COPS : Calibre OPDS PHP Server

[mariosipad]

If you type:

http://<ip-of-your-sybology>/cops/checkconfig.php

Does it look like the atteched picture?
Or what is different?

[Grishka]

Ok it's working ! After some desperation time, turn out it was a *simple* php permission problem. The data folder was a copy from a personal directory on the NAS, with herited permissions. I can sleep now :-) Thanks for the help !

For information my error message was exactly like your picture.

[mariosipad]

Yeah, permissions can be a major source of unexpected problems.

Enjoy COPS

[Grishka]

Originally Posted by mariosipad

Enjoy COPS

Oooooh yes I will

I'm curious : could I directly download mobi file with my Kindle (with the intern browser) ?

[mariosipad]

You can try, it works with safari on an iPad.

Safari asks if I want to "Open (the mobi file) in Kindle".

Maybe on your Kindle it works the same?

[Grishka]

I'll check.

[vlad59]

Originally Posted by Grishka

Ok it's working ! After some desperation time, turn out it was a *simple* php permission problem. The data folder was a copy from a personal directory on the NAS, with herited permissions. I can sleep now :-) Thanks for the help !

For information my error message was exactly like your picture.

I'll add a test for that in checkconfig.php. Thanks for your patience (and to Mario)

[Grishka]

Hello again

vlad59, thanks for your reactivity !

I just try with my Kindle, and... it works ! And it work also with a password protection (htaccess). I just changed the CSS file, to make the display more clear and light :




Covers and icons are missing, but it's really not a problem :-)

[vlad59]

@Grishka

I like your screenshot, can you share it with so that I can include it in COPS ?

My mail is in the bottom of COPS's README.

Another thing, I've almost finished adding a new button to send the book to an email address (mainly send to Kindle). I don't own a Kindle so I can't test it properly, would you be willing to test a beta version of COPS with this functionnality ?

Thanks in advance.

@other Kindle users

If you want to do some beta testing, send me an email or a PM.

[Grishka]

Originally Posted by vlad59

@Grishka

I like your screenshot, can you share it with so that I can include it in COPS ?

My mail is in the bottom of COPS's README.

Another thing, I've almost finished adding a new button to send the book to an email address (mainly send to Kindle). I don't own a Kindle so I can't test it properly, would you be willing to test a beta version of COPS with this functionnality ?

Thanks in advance.

I just sent screenshot + CSS by mail.

Of course, I can test the mail button in the beta version :-)

[everaejo]

Dear,

I managed to install COPS on a QNAP419 (QNap : latest firmware).
Surfing to the COPS PHP site works, and connecting to the OPDS catalog works also.

The only thing that doesn't work is a book download (:
On an Ipad with the Shubook app, I receive a message 'server error'.
When downloading in Firefox on Windows , the system creates a file with 0 bytes.
When accessing the library through the original calibre program, everything works fine, so I think the database is ok.

I suspect it is an access right problem, but I tried everything I could find in forums, and cannot get it working.

The Calibre library is in a separate directory. Checkconfig.php generates no errors.

Could someone please help me ? TX !

Joris

[mariosipad]

@everaejo

First a few questions:

What version number of COPS did you install?

In the file config_local.php that you copied from config_local.php.example or config_default.php did you change anything other than the line

    $config['calibre_directory'] = './calibre/';

where ./caliber/ point to your calibre directory on your QNAP?

Are the files readable for all users (-rw-r--r--)? (change with chmod)

Did you change anything in .htaccess?

Can you ssh (using putty) into your QNAP?

[jeremydouglass]

Vlad, thank you so much for COPS.

I've installed the Synology package (0.3.4-1) on a DS1812+

Things didn't go completely smoothly (I figured out that I needed to customize the PHP open_basedir after a bit of fiddling with folder and file permissions in web admin) -- however the package made it easy to remove and reinstall multiple times.

My question is about multiple libraries, which were discussed earlier in this thread as a potential feature. Right now I am considering this process:

1. make a copy (cp -p -R) of the cops web directory for each library
2. edit each config file to point at a different data directory

I have three questions about this, for you or anyone who has experimented with multiple libraries:

- Is there a better way of doing this?
- Are there any complications to watch out for?
- Will having many cops directories (e.g. 5-10) have any performance impact, or is it simple PHP (e.g. no per-site daemons or things like that).

Thank you again for COPS!

[everaejo]

Sir,

Thanks for the quick response. I have no experience with Linux so this is a painstaking excersise for me

COPS-version : 0.3.4.
Config_Local : I added a reference to an location outside the website directory.

