URL Checker plugin - Page 2

AlanHK · 11-19-2017, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doitsu

This plugin is intended for users who know that running a plugin that checks URLs on a machine with no Internet access is pointless.

Yeah, I worked that out.

The machine has access, it's just that all apps are blocked at the firewall by default. Have never had the need to allow Sigil to go online before.

Just a suggestion to prevent false positives.

KevinH · 11-19-2017, 09:05 AM

Sigil itself checks online for updates upon launch. Sigil uses an online CSS validator. Some Sigil plugins check online for updates. Running Sigil behind a firewall will inhibit these acts, but that firewall setting is done by user choice and so problems caused by the firewall can hardly be called Sigil or plugin false positives. Perhaps user-created false positives but ...

AlanHK · 11-19-2017, 10:39 AM

I've been using Sigil for 3 years or so and never felt a need to let it go online.
Anyway, I fully accept that it's my own fault.
Though aside from firewall, not everyone is online 24/7.

If you like it could say "You aren't online dummy" first, rather than just listing all your links and saying each is "Broken", which made me think the links had syntax errors, till I realised that I couldn't have screwed them all up.

Alternatively, it could say
"Cannot access http://whatever.com".

aokai · 04-18-2021, 04:34 AM

I've been using Sigil for a few years now. My main publication is a travel guide that refers to a thousand URLs. I've been testing them with this plugin for some time, however it fails at checking some without giving much info on what was going on or even stalling on a few that I had to remove (while they work perfectly fine in a web browser).

Python is not my preferred language, but, uh, well, I gave it a try and came to this new version that should hopefully give you more details on errors like :

301 - moved permanently : probably an old URL that you should change for the new one
302 - Found (aka moved temporarily) : may also need a revision
404 - Not found : broken link
SSL error - Invalid certificate on server's side : probably not maintained
getaddrinfo errors : site not found, probably a dead site

I also dropped support for Python 2, since it reached end of life some time ago.

Doitsu · 04-18-2021, 06:34 AM

Thanks for the updated version!

I've added your changes to the code and fixed the broken
validation window handler. Clicking an error message in the Validation Results window should now display the line reported in the error message.

aokai · 04-18-2021, 04:13 PM

Perfect ! Thank you for your time and your quick answer.

04-18-2021, 06:34 AM	#20
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,640 Karma: 23191067 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	Thanks for the updated version! I've added your changes to the code and fixed the broken validation window handler. Clicking an error message in the Validation Results window should now display the line reported in the error message. Last edited by Doitsu; 04-18-2021 at 11:38 AM.

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11-19-2017, 09:05 AM	#17
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,160 Karma: 5450818 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Sigil itself checks online for updates upon launch. Sigil uses an online CSS validator. Some Sigil plugins check online for updates. Running Sigil behind a firewall will inhibit these acts, but that firewall setting is done by user choice and so problems caused by the firewall can hardly be called Sigil or plugin false positives. Perhaps user-created false positives but ...

11-19-2017, 10:39 AM	#18
AlanHK Guru Posts: 677 Karma: 929286 Join Date: Apr 2014 Device: PW-3, iPad, Android phone	I've been using Sigil for 3 years or so and never felt a need to let it go online. Anyway, I fully accept that it's my own fault. Though aside from firewall, not everyone is online 24/7. If you like it could say "You aren't online dummy" first, rather than just listing all your links and saying each is "Broken", which made me think the links had syntax errors, till I realised that I couldn't have screwed them all up. Alternatively, it could say "Cannot access http://whatever.com".

04-18-2021, 04:13 PM	#21
aokai Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 90000 Join Date: Apr 2021 Device: Phone (Android) - Kindle Paperwhite	Perfect ! Thank you for your time and your quick answer.