[GUI Plugin] Goodreads Sync

[dunhill]

Let's see if you can help me with a synchronization configuration for an abandoned book.
I already have the shelf created on goodreads.
And reasoning it should be the same configuration that I read, but replacing it with abandoned, is this correct or would they do it another way?
Expressed in the second and third image

[Rellwood]

Does anyone have any idea why the date read for books with more than one read date would only list the first date read and not the latest?

It seems to have been stuck on the first read date and then a few weeks ago it went back to the correct way (the latest read date) which Goodreads uses for their library export. Last night it reverted to the first date.

Is it a cookie problem? Has anyone else come across this? I have most of my books with multiple read dates up to 11 different dates, and it didn't cause a problem, but now nothing will show but the first.

Suggestions?

[dunhill]

Originally Posted by Rellwood

Does anyone have any idea why the date read for books with more than one read date would only list the first date read and not the latest?

It seems to have been stuck on the first read date and then a few weeks ago it went back to the correct way (the latest read date) which Goodreads uses for their library export. Last night it reverted to the first date.

Is it a cookie problem? Has anyone else come across this? I have most of my books with multiple read dates up to 11 different dates, and it didn't cause a problem, but now nothing will show but the first.

Suggestions?

In the book that has a problem, go to goodreads and in the book edit your activity. To know how the dates are.

[kiwidude]

Release Notes
https://github.com/kiwidude68/calibr...s_sync-v1.16.5

[KindOfAnIdiot]

Hello.
I had to reinstall Calibre on my computer because I have a new computer.
In order to keep my data and books, I exported my Calibre data in advance.
The import worked perfectly and everything was as before.
My only problem is that my Goodreads plugin no longer works.
I can no longer sync my bookshelves.
I always get this error message. I also get the same error message when I try to authorize the plugin with GR.
All plugins and Calibre itself are up to date. (04/2024)

[PeterT]

Check for messages elsewhere in the forum that talk about certificate errors.

One suggestion is to use Microsoft Edge to visit the Goodreads web site that will update the certificates on your PC

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[kiwidude]

Originally Posted by KindOfAnIdiot

Hello.
I had to reinstall Calibre on my computer because I have a new computer.
In order to keep my data and books, I exported my Calibre data in advance.
The import worked perfectly and everything was as before.
My only problem is that my Goodreads plugin no longer works.
I can no longer sync my bookshelves.
I always get this error message. I also get the same error message when I try to authorize the plugin with GR.
All plugins and Calibre itself are up to date. (04/2024)

I had a similar error myself when trying to move to calibre 7. The problem that I had which which is suspiciously simlar to your error is from a bug in the version of python that calibre is bundled with. This was a thread that helped solve things for me - I had the exact same circumstance as this particular user of multiple duplicate TFS certificates in my certificate storage, most likely caused by Visual Studio installations/updates. Once I deleted all the duplicates out my calibre python problems went away. If you dont see them in your local computer store try in your personal user store - it will depend on how you installed VS for this circumstance (all users vs current user).

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/108721

[KindOfAnIdiot]

Thank you for your help.

I dont have any "TFS certificates" or any other duplicate certificates.

I searched in my local computer store and my personal user store.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by KindOfAnIdiot

Thank you for your help.

I dont have any "TFS certificates" or any other duplicate certificates.

I searched in my local computer store and my personal user store.

Did you try what I posted?

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[KindOfAnIdiot]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Did you try what I posted?

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Yes, unfortunately that didn't do anything for me.

[StegBook]

I've been getting this error message for the last few days. This error comes up on the first attempt to update a book after launching Calibre. Any ideas?


calibre, version 7.8.0
ERROR: Goodreads Failure: The request contacting Goodreads has failed.
If it reoccurs you may have exceeded a request limit imposed by Goodreads.
In which case wait an additional 5-10 minutes before retrying.

URL: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/add_to_shelf.xml
Response Code: 500
b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n<hash>\n <status>500</status>\n <error>Internal Server Error</error>\n</hash>\n'

[StegBook]

seems to just be that one book giving me that error

[KindOfAnIdiot]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Did you try what I posted?

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Hey, it works again

[Ambassador Dave]

Hey, long time user, first time poster. Been a big fan of tying my ebooks to Goodreads through Calibre with your plugin. Found this forum today because of an error trying to sync new books with Goodreads:

Short version (popup window primary text)

ERROR: Unhandled exception

HTTPSConnection.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'key_file'

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Spoiler:

calibre, version 7.10.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:HTTPSConnection.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'key_file'

calibre 7.10  embedded-python: False
Linux-6.8.9-arch1-1-x86_64-with-glibc2.39 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '6.8.9-arch1-1', '#1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 02 May 2024 17:49:46 +0000')
Python 3.12.3
Interface language: None
EXE path: /usr/bin/python3
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeACSM (0, 0, 16) && DeDRM (10, 0, 3) && Goodreads Sync (1, 16, 5) && Obok DeDRM (10, 0, 3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.action", line 436, in search_goodreads_to_link_book
    self.search_to_link_books(calibre_books)
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.action", line 458, in search_to_link_books
    goodreads_id_for_isbn = self.grhttp.get_goodreads_id_for_isbn(isbn)
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.core", line 416, in get_goodreads_id_for_isbn
    (response, content) = self._request_get(url, suppress_status='404')
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.core", line 176, in _request_get
    response, content = h.request(url, method='GET')
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.httplib2.__init__", line 1561, in request
    conn = self.connections[conn_key] = connection_type(
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "calibre_plugins.goodreads_sync.httplib2.__init__", line 999, in __init__
    httplib.HTTPSConnection.__init__(self, host, port=port,
TypeError: HTTPSConnection.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'key_file'

I found this elsewhere (Ansible project on Github) while searching for a potential solution:

The use of cert_file and key_file with HTTPSConnection was deprecated in Python 3.6 and removed in Python 3.12.

I checked my OS (EndeavourOS, an Arch Linux variant) and confirmed that Python was recently updated to version 3.12. Good chance I'm at the forefront of this affecting other Linux users. Arch updates early and often, yet other distros will surely update to Python version 3.12+ in time.

Thanks for the plugin, I'd love to see it working on my system again!

[kiwidude]

Hi Ambassador Dave, thanks for the report.

I don’t use Linux personally so trying to verify fixes for it is a pain in the butt. Calibre on Windows was using 3.10 which does not have this issue. As I mentioned on the Github issues post to the other users who raised this if someone wants to submit a patch for this I can take a look at it.

The reason it is not straightforward (other than inability to test it) is that the newer versions of httplib2 got split into separate python2 and python3 implementations. Whereas the version of it I have currently in the plugin was customised to support both. Only supporting python3 means updating the minimum calibre version to something that may upset some other users out there (inevitably linux again, did I mention how much I despise that mess of an OS ecosystem?). Perhaps that will just have to be the solution and those users trying to cling to old calibre versions will have to accept they are getting no more plugin updates…