser to check the actual login request/responses generated by the JS and clone then in the recipe.

09-07-2025, 07:31 PM	#1
aflusche Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2025 Device: kindle	Epoch Times needs login Hi guys, It appears that The Epoch Times now requires a login to view ANY full article. The Calibre recipe can only grab a preview paragraph from each article. I have an account, but I can't figure out how to pass my credentials along through Calibre. I have tried and FAILED to add the code myself. I've experimented with adding stuff like this to the built-in recipe: Code: need_subscription = True def get_browser(self): br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser(self) if self.username is not None and self.password is not None: br.open('https://profile.theepochtimes.com/en/?edition=us') br.select_form(nr=0) br['email'] = self.username br.submit() print("after submitting email") br['password'] = self.password br.submit() print("after login") return br That produces this error: Code: mechanize._mechanize.FormNotFoundError: no form matching nr 0 One problem may be that the website code doesn't seem to have the login form directly in the first HTML to load. Maybe it's loading via Javascript or something. Can anyone help?

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09-21-2025, 03:36 PM	#2
aflusche Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2025 Device: kindle	Any help?

09-21-2025, 10:57 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,533 Karma: 28548962 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If it has implemented login via JS you will need to use devtools in a browser to check the actual login request/responses generated by the JS and clone then in the recipe.