[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[sios00]

Anyone have any suggestions on workflows for using Fanficfare and Kobo?

I use Fanficfare to download fics from AO3. Then, I transfer them to my Kobo Libra 2 using the built in Calibre Send to Device button. I have Kobo Touch Extended Driver so it sends the fic as a kepub to my Kobo. I also have Kobo Utilities and do use the Custom Columns for current reading location column, percent read column, rating column, and last read column.

However, when the fic gets updated by the author, I use Fanficfare to overwrite my original Calibre epub. But when I send it to Kobo using the Send to Device button, the kepub in the Kobo doesn't get replaced or updated.

Is there any better way to do this? Especially when I'm not 100% finished with the fanfic kepub in my Kobo, and would prefer to have something store my current location and then update it in the Kobo when the fic gets updated and sent to the Kobo again. The problem with Kobo Utilities "percent read column" for this is that the percentage read column will obviously be wrong when the fanfic gets updated and then downloaded by Fanficfare.

Thanks in advance!

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

For future reference: does include_metadata run before exclude? (assuming both are both _pre or _post)

It's not prominent, but that one is documented:

Note that include is applied first, then exclude.

## in stories from site buffynfaith.net, only include ships with Buffy
## in them, even if spelled with a lower case 'b'.
[buffynfaith.net]
include_metadata_pre:
 ships=~[Bb]uffy

## But exclude any Buffy/Dawn.
exclude_metadata_pre:
 ships=~[Bb]uffy/Dawn

Originally Posted by sios00

Anyone have any suggestions on workflows for using Fanficfare and Kobo?

Not from me, sorry. I very briefly had a Kobo several years ago that I returned for that very reason.

Kobo users?

[Lys]

Originally Posted by sios00

Anyone have any suggestions on workflows for using Fanficfare and Kobo?

I use Fanficfare to download fics from AO3. Then, I transfer them to my Kobo Libra 2 using the built in Calibre Send to Device button. I have Kobo Touch Extended Driver so it sends the fic as a kepub to my Kobo. I also have Kobo Utilities and do use the Custom Columns for current reading location column, percent read column, rating column, and last read column.

However, when the fic gets updated by the author, I use Fanficfare to overwrite my original Calibre epub. But when I send it to Kobo using the Send to Device button, the kepub in the Kobo doesn't get replaced or updated.

Is there any better way to do this? Especially when I'm not 100% finished with the fanfic kepub in my Kobo, and would prefer to have something store my current location and then update it in the Kobo when the fic gets updated and sent to the Kobo again. The problem with Kobo Utilities "percent read column" for this is that the percentage read column will obviously be wrong when the fanfic gets updated and then downloaded by Fanficfare.

Thanks in advance!

Not a much-tested method, because I tried it like just once eons ago, but you can try and see if it works:

- Send the updated fic to your Kobo (make sure you have the "Do not treat replacements as new books" checkbox flagged in the driver)
- Select in the library view the updated fic(s) and run the "Update ToC for selected books" option (Kobo Utilities)

In this way, you should be able to navigate properly your updated fic(s).
I'm not sure if the replaced book picks up your previous location, though.

[kolbinski]

Where is the ini file located for the ini file for pip fanficfare so can edit it on pc?

[sios00]

Originally Posted by Lys

Not a much-tested method, because I tried it like just once eons ago, but you can try and see if it works:

- Send the updated fic to your Kobo (make sure you have the "Do not treat replacements as new books" checkbox flagged in the driver)
- Select in the library view the updated fic(s) and run the "Update ToC for selected books" option (Kobo Utilities)

In this way, you should be able to navigate properly your updated fic(s).
I'm not sure if the replaced book picks up your previous location, though.

Thank you so much! This was exactly what I wanted.
In the Kobo home page, the percentage read will be the old one, but once the book is clicked and opened, the percentage will update to that of the new book. The current reading location is retained.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by sios00

Anyone have any suggestions on workflows for using Fanficfare and Kobo?

I use Fanficfare to download fics from AO3. Then, I transfer them to my Kobo Libra 2 using the built in Calibre Send to Device button. I have Kobo Touch Extended Driver so it sends the fic as a kepub to my Kobo. I also have Kobo Utilities and do use the Custom Columns for current reading location column, percent read column, rating column, and last read column.

