[Metadata Source Plugin] Webscription (Baen Ebooks) - Page 5

bestlem · 04-27-2020, 05:13 AM

Is this plugin still maintained I find it has not worked since the new baren site was setup even using the last beta. Calibre shows its date as 25 Mar 2016

davidfor · 04-27-2020, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bestlem

Is this plugin still maintained I find it has not worked since the new baren site was setup even using the last beta. Calibre shows its date as 25 Mar 2016

I posted beta posted in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...04#post3772304. That seems to work. The post after it is the reason it wasn't released. I did start looking to fix the problem, but, haven't returned to it.

gbm · 07-15-2020, 04:05 PM

This is a port of the Webscription metadata plugin to pyhton3--I do not know how long it will work because Baen is updating its site soon. The version # is listed as 1.2.0 test on both calibre 4.20.0 and calibre4.99.7 beta.

This is my person port of the Webscripton plugin it changes the ID from Webscripton to Baen. The version # is listed as 1.2.0 test on both calibre 4.20.0 and calibre4.99.7

bernie

gbm · 07-15-2020, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbm

This is a port of the Webscription metadata plugin to pyhton3--I do not know how long it will work because Baen is updating its site soon. The version # is listed as 1.2.0 test on both calibre 4.20.0 and calibre4.99.7 beta.

This is my person port of the Webscripton plugin it changes the ID from Webscripton to Baen. The version # is listed as 1.2.0 test on both calibre 4.20.0 and calibre4.99.7

bernie

Did more testing the minimal calibre version is 3.48.0.

Updated to require calibre 3.48.0 and up.

bernie

brianswilson · 01-30-2021, 07:16 AM

The following error is most likely related to Calibre converting from Python 2 to Python 3. Several other plugins report similar errors, though many have resolved their issues.

calibre, version 5.10.1
ERROR: Install plugin failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart calibre.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 709, in _install_clicked
File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 472, in add_plugin
File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 61, in load_plugin
File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 293, in load
File "importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 192, in exec_module
File "calibre_plugins.webscription.__init__", line 11, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'HTMLParser'

DNSB · 01-30-2021, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianswilson

The following error is most likely related to Calibre converting from Python 2 to Python 3. Several other plugins report similar errors, though many have resolved their issues.

Did you look at the two messages (#63 and #64) immediately prior to your message before posting?

You may also want to note that due to changes Baen made in their website, the plugin no longer returns any results.

CRussel · 02-12-2021, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Did you look at the two messages (#63 and #64) immediately prior to your message before posting?

You may also want to note that due to changes Baen made in their website, the plugin no longer returns any results.

This isn't actually true. Yes, they changed their web site. But the plugin works just fine (the one listed in post #64) when used with the latest build, assuming you have the correct metadata information. (OK, the latest _portable_ build, 5.11. I haven't moved to full time 5.x yet, but I am testing, using the portable version.)

DNSB · 02-13-2021, 02:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CRussel

This isn't actually true. Yes, they changed their web site. But the plugin works just fine (the one listed in post #64) when used with the latest build, assuming you have the correct metadata information. (OK, the latest _portable_ build, 5.11. I haven't moved to full time 5.x yet, but I am testing, using the portable version.)

Odd. I just double checked and re-installed the plugin. When I did a search on any of the books from the February bundle, no metadata was returned. The message returned was:

Code:

calibre, version 5.11.0
ERROR: No matches found: <p>Failed to find any books that match your search. Try making the search <b>less specific</b>. For example, use only the author's last name and a single distinctive word from the title.<p>To see the full log, click "Show details".

Running identify query with parameters: 
{'title': 'Future War', 'authors': ['Gardner Dozois', 'Jack Dann'], 'identifiers': {'isbn': '9781625791856', 'amazon': '0441006396', 'google': 'eeekHNCGmuMC', 'kobo': 'future-war-1'}, 'timeout': 30} 
Using plugins: Baen (1, 2, 0) 
The log from individual plugins is below 

****************************** Baen (1, 2, 0) ****************************** 
Found 0 results 
Downloading from Baen took 2.3487813472747803 
Querying: https://www.baen.com/catalogsearch/result/?dir=desc&order=relevance&q=Future+War
_parse_search_results: start
No matches found with query: 'https://www.baen.com/catalogsearch/result/?dir=desc&order=relevance&q=Future+War' 

******************************************************************************** 
The identify phase took 2.47 seconds 
The longest time (2.348781) was taken by: Baen 
Merging results from different sources 
We have 0 merged results, merging took: 0.00 seconds

Since I was using the Baen labelled version, I tried the Webscription labelled version and got the following:

Code:

calibre, version 5.11.0
ERROR: No matches found: <p>Failed to find any books that match your search. Try making the search <b>less specific</b>. For example, use only the author's last name and a single distinctive word from the title.<p>To see the full log, click "Show details".

