How do I find out my library_id?

[Irvin]

Hi all,

how do I find out my library_id?

>>You can use the special library_id value of - to get a list of library ids available on the server.

Tried that, but the result for the library_id is "library". I think, this is not correct.

with best regards,
Irvin

root@host1:/scripts# calibredb list_categories --library-path=http://localhost:8080#-
library
root@host1:/scripts#

root@host1:/scripts# calibredb list_categories --library-path=http://localhost:8080#library
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/calibredb", line 20, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
...
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 880, in _send_output
msg += message_body
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x90 in position 0: invalid start byte

root@host1:~# calibredb --version
calibredb (calibre 3.7)
root@host1:~#
root@host1:~# calibre-server --version
calibre-server (calibre 3.7)
root@host1:~#
root@host1:~# uname -a
Linux host1 4.15.0-1021-aws #21-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 28 10:23:07 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[kovidgoyal]

No that is correct. Note that you should pass --library-path before list_categories since it is a global option. And update your calibre it's pretty old.

[Irvin]

ok, thanks.

>>And update your calibre it's pretty old.

ok. I'm just experimenting with docker. Next step will be, to use an up-to-date image instead of my old image with the old calibre.

Nevertheless:

Even if I put "list_categories" on the end, calibredb crashes.
Any idea, why calibredb crashes? What can I do to avoid the crash?

The answer is: "update calibre, maybe the problem is gone".
Correct?



Log:

root@host1:/# calibredb --library-path=http://localhost:8080#library list_categories
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/calibredb", line 20, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/db/cli/main.py", line 253, in main
return run_cmd(cmd, opts, args[1:], DBCtx(opts))
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/db/cli/main.py", line 55, in run_cmd
ret = m.main(opts, args, dbctx)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/db/cli/cmd_list_categories.py", line 138, in main
category_data, field_metadata = dbctx.run('list_categories')
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/db/cli/main.py", line 189, in run
return self.remote_run(name, m, *args)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/db/cli/main.py", line 211, in remote_run
res = self.br.open_novisit(rq)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mechanize/_mechanize.py", line 199, in open_novisit
return self._mech_open(url, data, visit=False, timeout=timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mechanize/_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open
response = UserAgentBase.open(self, request, data)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mechanize/_opener.py", line 193, in open
response = urlopen(self, req, data)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mechanize/_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open
'_open', req)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mechanize/_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mechanize/_urllib2_fork.py", line 1142, in http_open
return self.do_open(httplib.HTTPConnection, req)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mechanize/_urllib2_fork.py", line 1115, in do_open
h.request(req.get_method(), req.get_selector(), req.data, headers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1042, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1082, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1038, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 880, in _send_output
msg += message_body
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x90 in position 0: invalid start byte
root@host1:/#

[kovidgoyal]

yeah I vaguely remember fixing this bug a long time ago.

[Irvin]

Thank you.

Will switch to up-to-date-Version next Weekend, when I’m back from skiing.

[Irvin]

Back from skiing.

Switched to up-to-date-Version.

Now, everything works as expected.

Thank you.