COPS : Calibre OPDS PHP Server - Page 45

vlad59 · 10-24-2013, 10:07 AM

@Rayures

I never thought of enhancing the recent addition page like you explained. I'll think about it but to be honest that will not be high on my todo list

@Ileo

Thanks for your report : I almost never use ratings, I don't use XP and I only use Firefox. That certainly explains why I didn't saw it. I'll try with Chrome to fix it.

lleo · 10-25-2013, 12:11 PM

Thanks Vlad for looking into the rating icon. I myself do not really use the ratings either, but was bothered by the UTF8 like character or empty boxes instead of stars and could not really make them go away, except deleting all ratings I had on my books. Alternatively you could make the list of attributes showing a user configurable list.
Thanks!

josephus333 · 10-26-2013, 09:47 AM

Hi,
First thx a lot for the hard work resulting in this great Tool.
I' m using cops on a Synology NAS. I began installing cops in the web directory, wich seemed to work fine on the very first test, but when changeing to multiple libraries coverloading failed, first some of them then all...now I reinstalled cops with the library outside the web-folder, and again it works fine, trying to change to multiple libraries results again in missing covers and now even in download errors...
I haven 't any experience with neither php, Apache nor Linux. So i allready had a lot of trouble , but now i'm completly stuck.
What Do I have to enter for $config['calibre_internal_directory']? Something like the Code i used to define the libraries in the first place doesn't seemed to work f.e. $config['calibre_directory'] = array ("xy" => "/volume1/ebook/xy/", "." => "...")';
It only works when
$config['calibre_internal_directory'] = '/volume1/ebook/xy/';
and only for the xy library...additional libraries have no covers an download is impossible. No matter wich device or if opds or html...
How can i define the $config['calibre_internal_directory'] correctly?

mariosipad · 10-26-2013, 11:31 AM

/*
* The directory containing calibre's metadata.db file, with sub-directories
* containing all the formats.
* BEWARE : it has to end with a /
* You can enable multiple database with this notation instead of a simple string :

Code:

$config['calibre_directory'] = array (
"My database name" => "/home/directory/calibre1/",
"My other database name" => "/home/directory/calibre2/");

In your case:

Code:

$config['calibre_directory'] = array (
"My database name" => /volume1/ebook/XY/",
"My other database name" => "/volume1/ebook/XZ/");

josephus333 · 10-26-2013, 12:52 PM

Sry, but perhaps I didn`t make it clear enough...

The multibased Libraries are pointed to like you wrote, ande like it is described in the config_default.php...
$config['calibre_directory'] = array (
"xy" => "/volume1/ebook/xy/",
"xz" => "/volume1/ebook/xz/",
"yz" => "/volume1/ebook/yz/");

Does not work for Covers or download.
It only workes with:
$config['calibre_internal_directory'] = '/volume1/ebook/xy/'
for the one library xy.
Trying to use the same string like is used before for the $config['calibre_directory'] in the $config['calibre_internal_directory'] is not working:

$config['calibre_internal_directory'] = array (
"xy" => "/volume1/ebook/xy/",
"xz" => "/volume1/ebook/xz/",
"yz" => "/volume1/ebook/yz/");

...it has no covers and the dowload is not possible...

By the way, i spent 2 days reading this thread and testing cops to avoid a posting showing that I am an idiot... so I hope it isn`t that simple to answer by copying a part of the config_default.php, because I tried reading the most of the code hoping to find my error...
But thanks for the quick reply anyway, its confident to know that there are people willing to help and as I saw most of the time also being able to help

vlad59 · 10-26-2013, 01:06 PM

@josephus333

If you're not using Nginx (you're using a Synology NAS so that's true), you don't need to specify $config['calibre_internal_directory'] (it should be explained in config_default.php).

Setting $config['calibre_directory'] is enough.

josephus333 · 10-26-2013, 01:43 PM

Okay I just should stop reading, it always shows up what you really are...in my case an idiot...
What confused me was your post #145 where you described your installation on a Synology NAS...I just thought it would be with the same server running...
Anyway thanks a lot it now works.

Just the search using the opds with my Galaxy Note and Aldiko isn`t working.

With $config['cops_generate_invalid_opds_stream'] = "1";
there is no way to start a search.
With $config['cops_generate_invalid_opds_stream'] = "0";
I can start a search but resulting in "404 not found"

But I think this has already been dicussed here anywhere so I`ll try to find out myself...
Thanks a lot again really appreciating your work...

vlad59 · 10-26-2013, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by josephus333

Okay I just should stop reading, it always shows up what you really are...in my case an idiot...
What confused me was your post #145 where you described your installation on a Synology NAS...I just thought it would be with the same server running...
Anyway thanks a lot it now works.

Don't be so hard with yourself. In the past $config['calibre_internal_directory'] had to be filled but that's not true anymore so old posts can give false hints

.

Quote:

Originally Posted by josephus333

Just the search using the opds with my Galaxy Note and Aldiko isn`t working.