However, when the fic gets updated by the author, I use Fanficfare to overwrite my original Calibre epub. But when I send it to Kobo using the Send to Device button, the kepub in the Kobo doesn't get replaced or updated.

In the Driver Settings (both Touch and TouchExtended):



Then get the Kobo Utilities plugin (may davidfor rest ) and use the "Update ToC for selected book" on it.

EDIT: I missed the other posts. oops.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by kolbinski

Where is the ini file located for the ini file for pip fanficfare so can edit it on pc?

fanficfare -h
Usage: fanficfare [options] [STORYURL]...

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT
                        Write story as FORMAT, epub(default), mobi, txt or
                        html.
  -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
                        Read config from specified file(s) in addition to
                        (ordered lowest to highest priority):
                        ~/.fanficfare/defaults.ini,
                        $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fanficfare/defaults.ini,
                        ./defaults.ini, ~/.fanficfare/personal.ini,
                        $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fanficfare/personal.ini, and
                        ./personal.ini.  -c/--config files take highest
                        priority
...

[ownedbycats]

Any objections if I add this to the "why isn't my regex working" section on ReplaceMetadata? (Or another section if you think it would fit better there.)

Regular expressions are case-sensitive. There are two ways around this. One is to put an [Aa] wherever you may expect varying capitalization:

```replace_metadata:
## Matches 'mass effect big bang' and 'Mass Effect Big Bang'
 collections=>[Mm]ass [Ee]ffect [Bb]ig [Bb]ang=>Mass Effect Big Bang
```
The other is to add `(?i)` to the beginning of your match. This is a regex flag that ignores casing.

```replace_metadata:
## Matches 'mass effect big bang' and 'Mass Effect Big Bang' but also 'MASS EFFECT BIG BANG'
 collections=>(?i)Mass Effect Big Bang=>Mass Effect Big Bang
```

EDIT:

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Feel free. You seem to have a more time to mess around with this stuff.

I blame this on it being April. The first signs of warm weather always tends to give me a touch of mania.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Any objections if I add this to the "why isn't my regex working" section on ReplaceMetadata? (Or another section if you think it would fit better there.)

Sure, but I'd give it it's own heading about capitalization. The 'Why isn't working' section has gotten kind of long.

[ownedbycats]

https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFa...capitalization

I also added a mention of the entries being case-sensitive as I've had failures of conditionals checking somethingURL instead of Url. (Hopefully this is accurate all of the time; if not I will fix it.)

[LWTBP]

Just wanted give you a BIG THANKS for the work you've put into this. I just discovered this after such a long time inefficiently sending multipage fiction from web pages to my Kindle!

Best wishes, JimmXinu!

[ownedbycats]

When using cache on ffnet, is there anything else I should pre-cache to avoid failures and/or the pages opening in browser?

1. First chapter of fanfic
2. New chapter(s) of fanfic
3. Author page (is this necessary if there's no author image AND no cover image?)
4. Cover image, if available.

[marshie250]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Reinstall the plugin again. You almost certainly didn't get v4.22.1.

OK so I double checked that I am running the most recent test version. It seems like it IS working--metadata updating for anthologies and everything--though I do still get an error message when doing so:

ERROR: Error Updating Metadata: The ebook has been updated, but the metadata has not.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin" , line 1800, in update_books_loop
File "calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin" , line 2454, in update_metadata
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable


Again, everything DOES seem to be working, even though I get an error message telling me it isn't.

*Also, I just noticed that anthologies make from a list of URLs update fine with no error message. Anthologies created from a series URL do throw up the error message, though both epub and metadata update fine.

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted.

2023-04-08
- Don't try to set seriesUrl when no series (Anthologies)

That's... actually a different bug introduced in test version 4.22.2 with setting Series links in the Calibre DB.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

New Test Version Posted.

2023-04-08
- Don't try to set seriesUrl when no series (Anthologies)

That's... actually a different bug introduced in test version 4.22.2 with setting Series links in the Calibre DB.

I was actually wondering the same thing myself & wondering if something might bug when seriesUrl was tried to be set on version earlier than 6.14.1* 6.15

I did test an anthology, but never thought to try one with no series. Oops.