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Allthough i registered an account on aws and filled in the id and key i can't use amazon. 978-3-423-21117-8 9783423211178 W, [2009-09-23T18:19:00.645407 #4817] WARN -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Provider Amazon encountered error: undefined method `length' for nil:NilClass /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/book_providers.rb:49:in `search' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/book_providers.rb:100:in `isbn_search' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialog.rb:392:in `add_single_book_by_isbn' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialog.rb:387:in `initialize' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialog.rb:387:in `new' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialog.rb:387:in `add_single_book_by_isbn' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialog.rb:500:in `on_add' > /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/libglade2.rb:45:in `call' > /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/libglade2.rb:45:in `connect' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:51:in `call' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:51:in `main' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:51:in `start_gtk' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:57:in `main' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria.rb:40:in `main' > /usr/bin/alexandria:29
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Date: 2009-11-22 02:21 Sender: Gergely Imreh Tried the new package, seems to be able to use the Amazon search alright now.
Date: 2009-11-21 11:29 Sender: Yannick Defais Hi, I packaged Hpricot 0.8.1 for Ubuntu Karmic here: https://launchpad.net/~sevmek/+archive/education Using the above repository fixed the issue for me. I used the Debian Squeeze package and rebuilded it for Karmic (no changes). Best regards, Yannick
Date: 2009-09-30 22:00 Sender: Cathal Mc Ginley Confirmed with the original reporter that upgrading to Hpricot 1.8.1 will resolve this issue. Users on Ubuntu can probably grab the latest 1.8.1 deb from Debian; I'll have to request that Ubuntu sync to that version. On other systems, you can install the hpricot gem and remove any native Hpricot package of the wrong version.
Date: 2009-09-29 13:12 Sender: Cathal Mc Ginley I've installed the alpha-6 release of Xubuntu 9.10 (karmic) and found that the installed libhpricot-ruby (1.8-2) causes the problems as described. Alexandria failed to find any books at Amazon. The attached hpricot_test.rb (written to diagnose the parsing issues) fails to run fully. So I removed the deb package (and the alexandria package along with it) and installed rubygems & ruby-dev - then installed the hpricot gem (version 1.8.1). The test script worked as expected. Next, I installed subversion, rake and intltool - then downloaded the latest Alexandria SVN and installed it with 'sudo rake install' - and Amazon support was working again! [By the way, just installing the hpricot gem and then trying to use the alexandria deb won't work, as it will still require libhpricot-ruby and will pull in the broken version. The proper solution will of course be to fix libhpricot-ruby!] So I suppose I should check that Ubuntu has this noted as a bug, and see if I can get them to sneak in the upgrade before the 9.10 release.
Date: 2009-09-24 13:21 Sender: Martin Dosch Ok, I had to replace the line manually, but it still doesn't work. i attach the log.
Date: 2009-09-24 12:51 Sender: Cathal Mc Ginley Oh, did I mention you need to have applied the hpricot-xml.diff patch first, and then inexact-match.diff Anyway, if it still doesn't work, it's a simple enough change to apply manually. sudo gedit /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/book_providers /amazon_aws.rb Around line 153, where the line begins "next unless"... replace that line with these two lines log.info {"ProductGroup = #{item.get('ItemAttributes/ProductGroup')}"} next unless item.get('ItemAttributes/ProductGroup') =~ /Book/i
Date: 2009-09-24 12:42 Sender: Martin Dosch i cant use the latest patch :( $ patch -p1 < /home/martin/Downloads/inexact-match.diff patching file lib/alexandria/book_providers/amazon_aws.rb Hunk #1 FAILED at 150. 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file lib/alexandria/book_providers/amazon_aws.rb.rej
Date: 2009-09-24 12:26 Sender: Cathal Mc Ginley Here's another patch to apply on top of the last changes: inexact-match.diff It's a very simple change, which might explain why Hpricot is still failing to match elements.
