The Times and Sunday Times recipe failing: NoneType not subscriptable in parse_index

justme · Today, 09:22 AM

Hi all,

I have a paid subscription to The Times and I'm trying to use the built-in "The Times and Sunday Times" recipe (by unkn0wn) to send it to my Kindle Paperwhite. The fetch fails every time with this error:

Code:

File "calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1189, in download
File "calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1359, in build_index
File "<string>", line 95, in parse_index
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

The recipe also doesn't ask for my login details, so I'm not sure if it's meant to work without a subscription login now.

Is anyone else seeing this, and is there an updated or working version of the recipe? Happy to test anything.

Using Calibre on Windows. Thanks!

kovidgoyal · Today, 10:00 AM

This site is now paywalled, if you PM me your login credentials for it, I will try to add login support to the recipe. I recommend you change your password to a temporary one before PMing it to me and then put it back after I am done.

Today, 09:22 AM	#1
justme Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2026 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	The Times and Sunday Times recipe failing: NoneType not subscriptable in parse_index Hi all, I have a paid subscription to The Times and I'm trying to use the built-in "The Times and Sunday Times" recipe (by unkn0wn) to send it to my Kindle Paperwhite. The fetch fails every time with this error: Code: File "calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1189, in download File "calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1359, in build_index File "<string>", line 95, in parse_index TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable The recipe also doesn't ask for my login details, so I'm not sure if it's meant to work without a subscription login now. Is anyone else seeing this, and is there an updated or working version of the recipe? Happy to test anything. Using Calibre on Windows. Thanks!

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Today, 10:00 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 46,584 Karma: 29634066 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	This site is now paywalled, if you PM me your login credentials for it, I will try to add login support to the recipe. I recommend you change your password to a temporary one before PMing it to me and then put it back after I am done.

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