10-17-2021, 02:46 PM | #6556 | |
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10-17-2021, 03:19 PM | #6557 |
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I've been a Calibre user for my Kindle Books for quite a while, but even before that I was using FFDL (FanFictionDownLoader). Normally, I was almost exclusively FFDL, but lately (since July?) I've been thinking I'd like to get my FanFiction in a more organized state. There was a time about a year ago when I started trying out Calibre with FanFicFare and I thought it worked out pretty well. Although I didn't like the covers it brought in (too small) and the title page with info about the story was not as helpful. So, I didn't get too much into it.
Admittedly, I haven't read a story on FanFiction.net through my web browser since I first discovered FFDL in 2010, (and I really don't want to have to go back). But now, with my desire to get more organized, I was trying FanFicFare again, and as I'm sure you're all aware, the Cloudflare Captcha error is biting me big time. If I understand the workaround correctly, I need to first tell Calibre and FanFicFare where my browser cache is. Then I need to bring up my browser and view each page (chapter) of each story that I intend to download first before I can attempt to download it via FanFicFare/Calibre? Is this a correct assumption on my part? Sadly, if this is the case, I'll probably still stick with FFDL because I can avoid all the extra time it takes to view each story from first to the latest chapter in order to be able to download it in FanFicFare. Please tell me I'm wrong? (For me, I'm lucky because I don't read stories on any other website then FanFiction.net) I'm sorry if I'm ranting and raving, it's just seems so frustrating. By the way, I saw the posting about the "FlareSolverr" workaround. Unfortunately, it only uses a single line to describe how to use it with Windows, and it didn't succeed. Last edited by fdwojo; 10-17-2021 at 03:25 PM. |
10-17-2021, 04:18 PM | #6558 |
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Is there anyway to merge fandom tags/metadata in calibre. I'm getting 2-3 fandom tags for what is essentially one fandom
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10-17-2021, 04:28 PM | #6559 | |
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replace_metadata: category=>(^Elder Scroll series$|^Elder Scrolls$|Elder Scrolls Online|An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire|Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind|Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion|Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)=>The Elder Scrolls Last edited by ownedbycats; 10-17-2021 at 04:33 PM. |
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10-17-2021, 04:46 PM | #6560 |
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fanfiction.net and Cloudflare Solutions
You are far from the only one frustrated with the problem. We've been dealing with since January.
It's been a while, prior conversation about it is back many pages by now, and there have been developments; so I will explain again. fanfiction.net (ffnet) is blocking FFF using Cloudflare(CF). Whether it's deliberate or incidental isn't known or important. Back in January we were able to get around it for a few months using a library called cloudscraper. Newer versions of cloudscraper, if there are any, are not public--for good reasons. Please do not bother the cloudscraper developer. Now, the only way I know to get through CF is using a real browser, whether driven by a user or programmatically. FFDL (from fanfictiondownloader.net) and several other tools now package and run an entire browser instance to get around Cloudflare. FFF doesn't because doing that in Calibre on multiple platforms (win/mac/linux) that would be a nightmare that I don't want to deal with. Instead, FFF offers several options for using cached pages from outside browsers and a couple options for using a proxy browser instance. For browser caching, you can:
There are two proxies available:
I personally offer very limited user support for the proxies because it's outside my project and my comfort zone. I've been hoping, in the spirit of open source, that users would step up to help document things. Writing user docs has never been my strong suit. Since you, personally (fdwojo), are already using FFDL, use ffnet exclusively, and don't sound very pleased with FFF's output anyway, I don't see why you wouldn't just stay with FFDL. |
10-17-2021, 05:01 PM | #6561 | |
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replace_metadata: category=>(The Witcher \(TV\)|Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types|Wiedźmin | The Witcher \(Video Game\)|Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski)=>The Witcher |
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10-17-2021, 05:03 PM | #6562 |
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Jim - maybe it would be a good idea to link that post in the OP? I've noticed a lot of questions about the Cloudflare problems - presumably they didn't check the FAQ. Having it upfront might help.
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10-17-2021, 10:45 PM | #6563 | |
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I do have some others, but the majority of my stuff is between those two fandoms, and I have a pretty extensive library. |
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10-18-2021, 03:05 PM | #6564 | |
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category=>(Pocket Monsters \|\ Pokemon - All Media Types)=>Pokémon If you've done it right, the text ought to change colour - on dark mode, [defaults] and replace_metadata is purple, category=> is green, and the rest is white. I assume it uses black text in light mode. For testing - what I do is use Calibre's Add Books > Add Empty Book and create a duplicate of a fic with those fandoms. (I've had some hilarious regex disasters, so I prefer not to run it on my main copy.) Then I run FFF's "update metadata" to make sure they merged correctly. But this won't work if Config -> Custom Columns -> Category is set to "new only." Last edited by ownedbycats; 10-18-2021 at 03:14 PM. |
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10-20-2021, 12:19 AM | #6565 |
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FanFicFare users who read with a Kobo: This may be of interest.
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10-20-2021, 02:23 PM | #6566 |
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New Test Version
2021-10-20 - Fix for more arbitrary py3 incompatibility(MutableSet). Closes #748 |
10-21-2021, 02:02 PM | #6567 |
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Request for url to download
I'm not sure if this is the right way to request this, but I'd like to be able to download from http://www.blackraptor.net/.
On a related note, is there a way for me to look at this ENORMOUS thread to see if there are questions already answered about my issue? Thanks for any help. Tiggy626 |
10-21-2021, 03:03 PM | #6568 | |
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There's a 'Search this thread' function, although is the third different 'search' on the page. And Google does index mobileread. |
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10-21-2021, 03:11 PM | #6569 | |
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10-22-2021, 01:01 AM | #6570 |
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Would it be possible to add a custom column that records how long the last download/update of a book took?
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