Scraper downloading fic that isn't in bookmarks #209

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opened 2025-03-20 02:48:14 -04:00 by harebelll · 1 comment
harebelll commented 2025-03-20 02:48:14 -04:00 (Migrated from github.com)

Hello,

Separate from the issue I posted before this. For some reason, when trying to download via the link to my AO3 bookmarks, the scraper downloaded a bunch of fics (it looks like the entire user output...?) of a user I have never heard of, and have definitely never bookmarked. I have dozens of fics by this one person, in my downloads folder, despite never bookmarking any of it. Is there an explanation for this? Thank you.

EDIT: Sorry, I misunderstood how the "do you want to get works from all encountered series?" option works, and realized it downloaded dozens of works in a series that involved multiple authors, of which I only ever bookmarked one fic from one author.

Hello, Separate from the issue I posted before this. For some reason, when trying to download via the link to my AO3 bookmarks, the scraper downloaded a bunch of fics (it looks like the entire user output...?) of a user I have never heard of, and have definitely never bookmarked. I have dozens of fics by this one person, in my downloads folder, despite never bookmarking any of it. Is there an explanation for this? Thank you. EDIT: Sorry, I misunderstood how the "do you want to get works from all encountered series?" option works, and realized it downloaded dozens of works in a series that involved multiple authors, of which I only ever bookmarked one fic from one author.
harebelll commented 2025-03-23 23:45:30 -04:00 (Migrated from github.com)

Hello,

I am coming back to update this. I tried to re-download my fics by deleting everything in the download folder and restarting the process from the beginning. Now the scraper will not work at all, even if I try to start a new session.

Log:

options
d: display menu
a: download from ao3 link
l: get all work links from an ao3 listing (saves links only)
f: download links from file
u: download latest version of incomplete fics
s: download missing fics from series
r: re-download fics saved in one format in a different format
m: download marked for later list and mark all as read (requires login)
p: download bookmarks from pinboard
v: convert logfile into interactable html
i: configure ignore list (list of links to never try to download)
'd' to display the menu again
please enter your choice, or 'q' to quit:
a
use saved download type list? (y/n)
n
please enter download type. choose from the following (case-sensitive):
AZW3
EPUB
MOBI
PDF
HTML
pdf
please enter download type. choose from the following (case-sensitive):
AZW3
EPUB
MOBI
PDF
HTML
PDF
added PDF to list of download types
done entering file types? (y/n)
y
do you want to get works from all encountered series links? (bookmarked series will always be downloaded, regardless of this option) (y/n)
y
do you want to start downloading from the page you stopped on last time? (y/n)
n
please enter link to ao3
https://archiveofourown.org/users/[ user ]/bookmarks
please enter page number to stop on. enter 0 to download all pages.
0
do you want to download embedded images? (will be saved separately) (y/n)
y
do you want to log in to ao3? (y/n)
y
logging in
generating list of work links that are already in the downloads folder (will be skipped)
downloading works
'd' to display the menu again
please enter your choice, or 'q' to quit:

Hello, I am coming back to update this. I tried to re-download my fics by deleting everything in the download folder and restarting the process from the beginning. Now the scraper will not work at all, even if I try to start a new session. Log: options d: display menu a: download from ao3 link l: get all work links from an ao3 listing (saves links only) f: download links from file u: download latest version of incomplete fics s: download missing fics from series r: re-download fics saved in one format in a different format m: download marked for later list and mark all as read (requires login) p: download bookmarks from pinboard v: convert logfile into interactable html i: configure ignore list (list of links to never try to download) 'd' to display the menu again please enter your choice, or 'q' to quit: a use saved download type list? (y/n) n please enter download type. choose from the following (case-sensitive): AZW3 EPUB MOBI PDF HTML pdf please enter download type. choose from the following (case-sensitive): AZW3 EPUB MOBI PDF HTML PDF added PDF to list of download types done entering file types? (y/n) y do you want to get works from all encountered series links? (bookmarked series will always be downloaded, regardless of this option) (y/n) y do you want to start downloading from the page you stopped on last time? (y/n) n please enter link to ao3 https://archiveofourown.org/users/[ user ]/bookmarks please enter page number to stop on. enter 0 to download all pages. 0 do you want to download embedded images? (will be saved separately) (y/n) y do you want to log in to ao3? (y/n) y logging in generating list of work links that are already in the downloads folder (will be skipped) downloading works 'd' to display the menu again please enter your choice, or 'q' to quit:
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