Date: 2009-09-24 07:52 Sender: Martin Dosch it still doesn't work. i added you in jabber, but i'm typing slowly cause i have a injury at my right hand log after patching and reinstalling: $ LOGLEVEL=INFO alexandria I, [2009-09-24T13:48:52.482834 #15331] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Not loading Barnes and Noble (provider not functional) I, [2009-09-24T13:48:52.531478 #15331] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Not loading Thalia (provider not functional) I, [2009-09-24T13:48:52.531615 #15331] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Not loading IBS (provider not functional) I, [2009-09-24T13:48:52.531707 #15331] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Not loading Renaud (provider not functional) I, [2009-09-24T13:48:52.531792 #15331] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Not loading BOL (provider not functional) I, [2009-09-24T13:48:52.531874 #15331] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Not loading Webster (provider not functional) I, [2009-09-24T13:48:52.607959 #15331] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Can't load Ruby/ZOOM, hence Z39.50 and providers Library of Congress, British Library not available W, [2009-09-24T13:48:52.916419 #15331] WARN -- : Unable to open the Evolution address book: EBookStatus returned 20 I, [2009-09-24T13:48:52.983137 #15331] INFO -- [Mod Alexandria::UI]: Initializing app_datadir... I, [2009-09-24T13:48:52.990818 #15331] INFO -- [Mod Alexandria::UI]: Initializing Icons... I, [2009-09-24T13:48:52.999202 #15331] INFO -- [Mod Alexandria::UI]: Starting MainApp... I, [2009-09-24T13:48:52.999364 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::MainApp>: Starting MainApp I, [2009-09-24T13:48:53.540931 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::UIManager>: Loading Libraries... I, [2009-09-24T13:48:53.699812 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::ListViewManager>: setup_view_source_dnd for #<Gtk::TreeView:0xb6ff3820> I, [2009-09-24T13:48:53.702206 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::IconViewManager>: setup_books_iconview #<Gtk::TreeModelSort:0xb6fbdf18 ptr=0x9d8cf28> I, [2009-09-24T13:48:53.702530 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::IconViewManager>: now @iconview.model = #<Gtk::TreeModelSort:0xb6fbdf18 ptr=0x9d8cf28> I, [2009-09-24T13:48:53.703765 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::IconViewManager>: setup_view_source_dnd for #<Gtk::IconView:0xb6ff3bb8> I, [2009-09-24T13:48:53.781327 #15331] INFO -- [Mod Alexandria::UI]: Starting Gtk... I, [2009-09-24T13:48:57.635042 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::UIManager>: on_add_book I, [2009-09-24T13:48:57.662504 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::NewBookDialog>: New Book Dialog 3446228810 9783446228818 I, [2009-09-24T13:49:00.445167 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::NewBookDialog>: New @find_thread #<Thread:0xb6fab084> I, [2009-09-24T13:49:00.446688 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AmazonProvider>: Amazon search for 3446228810 / type-0 I, [2009-09-24T13:49:00.447177 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AmazonProvider>: Key ID AKIAI3BKO5UVU7NGPQDA I, [2009-09-24T13:49:00.447706 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AmazonProvider>: Secret whfCUW ... 6ViAx6 I, [2009-09-24T13:49:00.448406 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AmazonProvider>: Requesting from de I, [2009-09-24T13:49:03.236936 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AmazonProvider>: Got products [#<Amazon::Element:0xb6f9fab8 @element={elem <Item> {elem <ASIN> "3446228810" </ASIN>} {elem <DetailPageURL> "http://www.amazon.de/Taschenbuch-Mechatronik-Ekbert-Hering/ dp/3446228810%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI3BKO5UVU7NGPQDA%26tag%3Dws% 26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN %3D3446228810" {bogusetag </DetailPageURL>} {elem <SmallImage> {elem <URL> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L._SL75_.jp