[Kobo] Error When Downloading Metadata

NormalToblerone · 04-06-2021, 12:22 AM

Hello all! Was adding a book to my library and noticed it was having errors every time I tried to add the metadata from Kobobooks. I have copied and pasted the error dialogue below. Maybe you can guide me in the right direction. Much appreciated!

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davidfor · 04-06-2021, 04:04 AM

Unfortunately, that is a result of the how the Kobo search engine and that Kobo works in a global environment. And how the plugin works with that.

When you run a search, Kobo works out were you probably are, and returns the results for your country. And the plugin uses those results. If Kobo does not sell a book in your country, a search will not find it. I get similar results to you as the book is not sold in Australia.

If you have the id for the book in the Kobo store, you can view it regardless of where you are. And if the identifier is set in calibre, then the plugin should get the details. The link for the book is https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/the-babysitter-37. Copy that to the clipboard and click button to the left of the identifiers field in the metadata editor, and it should add the correct identifier.

There is a way I can work around this in the plugin, but, it has never seemed worth it. This is only the second or third time the issue has been raised since I created the plugin years ago.

NormalToblerone · 04-06-2021, 06:30 AM

That actually worked perfectly! If I have this issue in the future will doing this method work every time (in theory)?

04-06-2021, 12:22 AM	#1
NormalToblerone Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2020 Device: Kobo Libra H2O	[Kobo] Error When Downloading Metadata Hello all! Was adding a book to my library and noticed it was having errors every time I tried to add the metadata from Kobobooks. I have copied and pasted the error dialogue below. Maybe you can guide me in the right direction. Much appreciated! Spoiler: calibre, version 5.14.0 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': 'The Babysitter', 'authors': ['Liza Rodman', 'Jennifer Jordan'], 'identifiers': {}, 'timeout': 30} Using plugins: Kobo Books (1, 8, 2) The log from individual plugins is below **************************** Kobo Books (1, 8, 2) ************************** Found 0 results Downloading from Kobo Books took 3.2537848949432373 identify - title: "The Babysitter" authors= "['Liza Rodman', 'Jennifer Jordan']" create_query - title: "The Babysitter" create_query - after decode title: "The Babysitter" create_query - title_tokens: "['The', 'Babysitter']" Querying: https://www.kobo.com/search?Query=Th...clanguages=all failed using three divs Rejecting as not close enough match: Ivy and Bean (Book 4) failed using three divs Have close enough match - title='Creepypasta - The Babysitter', id='creepypasta-the-babysitter' failed using three divs Have close enough match - title='Pinkalicious and the Babysitter', id='pinkalicious-and-the-babysitter' failed using three divs Have close enough match - title='Rainbow Magic Special Edition: Bailey the Babysitter Fairy', id='rainbow-magic-special-edition-bailey-the-babysitter-fairy' failed using three divs Have close enough match - title='Llama Llama Meets the Babysitter', id='llama-llama-meets-the-babysitter' failed using three divs Have close enough match - title='Don't Bite the Babysitter', id='don-t-bite-the-babysitter' KoboBooks url: 'https://www.kobo.com/ebook/creepypasta-the-babysitter' KoboBooks url: 'https://www.kobo.com/ebook/pinkalicious-and-the-babysitter' KoboBooks url: 'https://www.kobo.com/ebook/rainbow-magic-special-edition-bailey-the-babysitter-fairy' KoboBooks url: 'https://www.kobo.com/ebook/llama-llama-meets-the-babysitter' KoboBooks url: 'https://www.kobo.com/ebook/don-t-bite-the-babysitter' parse_details - kobobooks_id: "creepypasta-the-babysitter" parse_details - title: "Creepypasta - The Babysitter" parse_authors - author: "Solaris Night" parse_authors - authors: "['Solaris Night']" Rejecting authors as not a close match: Solaris Night parse_details - authors: "None" Could not find title/authors/KoboBooks id for 'https://www.kobo.com/ebook/creepypasta-the-babysitter' Kobo Books: 'creepypasta-the-babysitter' Title: 'Creepypasta - The Babysitter' Authors: None parse_details - kobobooks_id: "don-t-bite-the-babysitter" parse_details - title: "Don't Bite the Babysitter" parse_authors - author: "Angela Collins-Thomas" parse_authors - authors: "['Angela Collins-Thomas']" Rejecting authors as not a close match: Angela Collins-Thomas parse_details - authors: "None" Could not find title/authors/KoboBooks id for 'https://www.kobo.com/ebook/don-t-bite-the-babysitter' Kobo Books: 'don-t-bite-the-babysitter' Title: "Don't Bite the Babysitter" Authors: None parse_details - kobobooks_id: "pinkalicious-and-the-babysitter" parse_details - title: "Pinkalicious and the Babysitter" parse_authors - author: "Victoria Kann" parse_authors - authors: "['Victoria Kann']" Rejecting authors as not a close match: Victoria Kann parse_details - authors: "None" Could not find title/authors/KoboBooks id for 'https://www.kobo.com/ebook/pinkalicious-and-the-babysitter' Kobo Books: 'pinkalicious-and-the-babysitter' Title: 'Pinkalicious and the Babysitter' Authors: None parse_details - kobobooks_id: "rainbow-magic-special-edition-bailey-the-babysitter-fairy" parse_details - title: "Rainbow Magic Special Edition: Bailey the Babysitter Fairy" parse_authors - author: "Daisy Meadows" parse_authors - authors: "['Daisy Meadows']" Rejecting authors as not a close match: Daisy Meadows parse_details - authors: "None" Could not find title/authors/KoboBooks id for 'https://www.kobo.com/ebook/rainbow-magic-special-edition-bailey-the-babysitter-fairy' Kobo Books: 'rainbow-magic-special-edition-bailey-the-babysitter-fairy' Title: 'Rainbow Magic Special Edition: Bailey the Babysitter Fairy' Authors: None parse_details - kobobooks_id: "llama-llama-meets-the-babysitter" parse_details - title: "Llama Llama Meets the Babysitter" parse_authors - author: "Anna Dewdney" parse_authors - authors: "['Anna Dewdney']" Rejecting authors as not a close match: Anna Dewdney parse_details - authors: "None" Could not find title/authors/KoboBooks id for 'https://www.kobo.com/ebook/llama-llama-meets-the-babysitter' Kobo Books: 'llama-llama-meets-the-babysitter' Title: 'Llama Llama Meets the Babysitter' Authors: None ********************************************** **************************** The identify phase took 3.36 seconds The longest time (3.253785) was taken by: Kobo Books Merging results from different sources We have 0 merged results, merging took: 0.00 seconds Last edited by theducks; 04-06-2021 at 08:08 AM. Reason: spoilered

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04-06-2021, 04:04 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Unfortunately, that is a result of the how the Kobo search engine and that Kobo works in a global environment. And how the plugin works with that. When you run a search, Kobo works out were you probably are, and returns the results for your country. And the plugin uses those results. If Kobo does not sell a book in your country, a search will not find it. I get similar results to you as the book is not sold in Australia. If you have the id for the book in the Kobo store, you can view it regardless of where you are. And if the identifier is set in calibre, then the plugin should get the details. The link for the book is https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/the-babysitter-37. Copy that to the clipboard and click button to the left of the identifiers field in the metadata editor, and it should add the correct identifier. There is a way I can work around this in the plugin, but, it has never seemed worth it. This is only the second or third time the issue has been raised since I created the plugin years ago.

04-06-2021, 06:30 AM	#3
NormalToblerone Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2020 Device: Kobo Libra H2O	That actually worked perfectly! If I have this issue in the future will doing this method work every time (in theory)?

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