Book lists don't seem to work on PocketBook Android

[duckpuppy]

When adding the catalog to PocketBook on Android I can see the navigation hierarchy, but when I navigate to any place that should show a list of books (most recent 50, into an author when listing by author, etc), I get a blank page in PocketBook. If I navigate to the proper URLs in a browser (https://my-server/feed.php?page=10 gets me a list of books by one author), I see what looks like a properly formed OPDS feed... I've tried with $config['cops_generate_invalid_opds_stream'] set to both 0 and 1. Adding the feed to Moon+ Reader works fine.

[marioscube]

Tried with Pocketbook for iOS (iPadOS).

Same problem.

I checked my log files and it pointed to an error with PocketBook. The path to feed.php is wrong.

Edit:
It works if you make the cops-directory the DocumentRoot (apache).
For example if cops is in /var/www/html/cops the DocumentRoot in the apache settings (in my case in: /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf) must be set to /var//www/html/cops.

So I deleted Pocketbook. ;-)

[duckpuppy]

I'm running cops in Docker, and it's hosted behind a reverse proxy at the root of the URL. (http://cops.mynet)

[marioscube]

What docker image do you use?

Might be interesting to check it out.

[duckpuppy]

The linuxserver.io image. https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/cops

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[marioscube]

I really invested some time to make it work, but ....... now I give up on Pocketbook (for iOS/iPadOS). With a browser or other epub (OPDS)readers I can make everything work, but not (consistently) with Pocketbook.

What I did:

• installed the linuxserver.io image. [https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/cops]
• added some libraries to test, and configured the config_local.php file.
• started the container on port 88

What did work:

• docker cops from the desktop (browser)
• docker cops from pocketbook after some tweaks to config_local.php
• reverse proxy (apache) with browser

What did not work:

• reverse proxy with pocketbook

config_localphp that worked for me:
`<?php
if (!isset($config))
$config = array();

$config['calibre_directory'] = array (
                                                              "COPStest1"    => "/books/COPStest1/",
                                                              "COPStest2"   => "/books/COPStest2/"
				                         );

$config['calibre_internal_directory'] = '';    $config['cops_title_default'] = "COPS king (Docker)";
$config['cops_use_url_rewriting'] = "0";

$config['cops_x_accel_redirect'] = "";

$config['cops_thumbnail_handling'] = "";
$config['cops_thumbnail_cache_directory'] = "/config/cache/";

`

The config for Pocketbook:
http://your-LAN-IP.:88/feed.php

If you have any questions I will try to help.

[duckpuppy]

I've gotten to an even weirder state now. Any page that should be a book list (recent additions, a specific author page, specific series page, etc) now opens that feed page in my default browser outside PocketBook. I'd dump PocketBook, but it's the only reader I've found on Android that does a good job of keeping the publisher formatting for a book. All the rest want to override the publisher settings with their own CSS. Most of the time I want to read the book with the same formatting as the publisher.

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On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 9:44 AM marioscube ***@***.***> wrote: I really invested some time to make it work, but ....... now I give up on Pocketbook (for iOS/iPadOS). With a browser or other epub (OPDS)readers I can make everything work, but not (consistently) with Pocketbook. What I did: - installed the linuxserver.io image. [ https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/cops] - added some libraries to test, and configured the config_local.php file. - started the container on port 88 What did work: - docker cops from the desktop (browser) - docker cops from pocketbook after some tweaks to config_local.php - reverse proxy (apache) with browser What did not work: - reverse proxy with pocketbook config_localphp that worked for me: `<?php if (!isset($config)) $config = array(); $config['calibre_directory'] = array ( "COPStest1" => "/books/COPStest1/", "COPStest2" => "/books/COPStest2/" ); $config['calibre_internal_directory'] = ''; $config['cops_title_default'] = "COPS king (Docker)"; $config['cops_use_url_rewriting'] = "0"; $config['cops_x_accel_redirect'] = ""; $config['cops_thumbnail_handling'] = ""; $config['cops_thumbnail_cache_directory'] = "/config/cache/"; ` The config for Pocketbook: *http://your-LAN-IP.:88/feed.php <http://your-LAN-IP.:88/feed.php>* If you have any questions I will try to help. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#486 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAEWNLSEO3HWQO6S3BWWGDSJHESXANCNFSM4SAMGRJQ> .

