Custom recipes (archive, read-only)

[franchute]

hi

i am very happy about calibre, it is wonderfull

but i would like to get several newspaper in my location to have the opportunity to read in metro, bus station, etc.

I tried to do it but i am not be able.

I would like if anyone can help me

http://www.diariosur.es/
http://www.diariocordoba.com/

thank you

[fventuri]

Recipe for IEEE Spectrum
Monthly magazine of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
For some reason the 'get_cover_url' method doesn't work, even if the URL looks good to me, so I left it commented out.

[Dereks]

hi, i am having one custom recipe, which includes several rss feeds from different sites.
but as some of them come out a bit messy I would have liked to use print versions, which are available, but not for all feeds. Is it possible to use def print_version(self, url): only for certain feed. Related, maybe it's also possible to use different print_version rules for different feeds within the recipe?
thanks in advance.

[kovidgoyal]

Since print_version is passed the url, you can use the URL to figure out what print version to use.

[Dereks]

Sorry,
since I don't know python or any programming language it's all a bit difficult to me. Can you provide some very simple example of this?
Thanks.

[RockDiesel]

Originally Posted by Semonski

Hi.... First off.... I would appreciate some help with a recipe for the New York Post....

http://nypost.com/rss

I've toyed with this, and just can't seem to get it.... Although I AM NOT a python programmer.... any help would be greatly appreciated

I am very interested in an NY Post recipe, too. I would love to get the Post on my Kindle. Unfortunately, I know some programming, but no Python. Hopefully someone can help.

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by Dereks

Sorry,
since I don't know python or any programming language it's all a bit difficult to me. Can you provide some very simple example of this?
Thanks.

You need a very basic understanding of Python to do this. All he's saying is that you put a line into print_version that says something like:

if (url includes some first string or startswith or endswith some string):
    #this url is from feed 1
    url = (code to modify the ur from feed 1)
if (url includes some other string or startswith or endswith some other string):
    #this url is from feed 2
    url = (different code to modify the url from feed 2)
etc.

[MichaelMSeattle]

Hi.
I'm very grateful to the poster of the recipe for Comics.com. I've also tried to modify it for GoComics.com (it has additional strips including those for Calvin & Hobbes, Pooch Cafe, and Pat Oliphant). I haven't had much success with this page even though it's similar to Comics.com.
Can anyone help?

Many thanks!
-Mike

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by MichaelMSeattle

Hi.
I'm very grateful to the poster of the recipe for Comics.com. I've also tried to modify it for GoComics.com (it has additional strips including those for Calvin & Hobbes, Pooch Cafe, and Pat Oliphant). I haven't had much success with this page even though it's similar to Comics.com.
Can anyone help?

Many thanks!
-Mike

I wrote the recipe for Comics.com, and I've already done one for GoComics.com. It's in this thread. (They're not that similar.... despite appearances. Gocomics was much harder).
Check post # 1598 in this thread.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...postcount=1598

[MichaelMSeattle]

Originally Posted by Starson17

I wrote the recipe for Comics.com, and I've already done one for GoComics.com. It's in this thread. (They're not that similar.... despite appearances. Gocomics was much harder).
Check post # 1598 in this thread.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...postcount=1598

BIG Thank you!!!
I've been struggling with how to get this on the reader for a long time and I'm very grateful for this!
-M

[kiklop74]

New recipe for New York Post:

[olaf]

If I use Calibre to email my Kindle the local newspaper for which I made a recipe, the Kindle archives the previous edition and keeps the last seven issues in the archived periodicals list. But when I copy the file using a USB cable (to avoid transmission charges), it simply overlays the previous copy and nothing is archived. Is there a way to put the newest edition on the Kindle via USB so that the previous edition is archived and I have the last seven days worth? (as is the case when emailing the issue).

[GRiker]

Let calibre do the download for you.

In Preferences|Interface, check Automatically send downloaded new to ebook reader, and optionally Delete new from library when it is automatically sent to reader.

I'm not sure what happens if you mix wireless and this method, but using this method consistently will allow the Kindle to delete older-than-7-days copies.

G

[RockDiesel]

Originally Posted by kiklop74

New recipe for New York Post:

Thank you very much.

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by MichaelMSeattle

BIG Thank you!!!
I've been struggling with how to get this on the reader for a long time and I'm very grateful for this!
-M

BTW, I haven't looked at recipes for a while, but my wife reports two minor issues. The line that reverses the order of the comics (so older are listed and read first) was pulling the oldest comic strip twice (or that's what I think she said.) Also, start with a limited number of strips and days and remove strips you don't read. She had some recipe failures (which I also saw during testing) and I suspect the site is sensitive to scraping too much data. Be nice to them.