With $config['cops_generate_invalid_opds_stream'] = "1";
there is no way to start a search.
With $config['cops_generate_invalid_opds_stream'] = "0";
I can start a search but resulting in "404 not found"

But I think this has already been dicussed here anywhere so I`ll try to find out myself...
Thanks a lot again really appreciating your work...

IIRC Latest version of Aldiko should handle standard search so you should use :

$config['cops_generate_invalid_opds_stream'] = "0"

I might be wrong, but I was a member of the beta test team of Aldiko 3.0 and it worked fine with my own COPS catalog.

To make it work you may have to add :

$config['cops_full_url'] = "http://www.myurl.com/cops/"

I may be mandatory with Aldiko (like it is with Mantano).

mariosipad · 10-26-2013, 04:06 PM

I think that for OPDS search (not for browser search)

$config['cops_full_url'] = "http://www.myurl.com/cops/"

or

$config['cops_full_url'] = "http://<IP-of-Synology-on LAN>/ebook/"

is always needed.

josephus333 · 10-26-2013, 04:19 PM

You were right, now everything works perfectly...thx again...

It just too much information at once, beginning to use a linux system, running a server and trying to read and php and or html code for the first time during one week...you`re never sure where you lost the red line...but this project helped me a lot making my way to more understanding, so perhaps in the future i can give back...

vlad59 · 10-27-2013, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mariosipad

I think that for OPDS search (not for browser search)

$config['cops_full_url'] = "http://www.myurl.com/cops/"

or

$config['cops_full_url'] = "http://<IP-of-Synology-on LAN>/ebook/"

is always needed.

With FBReaderJ (Android) it's not needed but you're right, I'll modify config_default.php to make it clearer.

At_Libitum · 10-27-2013, 11:25 AM

nvrmind, changed the code myself

eXistenZ · 10-28-2013, 04:11 AM

Thank you for this great software, it's really amazing how easy is to create a private on-line library with Calibre and COPS.
I have just a little little question, now that we have THIS, I want to add kepubs to my online library.
I added the string

Quote:

$config['cops_prefered_format'] = array ("EPUB", "KEPUB", "PDF", "AZW3", "AZW", "MOBI", "CBR", "CBZ");

to config_local.php, but this didn't the trick

It works only if I modify the same row in config_default.php adding KEPUB.
It is normal or I'm missing something?

At_Libitum · 10-28-2013, 07:32 PM

If I may make a request, from the comment regarding custom columns I understand this area to be in development? If so, would you consider extending this to the standard 'columns/categories' as well?

the reason is I would like to remove the languages category from both the web and feed output but don't want to empty the info in Calibre to have COPS suppressing the language category. And I might want to add for instance the Publisher category.

Gemeinagent · 11-03-2013, 02:30 PM

Hey, thanks for the great work. I just set up COPS on my Synology DS212+ and it works great. However, I have two questions:

- when opening the website on my Kindle Paperwhite, it looks very condensed. Sadly, I cannot change the CSS style, as nothing happens when I select a different style. I guess this means my Kindle is not supporting Ajax? Can I change the default theme?

- the aldiko reader lets me browse my library, but it does not show covers. Should it? Other than that, it's working great. The Covers are showing on my Kindle, BTW...

10-24-2013, 10:07 AM	#661
vlad59 Addict Posts: 369 Karma: 37869 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kobo eReader Touch, Kobo Aura HD	@Rayures I never thought of enhancing the recent addition page like you explained. I'll think about it but to be honest that will not be high on my todo list @Ileo Thanks for your report : I almost never use ratings, I don't use XP and I only use Firefox. That certainly explains why I didn't saw it. I'll try with Chrome to fix it. Last edited by vlad59; 10-24-2013 at 11:11 AM.

10-26-2013, 11:31 AM	#664
mariosipad Guru Posts: 718 Karma: 10738 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: iPad & iPhone with Marvin 2 + 3 & Kobo Glo HD	/* * The directory containing calibre's metadata.db file, with sub-directories * containing all the formats. * BEWARE : it has to end with a / * You can enable multiple database with this notation instead of a simple string : Code: $config['calibre_directory'] = array ( "My database name" => "/home/directory/calibre1/", "My other database name" => "/home/directory/calibre2/"); In your case: Code: $config['calibre_directory'] = array ( "My database name" => /volume1/ebook/XY/", "My other database name" => "/volume1/ebook/XZ/");

10-27-2013, 11:25 AM	#672
At_Libitum Addict Posts: 265 Karma: 724240 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: KyBook	nvrmind, changed the code myself Last edited by At_Libitum; 10-29-2013 at 07:54 PM.

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10-25-2013, 12:11 PM	#662
lleo Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: nexus10	Thanks Vlad for looking into the rating icon. I myself do not really use the ratings either, but was bothered by the UTF8 like character or empty boxes instead of stars and could not really make them go away, except deleting all ratings I had on my books. Alternatively you could make the list of attributes showing a user configurable list. Thanks!