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[marioscube]

I don't care much about publisher formatting, but I can understand and respect that you do.

I've never seen this kind of weird behaviour of either cops or a web server.

If possible go back to the last "working" setup or perhaps delete and reinstall the cops docker container.

[duckpuppy]

I haven't had a working setup yet with PocketBook. Prior to the book feed page opening in another app (web browser), the book feed page would just be blank. Using COPS with Moon+ or one of my other test readers works OK. Truthfully... the only reason I've tried using COPS is because of a different PocketBook issue - unlike every other reader, it doesn't seem to support basic auth protected feeds. I have claibre-web installed and it's OPDS feed didn't work because I couldn't provide credentials... I even tried putting them in the URL. I just got blank screens with it. Other readers I've tried ask for credentials properly. I need creds on it as I expose it externally, where COPS is purely limited to my internal home network. I hate trying to read a book where the author has something like a letter or other specially formatted layout that the e-book reader just ignores and crams together into a paragraph - Moon+ used to be really bad about that. And non-fiction reference books with diagrams are even worse... I want a reader that can reproduce the books properly and not shuffle diagrams to a different page matched up with different text (something that Moon+ has also done - that was the e-reader I used most before I just gave up and installed EVERY READER I COULD FIND until I found one that opened all the problematic books I had without issue - which was PocketBook). I may have to go back and pick the second best...

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On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 12:42 PM marioscube ***@***.***> wrote: I don't care much about publisher formatting, but I can understand and respect that you do. I've never seen this kind of weird behaviour of either cops or a web server. If possible go back to the last "working" setup or perhaps delete and reinstall the cops docker container. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#486 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAEWNOS4RNJ3OCPLQFAJ53SJHZQ5ANCNFSM4SAMGRJQ> .

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[marioscube]

1 - I can totally understand your point about preserving certain formatted layout. I'm on iOS/iPadOS not android so I regretfully cannot suggest any app that would treat formatting the way that you want.

2 - When I setup the Pocketbook app I can provide credentials. When I add a Network Library (with +) I'm asked give:

• a - URL => http://LAN-IP:88/feed.php
• b - Title => e.g. Pocketbook COPS
• c - Username => Basic auth (can be set in COPS but should be set in COPS Docker, but don't know how as it is nginx not apache)
• d - Password => Basic auth
  Doesn't PocketBook for android give these options?

3 - My setup of COPS Docker with PocketBook does (mostly) work. So It should be possible for you to make it work as well.
Just look at my config_local.php (given below), change the library name and the other settings. Then restart the Docker COPS container (docker stop cops => docker start cops) otherwise it does not seem to pick up any changes.

My simplified config_local.php (just the settings):

$config['calibre_directory'] = "/books/COPStest/";
$config['calibre_internal_directory'] = "";
$config['cops_title_default'] = "COPS (Docker)";
$config['cops_use_url_rewriting'] = "0";
$config['cops_x_accel_redirect'] = "";
$config['cops_thumbnail_handling'] = "";
$config['cops_thumbnail_cache_directory'] = "/config/cache/";

What is your config_local.php?

5 - putting credentials in the URL usually works. For example:
http://username:password@LAN-IP/feed.php

Hope this helps.

[marioscube]

A blank screen is usually an error in config_local.php.

Can you post your config_local.php (sensitive things removed ;-) )

Two extra eyes (with glasses) usually see more than just 2.

[duckpuppy]

Sure... not much needs redacted, as it's the default from the docker image
with some formatting fixed, and the e-mail settings commented out.

<?php
    if (!isset($config))
        $config = array();

    /*
     * The directory containing calibre's metadata.db file, with
sub-directories
     * containing all the formats.
     * BEWARE : it has to end with a /
     */
    $config['calibre_directory'] = '/books/';
    $config['calibre_internal_directory'] = '/books/';

    /*
     * Catalog's title
     */
    $config['cops_title_default'] = "COPS";

    /*
     * use URL rewriting for downloading of ebook in HTML catalog
     * See README for more information
     *  1 : enable
     *  0 : disable
     */
    $config['cops_use_url_rewriting'] = "0";