<?php
if (!isset($config))
$config = array();

/*
* The directory containing calibre's metadata.db file, with sub-directories
* containing all the formats.
* BEWARE : it has to end with a /
*/
$config['calibre_directory'] = '/share/Gezin/CalLib/';
$config['calibre_internal_directory'] = '/share/Gezin/CalLib/';
$config['cops_x_accel_redirect'] = "X-Sendfile";

/*
* Catalog's title
*/
$config['cops_title_default'] = "thuis";

/*
* use URL rewriting for downloading of ebook in HTML catalog
* See README for more information
* 1 : enable
* 0 : disable
*/
$config['cops_use_url_rewriting'] = "0";
?>

where ./caliber/ point to your calibre directory on your QNAP : I'm sorry, but I don't understand the question.

Rights on Calibre folder : I added rights during troubleshooting phase, just to make sure ...


[/share/Web/calibre] # ls -ls
8 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 6850 Mar 27 20:13 CHANGELOG*
20 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 17992 Mar 5 08:22 COPYING*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 1212 Mar 26 20:09 LICENSE_php-epub-meta*
12 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 11734 Mar 23 08:34 OPDS_renderer.php*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 2920 Mar 5 08:22 README*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 167 Mar 5 08:22 README.md*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 1136 Mar 6 07:18 about.xml*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 4049 Mar 5 08:22 author.php*
20 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 18933 Mar 26 21:52 base.php*
20 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 17372 Mar 26 20:10 book.php*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 3573 Mar 14 16:26 bookdetail.php*
8 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 4681 Mar 12 09:59 checkconfig.php*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 300 Mar 5 08:22 config.php*
8 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 4771 Mar 26 21:53 config_default.php*
4 -rwxrwx--- 1 admin administ 726 May 3 15:37 config_local.php*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 570 Mar 5 08:22 config_local.php.example*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 3628 Mar 27 19:46 customcolumn.php*
8 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 4541 Mar 5 08:22 data.php*
20 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 20014 Mar 26 20:09 epub.php*
8 drwxrwxrwx 3 admin administ 4096 May 2 16:58 fancybox/
16 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 12862 Mar 5 08:22 favicon.ico*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 1082 Mar 5 08:22 feed.php*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 3808 Mar 5 08:22 fetch.php*
8 drwxrwxrwx 2 admin administ 4096 May 2 16:58 images/
16 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 12305 Mar 8 08:43 index.php*
8 drwxrwxrwx 2 admin administ 4096 May 2 16:58 js/
8 drwxrwxrwx 2 admin administ 4096 May 2 16:58 lang/
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 2484 Mar 5 08:22 serie.php*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 2839 Mar 6 07:18 style.css*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 1997 Mar 5 08:22 tag.php*
32 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 29895 Mar 26 20:09 tbszip.php*
8 drwxrwxrwx 2 admin administ 4096 May 2 16:58 tools/

Rights on book files : Just to make sure, I recreated the metadata.db file with a small sample of books.

[/share/Gezin/CalLib] # ls -l
drwxrwxrwx 3 admin administ 4096 May 3 22:07 Berry, Steve/
drwxrwxrwx 3 admin administ 4096 May 3 21:59 D. Hewson/
drwxrwxrwx 3 admin administ 4096 May 3 22:26 Glenn Thrush/
drwxrwxrwx 35 admin administ 4096 May 3 22:25 Rene Goscinny/
drwxrwxrwx 3 admin administ 4096 May 3 22:03 S. Berry/
drwxrwxrwx 10 admin administ 4096 May 3 22:05 Steve Berry/
-rwxrwx--- 1 admin administ 192512 May 3 23:05 metadata.db*
-rwxrwx--- 1 admin administ 13042 May 3 22:28 metadata_db_prefs_backup.json*
[/share/Gezin/CalLib] #

.htaccess : I created an .htaccess file in the /share/Gezin/CalLib folder, but I deleted it.
In the apache.conf file, I added the /share/Gezin/CalLib in a < directory>statement, giving access to all.

Putty : I can access the NAS over Putty from SSH.

Once again : thanks.

Joris

[everaejo]

Originally Posted by everaejo

Dear,

I managed to install COPS on a QNAP419 (QNap : latest firmware).
Surfing to the COPS PHP site works, and connecting to the OPDS catalog works also.

The only thing that doesn't work is a book download (:
On an Ipad with the Shubook app, I receive a message 'server error'.
When downloading in Firefox on Windows , the system creates a file with 0 bytes.
When accessing the library through the original calibre program, everything works fine, so I think the database is ok.

