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[chicleeblair]

Getting this error repeatedly with a fic from ff.net

"Browser Cache Failed to Load with error ''utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 1: invalid start byte'"

URL: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14434163/1/
M3 Macbook running Sequoia 15.2 Calibre and plugin up to date.
Browser: Chrome

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by chicleeblair

Getting this error repeatedly with a fic from ff.net

Have you tried the test version? That sounds like this issue addressed a couple days ago.

[enquidu]

Hello,

Is there a way to prepend a string to all fandom tags that don't match a given list?

For example, I have all my Hobbit and LotR tags automatically renamed to "Tolkien.Hobbit" and "Tolkien.LotR" but my Stranger Things tag is just "Stranger Things (TV 2016)". Is there any code I can put in after add_to_replace_metadata, that if it the fandom tags don't match a given list of tags (in this case, if they don't start with "Tolkien." or match "Stranger Things (TV 2016)"), then to put "_Misc." in front of each tag that doesn't match?

I'd like to be able to see at a glance which fandom tags need to be cleaned up and to reduce the clutter from random one-off fandoms in my fandom tags list and I think this might be the way to do it.

Thank you!

[JimmXinu]

Each replace_metadata line is considered separately, there isn't a mechanism for "didn't match any other line".

One option would be:

You might add your "_Misc." prefix to all entries before looking for specifics like Tolkien and then remove it as part of setting Tolkien.

A second option would be:

There are '.'s in some fandoms, so we can't use that reliably detect already prefixed lines. But it would be possible if you use something other than '.' as the separator during processing--something reasonably expected to be unused anywhere else. Subsitute in "Tolkien__MYDELIMITER__Hobbit" for example.

Then add lines to first prepend your "_Misc." to any entry that doesn't contain "__MYDELIMITER__" (needs to use negative lookahead (?!...) ) and then a final line to change "__MYDELIMITER__" back to '.'.

[enquidu]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

You might add your "_Misc." prefix to all entries before looking for specifics like Tolkien and then remove it as part of setting Tolkien.

Thank you! I like the idea of just applying "_Misc." to all fandom tags and then that prefix would be removed as the fandom tag gets formatted correctly.

I added "category=>(.*)=>_Misc.\1" to replace_metadata, but it's adding "_Misc." to both the the beginning and the end of each fandom tag.

Did I do that correctly, or should I maybe add it somewhere other than replace_metadata?

[enquidu]

Originally Posted by enquidu

Thank you! I like the idea of just applying "_Misc." to all fandom tags and then that prefix would be removed as the fandom tag gets formatted correctly.

I added "category=>(.*)=>_Misc.\1" to replace_metadata, but it's adding "_Misc." to both the the beginning and the end of each fandom tag.

Did I do that correctly, or should I maybe add it somewhere other than replace_metadata?

Nevermind! It turns out it needs to be + instead of a * to prepend it, so: "category=>(.+)=>_Misc.\1"

Thanks again!

[JimmXinu]

I would use "category=>^(.*)$=>_Misc.\1" adding ^ (beginning string) and $ (end of string) anchors, just to be sure. There have been cases in past where it was necessary.