        /*
     * Which header to use when downloading books outside the web directory
     * Possible values are :
     *   X-Accel-Redirect   : For Nginx
     *   X-Sendfile         : For Lightttpd or Apache (with mod_xsendfile)
     *   No value (default) : Let PHP handle the download
     */
          $config['cops_x_accel_redirect'] = "X-Accel-Redirect";

    /* Enable cache folder
     * especially useful for lower power hosts
     */
    $config['cops_thumbnail_handling'] = "";
    $config['cops_thumbnail_cache_directory'] = "/config/cache/";

    /*
     * Enable and configure Send To Kindle (or Email) feature.
     *
     * Don't forget to authorize the sender email you configured in your
Kindle's  Approved Personal Document E-mail List.
     *
     * If you want to use a simple smtp server (provided by your ISP for
example), you can configure it like that :
     * $config['cops_mail_configuration'] = array( "smtp.host"     => "
smtp.free.fr",
     *                                           "smtp.username" => "",
     *                                           "smtp.password" => "",
     *                                           "smtp.secure"   => "",
     *                                           "address.from"  => "
cops@slucas.fr"
     *                                           );
     *
     * For Gmail (ssl is mandatory) :
     * $config['cops_mail_configuration'] = array( "smtp.host"     => "
smtp.gmail.com",
     *                                           "smtp.username" => "YOUR
GMAIL ADRESS",
     *                                           "smtp.password" => "YOUR
GMAIL PASSWORD",
     *                                           "smtp.secure"   => "ssl",
     *                                           "address.from"  => "
cops@slucas.fr"
     *                                           );
     *
     * You'll also need to enable Allow Less Secure Apps in you Gmail
account.
     */

    /* $config['cops_mail_configuration'] = array( "smtp.host"     => "", */
    /*                                      "smtp.username" => "", */
    /*                                      "smtp.password" => "", */
    /*                                      "smtp.secure"   => "ssl", */
    /*                                      "address.from"  => "
cops@ebook.com" */

UPDATE: Had to delete and redo the comment here so that markdown would work, since that's disabled for comments via e-mail... I really shouldn't comment via e-mail, it's annoying.

[marioscube]

Your config_local.php should and does work!

1 - I copied your cofig_local.php (without the mail section) into the config directory/folder of my Docker-COPS setup
2 - made sure that the metadata.db and the book libraries are in the books directory/folder.
3 - accessed Docker-COPS with a browser from a PC (Firefox in private mode) http://LAN-IP:88/index.php => Works! (not all but good enough)
4 - accessed Docker-COPS with PocketBook Reader for iOS/iPadOS (looks the same as this Android version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.obreey.reader& ) http://LAN-IP:88/feed.php => Works
5 - reverse proxy does not work with PocketBook Reader while it does work with a browser (Firefox) on a PC.

Can you please check if 3, 4 & 5 do work for you if you setup all following 1 & 2.

As an afterthought. On what OS (Windows, Linux, etc) did you install Docker?
My Docker is on Debian Buster (Linux) for what it's worth.

[duckpuppy]

4 does not work, the rest has always worked. Any book list just opens up the browser app with the feed. I can navigate the hierarchy until any link that should show a list of books... Then the book list XML opens up in a separate browser window.

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On Tue, Oct 6, 2020, 1:32 PM marioscube ***@***.***> wrote: You're config_local.php should and *does work*! 1 - I copied you cofig_local.php (without the mail section) into the *config* directory/folder of my Docker-COPS setup 2 - made sure that the *metadata.db* and the book libraries are in the *books* directory/folder. 3 - accessed Docker-COPS with a browser from a PC (Firefox in private mode) http://LAN-IP:88/index.php => *Works!* (not all but good enough) 4 - accessed Docker-COPS with PocketBook Reader for iOS/iPadOS (looks the same as this Android version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.obreey.reader& ) http://LAN-IP:88/feed.php => *Works* 5 - reverse proxy does not work with PocketBook Reader while it does work with a browser (Firefox) on a PC. Can you please check if 3, 4 & 5 do work for you if you setup all following 1 & 2. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#486 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAEWNIDR2XBOAPY3ZJN2XTSJNIDTANCNFSM4SAMGRJQ> .

[duckpuppy]

The below sequence of screenshots is navigating through the Author list in PocketBook and ending with picking an author - the actual book list XML is opened in Chrome when selected rather than rendered by PocketBook.