[GUI Plugin] FanFictionDownLoader

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by the_goatman

Just wanted you to know that downloading stories from literotica.com no longer works (Calibre 1.37 & FFDL 1.8.20). This is what happens when I try to download a story (FFDL log):

The site has changed how they reference URLs in their links. Looks like they're switching to / allowing https now.

Attached is a version that uses those links correctly and allows either http or https for literotica.com. However, it doesn't change the identifier URLs for stories you already have to https if they were first made with http.

[the_goatman]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

The site has changed how they reference URLs in their links. Looks like they're switching to / allowing https now.

Attached is a version that uses those links correctly and allows either http or https for literotica.com. However, it doesn't change the identifier URLs for stories you already have to https if they were first made with http.

Thanks a lot! I can now download the story at the URL in my previous post. However, this doesn't work for some other URLs. As an example, I picked the URL of the most recently posted story on literotica.com:

When attempting to download the story at URL http://www.literotica.com/s/cybersex-woman-centric :

Status | Title | Author | Comment | URL
Bad | Unknown | Unknown | Story does not exist: (http://www.literotica.com/s/cybersex-woman-centr01) | http://www.literotica.com/s/cybersex-woman-centr01

Seems the URL is being mangled somehow. Again, I appreciate you looking into this.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by the_goatman

Thanks a lot! I can now download the story at the URL in my previous post. However, this doesn't work for some other URLs. As an example, I picked the URL of the most recently posted story on literotica.com:

When attempting to download the story at URL http://www.literotica.com/s/cybersex-woman-centric

Well, this is why we do test versions. Especially for sites I don't read and don't know the URLs for.

Here's another test version that appears to work for both.

[the_goatman]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Well, this is why we do test versions. Especially for sites I don't read and don't know the URLs for.

Here's another test version that appears to work for both.

Thanks! Works fine now.

[cdrivanova]

Hi there ...

Whenever I try and generate a mobi file using FFDL, the job finishes successfully but it never writes to the calibre library.

I'm running calibre v1.37 and FFDL v1.8.20.

When I look at the calibre jobs list, it shows that my book downloaded, but when I look at the details, I see the last 2 lines of the log file show this:

FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plu gin.jobs(100):
Successful:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10226411/1/

FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plu gin.jobs(102):
Unsuccessful:

Any helpful hints on how to get the book to add to the calibre library?

THANKS!
Phyllis

P.S. I should add that I'm running this on a Mac. I never had this problem on my PC. Figures!

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by cdrivanova

Whenever I try and generate a mobi file using FFDL, the job finishes successfully but it never writes to the calibre library.

I'm running calibre v1.37 and FFDL v1.8.20.

When I look at the calibre jobs list, it shows that my book downloaded, but when I look at the details, I see the last 2 lines of the log file show this:

FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.jobs(100):
Successful:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10226411/1/

FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.jobs(102):
Unsuccessful:

Note that the URL is listed under 'Successful' and there's nothing listed under 'Unsuccessful'. So FFDL downloaded it okay as far as it knows.

Originally Posted by cdrivanova

Any helpful hints on how to get the book to add to the calibre library?

P.S. I should add that I'm running this on a Mac. I never had this problem on my PC. Figures!

It works for me on PC, too. Unfortunately, I don't have a mac to test with.

In truth, the mobi output from FFDL really isn't all that good. It's kept primarily for the command line (CLI) and web service users.

For plugin users what I recommend (and use myself for my Kindle) is to download to epubs and use the 'Automatically Convert new/updated books' feature to convert to awz3 (or mobi, if you really want).

That way you can also benefit from the epub update feature to only download new chapters.

[cdrivanova]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Note that the URL is listed under 'Successful' and there's nothing listed under 'Unsuccessful'. So FFDL downloaded it okay as far as it knows.


It works for me on PC, too. Unfortunately, I don't have a mac to test with.

In truth, the mobi output from FFDL really isn't all that good. It's kept primarily for the command line (CLI) and web service users.

For plugin users what I recommend (and use myself for my Kindle) is to download to epubs and use the 'Automatically Convert new/updated books' feature to convert to awz3 (or mobi, if you really want).

That way you can also benefit from the epub update feature to only download new chapters.

OK, I just tried conversion to epub and still had the same result, i.e., it doesn't write to the library. I think I'll ping the calibre author and see if he has any helpful hints because, as you say, the download works correctly. THANKS!

[PeterT]

Try the standard of running calibre in debug mode (Preferences | Restart in debug mode) and see if any extra info is available.

[cdrivanova]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Try the standard of running calibre in debug mode (Preferences | Restart in debug mode) and see if any extra info is available.

Thanks, Peter! I ran it in debug then ran it again in regular mode and voilá! It worked. Thanks so much!

[PeterT]

LOL That was unexpected!

[Firedancer885]

Hi Jimm,

is there a way to choose which series is put into the series column, if the story belongs to more than one series?

I downloaded this: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1658012, but the wrong series got put into the series column.

[Firedancer885]

Addendum:

And from that the wrong series was put on the generated cover.

[JimmXinu]

@Firedancer885:

AO3 allows more than one series. The only indicator I'm aware of that would indicate which is the 'correct' series, is the order that they appear; FFDL assumes that the first series listed is the 'correct' one.

In this case, you disagree. But how could FFDL possibly know which one you consider 'correct' for any given story?

I think you need to take it up with the author and ask if they can list the two series the other way around. This story by the same author shows that the order is not forced by ID number or date created by AO3.

[Tanjamuse]

How do I separate the tags for characters, I chose a custom column "Text, shown in tag browser" but it doesn't separate the names.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Tanjamuse

How do I separate the tags for characters, I chose a custom column "Text, shown in tag browser" but it doesn't separate the names.

Shot in the dark - tick the Contains Names box in the custom column.

BR