[GUI Plugin] FanFictionDownLoader

[fidofido300]

Hi;
While you are playing with the code can you look
http://storiesonline.net/s/52707
I tried to download it but I was forced to stop after 571 and change minutes later
Thanks

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by fidofido300

Hi;
While you are playing with the code can you look
http://storiesonline.net/s/52707
I tried to download it but I was forced to stop after 571 and change minutes later
Thanks

That story has 329 chapters and 1.8 million words--it just takes a long time to download, especially if you have slow_down_sleep_time set or a slow Internet connection.

[JimmXinu]

Attached is a test version with:

• Fix for 'Update' with no updates when 'Mark' option is selected.
• Fix for storiesonline.net non-ordered series.
• Include 'universe' as series for storiesonline.net stories with universe. Optional, defaults on.

For the case of a story in a series in a universe, I don't see anyway to get the universe from the story.

UPDATE Jan 5, 2014 -- Remove obsolete beta versions

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Attached is a test version with:

• Fix for 'Update' with no updates when 'Mark' option is selected.
• Fix for storiesonline.net non-ordered series.
• Include 'universe' as series for storiesonline.net stories with universe. Optional, defaults on.

For the case of a story in a series in a universe, I don't see anyway to get the universe from the story.

I seem to have lost a post. I wrote a post last night with a version of the adapter with the series and universe changes. Including a solution for tha last problem. I'll test your change and see if I can merge mine in.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by fidofido300

Hi;
While you are playing with the code can you look
http://storiesonline.net/s/52707
I tried to download it but I was forced to stop after 571 and change minutes later
Thanks

Is that still going? As JimmXinu said, that is big and will take ages. Especially if the images are downloaded. Last time I saw that story, there was a web site for it. It is probably worthwhile looking for it and seeing if it has an e-book version available. The authors blog at storiesonline has the URL and that there are updates at the site.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

That story has 329 chapters and 1.8 million words--it just takes a long time to download, especially if you have slow_down_sleep_time set or a slow Internet connection.

Make that 2.3 million words. And 2000+ images.

[davidfor]

As threatened earlier, here is yet another version of the storiesonline.net adapter.

This adds the fetch of the universe name and URL for stories that are in a series that is part of a universe. I thought I had posted this last night, but something happened.

There is of course another change. While testing this, I realised the series and universe name displayed differently depending on where it is. As an example, for the story http://storiesonline.net/s/51121, the universe is shown as:

- "A story set in the post-sickness world of Phoenicia" on the story index and the author page.
- "Phoenicia — A Universe from the Mind of Shakes Peer2B" on the universe page
- "Universe: Phoenicia" on the authors universe page
- "Phoenicia" on the universe list page

The first one is good on the title page, but I think the last is the correct one to use in the metadata. I've added code to retrieve this for both the series and the universes.

I think these or similar changes should also be made to the finestories.com adapter. I haven't had a chance to look at the site yet. I'll probably do it later in the week and make any updates necessary.

JimmXinu: I have left a few debug statements in this section of the code. I'm happy for them to be removed, but, they might be useful for the next little while.

[fidofido300]

Thanks
Ok I will search for the Authors site.
Actually the main question was does the adapter downloads illustrated stories images or not?
Thanks again

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by davidfor

As threatened earlier, here is yet another version of the storiesonline.net adapter.
...

Attached is a test version with davidfor's latest changes.

Originally Posted by davidfor

I think these or similar changes should also be made to the finestories.com adapter. I haven't had a chance to look at the site yet. I'll probably do it later in the week and make any updates necessary.
...

Sounds good.

UPDATE Jan 7, 2014 - Remove obsolete beta versions

[JimmXinu]

New test version, now with French translation. Thanks, Serge!

UPDATE Jan 8, 2014 - Remove obsolete beta versions

[JimmXinu]

New test version with some fixes for the new French translation. Thanks again to Serge.

UPDATE Jan 13, 2014 - Remove obsolete beta versions

[citac]

Hi all, I have a question on downloading an ff.net story. I've just been recced https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8466122/1/The-Long-Game and would like to download it for later. Unfortunately the story cannot be downloaded, and the log shows the following:

Status Title Author Comment
Bad Unknown Unknown 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'string'

URL
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8466122/1/

The pop up then asks if I want to update my library error column. How can I download this story, and how do I set up the error column? I tried searching the calibre forums, but I'm mostly getting results for "error" on its own. I'd appreciate any advice.

[JimmXinu]

It downloaded fine for me.

Make sure you're using the most recent version of the plugin.

If it still doesn't work, it may be ffnet blocking you. They've taken to doing that to people who do 'too many' requests to their servers too quickly. How many is 'too many' is unknown.

You can create a text custom column in calibre and at the bottom of the Custom Columns tab of the FFDL config, you can set FFDL to populate error messages there. This only works for updates/overwrites of existing stories, not new downloads--there's no book to write the error too for them.

Originally Posted by citac

Hi all, I have a question on downloading an ff.net story. I've just been recced https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8466122/1/The-Long-Game and would like to download it for later. Unfortunately the story cannot be downloaded, and the log shows the following:

Status Title Author Comment
Bad Unknown Unknown 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'string'

URL
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8466122/1/

The pop up then asks if I want to update my library error column. How can I download this story, and how do I set up the error column? I tried searching the calibre forums, but I'm mostly getting results for "error" on its own. I'd appreciate any advice.

[chrnno]

Hi, having a problem here. Been downloading from tthfanfic without problems so far but got this problem in the two stories of a series.

Error
XSGCOM: Goa'uld Defence
Hotpoint
'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe3 in position 51: invalid continuation byte
http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-16092

Error
XSGCOM: Terra from the Deep
Hotpoint
'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe3 in position 51: invalid continuation byte
http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-21213

[chrnno]

I can't seem to find the edit button(?) so posting again to add:

Error
OMAKES for In Flight
chronodekar
'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe3 in position 51: invalid continuation byte
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6957555/1/
Error
Escaping Fate
Arashi Leonhart
'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe3 in position 51: invalid continuation byte
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6960576/1/

Also hpfanficarchive has made some major changes to the site so while I have no tested it myself problems are likely to arise there.

And lastly I would like to say thanks for this amazing plugin and to how much you do to keep it to update. It is very much appreciated.