Running identify query with parameters: 
{'title': 'Straight Outta Dodge City', 'authors': ['David Boop'], 'identifiers': {'isbn': '9781982124366', 'mobi-asin': 'B082YFXM2Q'}, 'timeout': 30} 
Using plugins: Webscription (1, 2, 0) 
The log from individual plugins is below 

****************************** Webscription (1, 2, 0) ****************************** 
Found 0 results 
Downloading from Webscription took 2.3446297645568848 
Querying: https://www.baen.com/catalogsearch/result/?dir=desc&order=relevance&q=Straight+Outta+Dodge+City
_parse_search_results: start
No matches found with query: 'https://www.baen.com/catalogsearch/result/?dir=desc&order=relevance&q=Straight+Outta+Dodge+City' 

******************************************************************************** 
The identify phase took 2.48 seconds 
The longest time (2.344630) was taken by: Webscription 
Merging results from different sources 
We have 0 merged results, merging took: 0.00 seconds

I think I will stand by my comment that this plugin is no longer returning any results. I tried opening the web page specified in the search and the page opened but didn't look all that useful.

gbm · 02-13-2021, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Odd. I just double checked and re-installed the plugin. When I did a search on any of the books from the February bundle, no metadata was returned. The message returned was:

Code:

calibre, version 5.11.0
ERROR: No matches found: <p>Failed to find any books that match your search. Try making the search <b>less specific</b>. For example, use only the author's last name and a single distinctive word from the title.<p>To see the full log, click "Show details".

Running identify query with parameters: 
{'title': 'Future War', 'authors': ['Gardner Dozois', 'Jack Dann'], 'identifiers': {'isbn': '9781625791856', 'amazon': '0441006396', 'google': 'eeekHNCGmuMC', 'kobo': 'future-war-1'}, 'timeout': 30} 
Using plugins: Baen (1, 2, 0) 
The log from individual plugins is below 

****************************** Baen (1, 2, 0) ****************************** 
Found 0 results 
Downloading from Baen took 2.3487813472747803 
Querying: https://www.baen.com/catalogsearch/result/?dir=desc&order=relevance&q=Future+War
_parse_search_results: start
No matches found with query: 'https://www.baen.com/catalogsearch/result/?dir=desc&order=relevance&q=Future+War' 

******************************************************************************** 
The identify phase took 2.47 seconds 
The longest time (2.348781) was taken by: Baen 
Merging results from different sources 
We have 0 merged results, merging took: 0.00 seconds

Since I was using the Baen labelled version, I tried the Webscription labelled version and got the following:

Code:

calibre, version 5.11.0
ERROR: No matches found: <p>Failed to find any books that match your search. Try making the search <b>less specific</b>. For example, use only the author's last name and a single distinctive word from the title.<p>To see the full log, click "Show details".

Running identify query with parameters: 
{'title': 'Straight Outta Dodge City', 'authors': ['David Boop'], 'identifiers': {'isbn': '9781982124366', 'mobi-asin': 'B082YFXM2Q'}, 'timeout': 30} 
Using plugins: Webscription (1, 2, 0) 
The log from individual plugins is below 

****************************** Webscription (1, 2, 0) ****************************** 
Found 0 results 
Downloading from Webscription took 2.3446297645568848 
Querying: https://www.baen.com/catalogsearch/result/?dir=desc&order=relevance&q=Straight+Outta+Dodge+City
_parse_search_results: start
No matches found with query: 'https://www.baen.com/catalogsearch/result/?dir=desc&order=relevance&q=Straight+Outta+Dodge+City' 

******************************************************************************** 
The identify phase took 2.48 seconds p
The longest time (2.344630) was taken by: Webscription 
Merging results from different sources 
We have 0 merged results, merging took: 0.00 seconds

I think I will stand by my comment that this plugin is no longer returning any results. I tried opening the web page specified in the search and the page opened but didn't look all that useful.

