openzim
Unable to download zim
This is because the ZIM has expired. There should be a little red (i) next to "download ZIM" that tells you "This ZIM file has expired (2 weeks)". As the message says, the ZIM expires after 2 weeks.
Unfortunately, there was not any option to recreate the zim or a red (i) until 2 days later
From my point of view we should have a proper error. Considering we use a redirect to Wasabi, this hould be easily doable.
In addition, the file should be easy to recreate, I wonder why it's not.
From my point of view we should have a proper error. Considering we use a redirect to Wasabi, this hould be easily doable.
We just respond with a 302 to the wasabi URL. If we'd like to detect this situation and show a more helpful error message, we would have to do a fetch with the requests library first and check for a 404.
In addition, the file should be easy to recreate, I wonder why it's not.
We don't automatically re-create ZIMs. This was a decision made long ago. When a ZIM expires, we let the user know and require them to recreate the ZIM themselves.
From my point of view we should have a proper error. Considering we use a redirect to Wasabi, this hould be easily doable.
We just respond with a 302 to the wasabi URL. If we'd like to detect this situation and show a more helpful error message, we would have to do a fetch with the
requestslibrary first and check for a 404.
Yes, displaying a proper message about expiration and a simple invitation - with a button - to recreate straight the ZIM file.
In addition, the file should be easy to recreate, I wonder why it's not.
We don't automatically re-create ZIMs. This was a decision made long ago. When a ZIM expires, we let the user know and require them to recreate the ZIM themselves.
I think this is still correct.
The zim was recreated, but the download button was still there ever after expiry.
@mou7665 That's a good point, we shouldn't display the download link if we suspect the ZIM is expired.
I had this same issue 3 days ago, where the selection still had the download link even after expiry.