10-26-2013, 09:47 AM	#663
josephus333 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: various	Hi, First thx a lot for the hard work resulting in this great Tool. I' m using cops on a Synology NAS. I began installing cops in the web directory, wich seemed to work fine on the very first test, but when changeing to multiple libraries coverloading failed, first some of them then all...now I reinstalled cops with the library outside the web-folder, and again it works fine, trying to change to multiple libraries results again in missing covers and now even in download errors... I haven 't any experience with neither php, Apache nor Linux. So i allready had a lot of trouble , but now i'm completly stuck. What Do I have to enter for $config['calibre_internal_directory']? Something like the Code i used to define the libraries in the first place doesn't seemed to work f.e. $config['calibre_directory'] = array ("xy" => "/volume1/ebook/xy/", "." => "...")'; It only works when $config['calibre_internal_directory'] = '/volume1/ebook/xy/'; and only for the xy library...additional libraries have no covers an download is impossible. No matter wich device or if opds or html... How can i define the $config['calibre_internal_directory'] correctly?

10-26-2013, 12:52 PM	#665
josephus333 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: various	Sry, but perhaps I didn`t make it clear enough... The multibased Libraries are pointed to like you wrote, ande like it is described in the config_default.php... $config['calibre_directory'] = array ( "xy" => "/volume1/ebook/xy/", "xz" => "/volume1/ebook/xz/", "yz" => "/volume1/ebook/yz/"); Does not work for Covers or download. It only workes with: $config['calibre_internal_directory'] = '/volume1/ebook/xy/' for the one library xy. Trying to use the same string like is used before for the $config['calibre_directory'] in the $config['calibre_internal_directory'] is not working: $config['calibre_internal_directory'] = array ( "xy" => "/volume1/ebook/xy/", "xz" => "/volume1/ebook/xz/", "yz" => "/volume1/ebook/yz/"); ...it has no covers and the dowload is not possible... By the way, i spent 2 days reading this thread and testing cops to avoid a posting showing that I am an idiot... so I hope it isn`t that simple to answer by copying a part of the config_default.php, because I tried reading the most of the code hoping to find my error... But thanks for the quick reply anyway, its confident to know that there are people willing to help and as I saw most of the time also being able to help

10-26-2013, 01:06 PM	#666
vlad59 Addict Posts: 369 Karma: 37869 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kobo eReader Touch, Kobo Aura HD	@josephus333 If you're not using Nginx (you're using a Synology NAS so that's true), you don't need to specify $config['calibre_internal_directory'] (it should be explained in config_default.php). Setting $config['calibre_directory'] is enough.

10-26-2013, 01:43 PM	#667
josephus333 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: various	Okay I just should stop reading, it always shows up what you really are...in my case an idiot... What confused me was your post #145 where you described your installation on a Synology NAS...I just thought it would be with the same server running... Anyway thanks a lot it now works. Just the search using the opds with my Galaxy Note and Aldiko isn`t working. With $config['cops_generate_invalid_opds_stream'] = "1"; there is no way to start a search. With $config['cops_generate_invalid_opds_stream'] = "0"; I can start a search but resulting in "404 not found" But I think this has already been dicussed here anywhere so I`ll try to find out myself... Thanks a lot again really appreciating your work...

10-26-2013, 04:06 PM	#669
mariosipad Guru Posts: 718 Karma: 10738 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: iPad & iPhone with Marvin 2 + 3 & Kobo Glo HD	I think that for OPDS search (not for browser search) $config['cops_full_url'] = "http://www.myurl.com/cops/" or $config['cops_full_url'] = "http://<IP-of-Synology-on LAN>/ebook/" is always needed.

10-26-2013, 04:19 PM	#670
josephus333 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: various	You were right, now everything works perfectly...thx again... It just too much information at once, beginning to use a linux system, running a server and trying to read and php and or html code for the first time during one week...you`re never sure where you lost the red line...but this project helped me a lot making my way to more understanding, so perhaps in the future i can give back...

10-28-2013, 07:32 PM	#674
At_Libitum Addict Posts: 265 Karma: 724240 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: KyBook	If I may make a request, from the comment regarding custom columns I understand this area to be in development? If so, would you consider extending this to the standard 'columns/categories' as well? the reason is I would like to remove the languages category from both the web and feed output but don't want to empty the info in Calibre to have COPS suppressing the language category. And I might want to add for instance the Publisher category.

11-03-2013, 02:30 PM	#675
Gemeinagent Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Hey, thanks for the great work. I just set up COPS on my Synology DS212+ and it works great. However, I have two questions: - when opening the website on my Kindle Paperwhite, it looks very condensed. Sadly, I cannot change the CSS style, as nothing happens when I select a different style. I guess this means my Kindle is not supporting Ajax? Can I change the default theme? - the aldiko reader lets me browse my library, but it does not show covers. Should it? Other than that, it's working great. The Covers are showing on my Kindle, BTW...