If you know and enter the baen id then it will return the metadata for that book. i.g. you enter baen:gun-runner.

I will take a look at the search later this week I think I know where the problem is now.

The search query should be:

Code:

https://www.baen.com/allbooks?q=Straight+Outta+Dodge+City

bernie

bonzi · 03-07-2021, 10:52 AM

The message displayed when the plugin install failed requested that I report the problem here. So, here it is:

Code:

calibre, version 5.12.0
ERROR: Install plugin failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart calibre.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 709, in _install_clicked
  File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 472, in add_plugin
  File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 61, in load_plugin
  File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 293, in load
  File "importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
  File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 192, in exec_module
  File "calibre_plugins.webscription.__init__", line 11, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'HTMLParser'

Please advise!

Thank you!

PeterT · 03-07-2021, 01:05 PM

This plugin has NOT been updated for python 3 which is a requirement for calibre 5 and above.

DNSB · 03-07-2021, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bonzi

The message displayed when the plugin install failed requested that I report the problem here. So, here it is:
Please advise!

Thank you!

As mentioned, the version linked in message #1 is not updated for Python 3. You can try the version in message #64 however due to changes in Baen's web site, that version is no longer returning useful results.

jck · 09-11-2021, 05:16 PM

I bought a new computer and downloaded Calibre. When I tried to load the plugin to get Metadata from Baen ebooks (Webscription old name) it wouldn't load. Here is the error:
calibre, version 5.27.0
ERROR: Install plugin failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart calibre.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 713, in _install_clicked
File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 477, in add_plugin
File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 65, in load_plugin
File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 293, in load
File "importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 192, in exec_module
File "calibre_plugins.webscription.__init__", line 11, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'HTMLParser'

I also tried the old thread about the plugin and tried to use the old files posted. Help!

Sarmat89 · 09-11-2021, 05:56 PM

The plugin is obsolete. You need to use Calibre 4 with it.

davidfor · 09-12-2021, 08:45 AM

There is an updated version near the end of the Webscription thread. It has been updated for Python 3/calibre 5, but, I am not sure if it works. The site might have changed since. Try it and report in that thread the state. If it works properly, I can arrange for it to be released.

01-30-2021, 07:16 AM	#65
brianswilson Member Posts: 18 Karma: 99066 Join Date: Oct 2020 Device: Calibre	Bug report The following error is most likely related to Calibre converting from Python 2 to Python 3. Several other plugins report similar errors, though many have resolved their issues. calibre, version 5.10.1 ERROR: Install plugin failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart calibre. Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 709, in _install_clicked File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 472, in add_plugin File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 61, in load_plugin File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 293, in load File "importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 192, in exec_module File "calibre_plugins.webscription.__init__", line 11, in <module> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'HTMLParser'

09-11-2021, 05:16 PM	#73
jck Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: none	Webscription (Baen ebooks) plugin not working I bought a new computer and downloaded Calibre. When I tried to load the plugin to get Metadata from Baen ebooks (Webscription old name) it wouldn't load. Here is the error: calibre, version 5.27.0 ERROR: Install plugin failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart calibre. Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 713, in _install_clicked File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 477, in add_plugin File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 65, in load_plugin File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 293, in load File "importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 192, in exec_module File "calibre_plugins.webscription.__init__", line 11, in <module> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'HTMLParser' I also tried the old thread about the plugin and tried to use the old files posted. Help!

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04-27-2020, 05:13 AM	#61
bestlem Member Posts: 15 Karma: 510 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis	Is this plugin still maintained I find it has not worked since the new baren site was setup even using the last beta. Calibre shows its date as 25 Mar 2016

03-07-2021, 01:05 PM	#71
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,351 Karma: 78876004 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	This plugin has NOT been updated for python 3 which is a requirement for calibre 5 and above.

09-11-2021, 05:56 PM	#74
Sarmat89 Fanatic Posts: 515 Karma: 2268308 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: none	The plugin is obsolete. You need to use Calibre 4 with it.

09-12-2021, 08:45 AM	#75
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	There is an updated version near the end of the Webscription thread. It has been updated for Python 3/calibre 5, but, I am not sure if it works. The site might have changed since. Try it and report in that thread the state. If it works properly, I can arrange for it to be released.

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