unable to download fanfic locked for registered users on AO3

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meems

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Jun 3, 2023, 8:02:51 PM6/3/23
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Hi yall, 

So I just downloaded the plugin and I'm trying to download all my bookmarks from ao3, but I keep getting the same error. I've put in my username and password under the personal.ini, but it still getting prompted to enter my username and password when the plugin tries to download the metadata. Even when I enter my username and password again, I still get an error message. 

What am I doing wrong?

Jim Miller

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Jun 3, 2023, 8:40:36 PM6/3/23
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AO3 pretends locked stories don't even exist until after you are logged
in, so unlike most sites, FFF can't tell the difference between 'needs
login' and 'story doesn't exist'.

The solution to that is to add this setting under [archiveofourown.org]
along with username and password:

always_login:true

If you already have that (which you might, if it's asking for
user/pass), you might have a typo or need to escape a % in your password
(use %%).

Otherwise, I'll need to know the story URL to try it myself.
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