janeczku
Fetch Metadata is extremely finicky
Describe the bug/problem When attempting to fetch metadata for a book, after clicking the cover image to select the appropriate metadata, nothing happens. I can do this 5 times in a row and it still doesn't catch. The ONLY way I've been able to successfully get the fetch metadata to stick is by clicking in the absolute bottom right corner of the cover image, then and only then does the data populate properly.
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Go to 'any book in your library'
- Click on 'click on Fetch Metadata button'
- Scroll down to 'the correct match for your book and click the cover image'
- See error - nothing happened.
Logfile I'll add logs if requested.
Expected behavior For metadata from the selected source to populate correctly.
Screenshots If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.
Environment (please complete the following information):
- OS: Ubuntu server 18.05
- Python version: Python 3.6.9
- Calibre-Web version: 0.6.12 Beta
- Docker container: N/A
- Special Hardware: N/A
- Browser: Chrome 89.0.4389.82
Additional context I haven't tried any other browsers as I assume the same result will occur.
It‘s at least not working for comic vine covers, google covers seem to work fine
I'm still finding I have to try clicking on the cover art for a book at least twice before it sticks. I haven't tried a different browser yet but that's my next step.
I haven't investigated this much at all and I'm not at my pc, if I find the answer before you do I'll post another comment.
So far this is the only error I've seen come up in the console. When I tried to match the book, I had the same issue come up where the new metadata didn't stick but no error came up. This error shows when you initially click on Fetch Metadata (probably the search error that comes up).
jquery.min.js:2 GET https://api.douban.com/v2/book/search?apikey=<APIKEY>&q=The%20Husband%20List&fields=all&count=10&callback=jQuery35109348876288806307_1615664261299&_=1615664261300 net::ERR_ABORTED 403 (Forbidden)
For the record usually if it doesn't work the first time you click a cover, it will work the second time. No idea why.
Was there ever a fix for this? Im having real problems trying to get some books' metadata to stick. Some just refuse outright, no matter where i click on the metadata thumbnail to add it
hey ozzie, in case it's helpful to you, i screen-recorded an example here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgK8DM7AGcU
It's not all books this happens with, just here and there.
I had this issue, but found that if i enabled uploads for the user in question, it worked flawlessly every time.
I had this issue, but found that if i enabled uploads for the user in question, it worked flawlessly every time.
hmm, i'm the admin and it did work a few times, but now it doesn't work at all. where would i find the setting you mention? there's nothing leaping out at me right now
Got to Admin (top right) > Edit Users and select the user and tick the Allow Upload.
URL is: http://yourip:8083/admin/usertable
To make the setting visible you might need to activate uploads in general via admin -> basic configuration -> feature configuration -> enable uploads
hmm i tried turning that on, but no success. still won't 'stick' any metadata. tbh i t would be useful to be able to swap book covers without having to choose an entire set of other metadata to go with it. That's actually all i use the metadata option for
Got to Admin (top right) > Edit Users and select the user and tick the Allow Upload.
URL is: http://yourip:8083/admin/usertable
ahhh this setting worked, thank you!
You can just upload a cover image, if you have one locally. Often, i'll just download a cover image and then upload locally.
You can just upload a cover image, if you have one locally. Often, i'll just download a cover image and then upload locally.
duh, i see i now have that option having turned on the upload for the user account. that's perfect, what a great piece of software this is!
It's fantastic isn't it!
just brilliant. i did also try kavita, which is ok, but the lack of communication between the UI and the calibre db just made things much more difficult than they need to be. Also, now i have a domain & cloudflare tunnel set up so my elderly parents can access my library it's just excellent. a huge thank you to the team who made this.