I suspect it is an access right problem, but I tried everything I could find in forums, and cannot get it working.

The Calibre library is in a separate directory. Checkconfig.php generates no errors.

Could someone please help me ? TX !

Joris

Sir,

Thanks for the quick response. I have no experience with Linux so this is a painstaking excersise for me

COPS-version : 0.3.4.
Config_Local : I added a reference to an location outside the website directory.

<?php
if (!isset($config))
$config = array();

/*
* The directory containing calibre's metadata.db file, with sub-directories
* containing all the formats.
* BEWARE : it has to end with a /
*/
$config['calibre_directory'] = '/share/Gezin/CalLib/';
$config['calibre_internal_directory'] = '/share/Gezin/CalLib/';
$config['cops_x_accel_redirect'] = "X-Sendfile";

/*
* Catalog's title
*/
$config['cops_title_default'] = "thuis";

/*
* use URL rewriting for downloading of ebook in HTML catalog
* See README for more information
* 1 : enable
* 0 : disable
*/
$config['cops_use_url_rewriting'] = "0";
?>

where ./caliber/ point to your calibre directory on your QNAP : I'm sorry, but I don't understand the question.

Rights on Calibre folder : I added rights during troubleshooting phase, just to make sure ...


[/share/Web/calibre] # ls -ls
8 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 6850 Mar 27 20:13 CHANGELOG*
20 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 17992 Mar 5 08:22 COPYING*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 1212 Mar 26 20:09 LICENSE_php-epub-meta*
12 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 11734 Mar 23 08:34 OPDS_renderer.php*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 2920 Mar 5 08:22 README*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 167 Mar 5 08:22 README.md*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 1136 Mar 6 07:18 about.xml*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 4049 Mar 5 08:22 author.php*
20 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 18933 Mar 26 21:52 base.php*
20 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 17372 Mar 26 20:10 book.php*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 3573 Mar 14 16:26 bookdetail.php*
8 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 4681 Mar 12 09:59 checkconfig.php*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 300 Mar 5 08:22 config.php*
8 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 4771 Mar 26 21:53 config_default.php*
4 -rwxrwx--- 1 admin administ 726 May 3 15:37 config_local.php*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 570 Mar 5 08:22 config_local.php.example*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 3628 Mar 27 19:46 customcolumn.php*
8 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 4541 Mar 5 08:22 data.php*
20 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 20014 Mar 26 20:09 epub.php*
8 drwxrwxrwx 3 admin administ 4096 May 2 16:58 fancybox/
16 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 12862 Mar 5 08:22 favicon.ico*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 1082 Mar 5 08:22 feed.php*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 3808 Mar 5 08:22 fetch.php*
8 drwxrwxrwx 2 admin administ 4096 May 2 16:58 images/
16 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 12305 Mar 8 08:43 index.php*
8 drwxrwxrwx 2 admin administ 4096 May 2 16:58 js/
8 drwxrwxrwx 2 admin administ 4096 May 2 16:58 lang/
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 2484 Mar 5 08:22 serie.php*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 2839 Mar 6 07:18 style.css*
4 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 1997 Mar 5 08:22 tag.php*
32 -rwxrwx-w- 1 admin administ 29895 Mar 26 20:09 tbszip.php*
8 drwxrwxrwx 2 admin administ 4096 May 2 16:58 tools/

Rights on book files : Just to make sure, I recreated the metadata.db file with a small sample of books.

[/share/Gezin/CalLib] # ls -l
drwxrwxrwx 3 admin administ 4096 May 3 22:07 Berry, Steve/
drwxrwxrwx 3 admin administ 4096 May 3 21:59 D. Hewson/
drwxrwxrwx 3 admin administ 4096 May 3 22:26 Glenn Thrush/
drwxrwxrwx 35 admin administ 4096 May 3 22:25 Rene Goscinny/
drwxrwxrwx 3 admin administ 4096 May 3 22:03 S. Berry/
drwxrwxrwx 10 admin administ 4096 May 3 22:05 Steve Berry/
-rwxrwx--- 1 admin administ 192512 May 3 23:05 metadata.db*
-rwxrwx--- 1 admin administ 13042 May 3 22:28 metadata_db_prefs_backup.json*
[/share/Gezin/CalLib] #

.htaccess : I created an .htaccess file in the /share/Gezin/CalLib folder, but I deleted it.
In the apache.conf file, I added the /share/Gezin/CalLib in a < directory>statement, giving access to all.

Putty : I can access the NAS over Putty from SSH.

Once again : thanks.

Joris