Not Getting FFN Cover Images

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pavanag...@gmail.com

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Jun 5, 2025, 4:01:06 AMJun 5
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I've been using the below code for FFN for past few weeks

[www.fanfiction.net]

use_browser_cache:true

use_browser_cache_only:true

open_pages_in_browser:true

use_flaresolverr_proxy:false

try_shortened_title_urls:true

meta_from_last_chapter:true


Below is the code I've had for past 3 years for images

[epub]

include_images:true

make_firstimage_cover:true

keep_summary_html:true

[www.fanfiction.net:epub]

default_cover_image:file:///D:/xxx/Books.jpg


Cover images used to work fine but since implementing the FFN fix, FFF doesn't take the default image anymore when downloading a book for the 1st time or overwriting.

Also it took the author's image in 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14441593/1/The-Valentine-s-Day-Purge

but ignored the author's image and used default calibre image in 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12464310/1/Ephemerality

For https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14464536/12/The-Quiet-Between-Us

it used default calibre image rather than default cover I've set


How do we fix this and where's the error


Jim Miller

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Jun 5, 2025, 9:44:49 AMJun 5
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There were problems with ffnet earlier this week.  I expect that was part of your problems.

These two worked as intended for me:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14441593/1/The-Valentine-s-Day-Purge

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12464310/1/Ephemerality

For this one:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14464536/12/The-Quiet-Between-Us

use_browser_cache_only is causing default_cover_image to try to cache the image, which doesn't work.  I need to address that.

Jim Miller

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Jun 5, 2025, 10:02:56 AMJun 5
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Test versions up.

- Ignore use_browser_cache_only when URL scheme is file
- Update translations.

pavanag...@gmail.com

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Jun 13, 2025, 4:01:24 AMJun 13
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I've updated to the latest version available on Calibre, v4.46.0 but still facing this issue
Has it not bee rolled out to calibre users yet? 

Jim Miller

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Jun 13, 2025, 10:10:13 AMJun 13
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That change is included in v4.46.0.

I just checked, looking at the three example stories reported earlier,
and everything is working as intended as far as I can tell.

It kinda sounds like you have skip_author_cover:false set.

Otherwise, I don't know what's going on for you.

We can start over troubleshooting it, if you want.  Problem description,
settings, example story URLs.
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