error: bad character in group name?

theleftymop · 04-28-2012, 03:20 AM

So I am new to Calibre, and a novice in networking/servers in general, but I somehow managed to set up my Calibre library to "share over the net" last night. However, today things have somehow gone wrong. I am getting a "500 Internal Server Error", with the note "error: bad character in group name". Any help on getting me back on the right track would be much appreciated.

500 Internal Server Error

The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\cherrypy\_cprequest.py", line 628, in respond
File "site-packages\cherrypy\_cprequest.py", line 744, in get_resource
File "site-packages\cherrypy\_cpdispatch.py", line 478, in __call__
File "site-packages\cherrypy\_cpdispatch.py", line 493, in find_handler
File "site-packages\routes\__init__.py", line 22, in __setattr__
File "site-packages\routes\__init__.py", line 51, in load_wsgi_environ
File "site-packages\routes\mapper.py", line 690, in routematch
File "site-packages\routes\mapper.py", line 609, in _match
File "site-packages\routes\mapper.py", line 560, in create_regs
File "site-packages\routes\mapper.py", line 578, in _create_regs
File "site-packages\routes\route.py", line 306, in makeregexp
File "re.py", line 190, in compile
File "re.py", line 245, in _compile
error: bad character in group name

kovidgoyal · 04-28-2012, 03:39 AM

Make sure you dont have a PATH_INFO environment variable set in the environment where the calibre server is run.

theleftymop · 04-28-2012, 02:20 PM

Thanks. I saw in another thread a warning about that. I went into my environment variables screen and looked, and didn't see anything that said "PATH_INFO". What should I be looking for exactly?

kovidgoyal · 04-28-2012, 02:31 PM

calibre-debug -c "import os; print repr(os.environ.get('PATH_INFO', None))"

in the same environment where you run the calibre server.

04-28-2012, 03:20 AM	#1
theleftymop Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: iPad3	error: bad character in group name? So I am new to Calibre, and a novice in networking/servers in general, but I somehow managed to set up my Calibre library to "share over the net" last night. However, today things have somehow gone wrong. I am getting a "500 Internal Server Error", with the note "error: bad character in group name". Any help on getting me back on the right track would be much appreciated. 500 Internal Server Error The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request. Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\cherrypy\_cprequest.py", line 628, in respond File "site-packages\cherrypy\_cprequest.py", line 744, in get_resource File "site-packages\cherrypy\_cpdispatch.py", line 478, in __call__ File "site-packages\cherrypy\_cpdispatch.py", line 493, in find_handler File "site-packages\routes\__init__.py", line 22, in __setattr__ File "site-packages\routes\__init__.py", line 51, in load_wsgi_environ File "site-packages\routes\mapper.py", line 690, in routematch File "site-packages\routes\mapper.py", line 609, in _match File "site-packages\routes\mapper.py", line 560, in create_regs File "site-packages\routes\mapper.py", line 578, in _create_regs File "site-packages\routes\route.py", line 306, in makeregexp File "re.py", line 190, in compile File "re.py", line 245, in _compile error: bad character in group name

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04-28-2012, 03:39 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Make sure you dont have a PATH_INFO environment variable set in the environment where the calibre server is run.

04-28-2012, 02:20 PM	#3
theleftymop Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: iPad3	Thanks. I saw in another thread a warning about that. I went into my environment variables screen and looked, and didn't see anything that said "PATH_INFO". What should I be looking for exactly?

04-28-2012, 02:31 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre-debug -c "import os; print repr(os.environ.get('PATH_INFO', None))" in the same environment where you run the calibre server.