g" </URL>} {elem <Height Units="pixels"> "75" {bogusetag </Height>} {elem <Width Units="pixels"> "51" {bogusetag </Width>}}} </SmallImage>} {elem <MediumImage> {elem <URL> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L._SL160_.j pg" </URL>} {elem <Height Units="pixels"> "160" {bogusetag </Height>} {elem <Width Units="pixels"> "108" {bogusetag </Width>}}} </MediumImage>} {elem <LargeImage> {elem <URL> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L.jpg" </URL>} {elem <Height Units="pixels"> "180" {bogusetag </Height>} {elem <Width Units="pixels"> "122" {bogusetag </Width>} {bogusetag </LargeImage>} {elem <ImageSets> {elem <ImageSet Category="primary"> {elem <SwatchImage> {elem <URL> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L._SL30_.jp g" </URL>} {elem <Height Units="pixels"> "30" {bogusetag </Height>} {elem <Width Units="pixels"> "20" {bogusetag </Width>}}} </SwatchImage>} {elem <SmallImage> {elem <URL> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L._SL75_.jp g" </URL>} {elem <Height Units="pixels"> "75" {bogusetag </Height>} {elem <Width Units="pixels"> "51" {bogusetag </Width>}}} </SmallImage>} {elem <MediumImage> {elem <URL> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L._SL160_.j pg" </URL>} {elem <Height Units="pixels"> "160" {bogusetag </Height>} {elem <Width Units="pixels"> "108" {bogusetag </Width>}}} </MediumImage>} {elem <LargeImage> {elem <URL> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L.jpg" </URL>} {elem <Height Units="pixels"> "180" {bogusetag </Height>} {elem <Width Units="pixels"> "122" {bogusetag </Width>} {bogusetag </LargeImage>}}}} </ImageSet>} </ImageSets>} {elem <ItemAttributes> {elem <Binding> "Gebundene Ausgabe" </Binding>} {elem <Creator Role="Herausgeber"> "Ekbert Hering" {bogusetag </Creator>} {elem <Creator Role="Herausgeber"> "Heinrich Steinhart" {bogusetag </Creator>} {elem <EAN> "9783446228818" </EAN>} {elem <Edition> "1., Aufl." {bogusetag </Edition>} {elem <ISBN> "3446228810" {bogusetag </ISBN>} {elem <Label> "Hanser Fachbuchverlag" </Label>} {elem <Languages> {elem <Language> {elem <Name> "Deutsch" {bogusetag </Name>} {elem <Type> "Original Language" {bogusetag </Type>}}} </Language>} {elem <Language> {elem <Name> "Deutsch" {bogusetag </Name>} {elem <Type> "Unknown" {bogusetag </Type>}}} </Language>} {elem <Language> {elem <Name> "Deutsch" {bogusetag </Name>} {elem <Type> "Published" {bogusetag </Type>}}} </Language>} {bogusetag </Languages>} {elem <ListPrice> {elem <Amount> "2990" </Amount>} {elem <CurrencyCode> "EUR" {bogusetag </CurrencyCode>} {elem <FormattedPrice> "EUR 29,90" {bogusetag </FormattedPrice>}}} </ListPrice>} {elem <Manufacturer> "Hanser Fachbuchverlag" {bogusetag </Manufacturer>} {elem <NumberOfPages> "504" </NumberOfPages>} {elem <PackageDimensions> {elem <Height Units="hundredths-inches"> "126" {bogusetag </Height>} {elem <Length Units="hundredths-inches"> "740" {bogusetag </Length>} {elem <Weight Units="hundredths-pounds"> "132" {bogusetag </Weight>} {elem <Width Units="hundredths-inches"> "520" {bogusetag </Width>} {bogusetag </PackageDimensions>} {elem <ProductGroup> "Book" {bogusetag </ProductGroup>} {elem <PublicationDate> "2005-01-13" </PublicationDate>} {elem <Publisher> "Hanser Fachbuchverlag" </Publisher>} {elem <Studio> "Hanser Fachbuchverlag" {bogusetag </Studio>} {elem <Title> "Taschenbuch der Mechatronik" {bogusetag </Title>} {bogusetag </ItemAttributes>} {bogusetag </Item>} {bogusetag </Items>} {bogusetag </ItemSearchResponse>}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}>] I, [2009-09-24T13:49:03.238164 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AmazonProvider>: About to return [] / type-0 W, [2009-09-24T13:49:03.738682 #15331] WARN -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Provider Amazon encountered error: undefined method `length' for nil:NilClass /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/book_providers.rb:49:in `search' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/book_providers.rb:100:in `isbn_search' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialo g.rb:392:in `add_single_book_by_isbn' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialo g.rb:387:in `initialize' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialo g.rb:387:in `new' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialo g.rb:387:in `add_single_book_by_isbn' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialo g.rb:500:in `on_add' > /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/libglade2.rb:45:in `call' > /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/libglade2.rb:45:in `connect' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:51:in `call' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:51:in `main' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:51:in `start_gtk' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:57:in `main' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria.rb:40:in `main' > /usr/bin/alexandria:29 I, [2009-09-24T13:49:06.010049 #15331] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AdLibrisProvider>: Fetching http://www.adlibris.com/se/product.aspx?isbn=3446228810 http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=isbn%3A9783446228818&qt=adva nced Net::HTTPOK W, [2009-09-24T13:49:30.007141 #15331] WARN -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::WorldCatProvider>: Unexpected lack of title from WorldCat lookup W, [2009-09-24T13:49:32.471403 #15331] WARN -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Error while searching 3446228810
Date: 2009-09-23 19:06 Sender: Cathal Mc Ginley I don't know why Hpricot is working differently for you, but it seems that it is (those 'bogusetags' are still there in your latest debug log). I've attached a new patch (hpricot-xml.diff) which you should apply to a newly-unpacked alexandria-0.6.5 in the same way as the previous patch, and then re-install. This might fix Hpricot's parsing troubles. I have one or two more things to try before I give up. If you were on some kind of IM system it might make the turn-around a bit quicker. You can reach me on XMPP/Jabber via gnostai@gmail.com
Date: 2009-09-23 17:38 Sender: Martin Dosch Ok, now I have installed libhpricot 0.8.1 but the error still occurs. :( $ LOGLEVEL=INFO alexandria I, [2009-09-23T23:35:25.518767 #25860] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Not loading Barnes and Noble (provider not functional) I, [2009-09-23T23:35:25.559920 #25860] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Not loading Thalia (provider not functional) I, [2009-09-23T23:35:25.560064 #25860] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Not loading IBS (provider not functional) I, [2009-09-23T23:35:25.560150 #25860] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Not loading Renaud (provider not functional) I, [2009-09-23T23:35:25.560233 #25860] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Not loading BOL (provider not functional) I, [2009-09-23T23:35:25.560316 #25860] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Not loading Webster (provider not functional) I, [2009-09-23T23:35:25.656715 #25860] INFO -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Can't load Ruby/ZOOM, hence Z39.50 and providers Library of Congress, British Library not available W, [2009-09-23T23:35:26.520867 #25860] WARN -- : Unable to open the Evolution address book: EBookStatus returned 20 I, [2009-09-23T23:35:26.622421 #25860] INFO -- [Mod Alexandria::UI]: Initializing app_datadir... I, [2009-09-23T23:35:26.814709 #25860] INFO -- [Mod Alexandria::UI]: Initializing Icons... I, [2009-09-23T23:35:26.823317 #25860] INFO -- [Mod Alexandria::UI]: Starting MainApp... I, [2009-09-23T23:35:26.823492 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::MainApp>: Starting MainApp I, [2009-09-23T23:35:27.763655 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::UIManager>: Loading Libraries... I, [2009-09-23T23:35:27.995837 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::ListViewManager>: setup_view_source_dnd for #<Gtk::TreeView:0xb70b07b8> I, [2009-09-23T23:35:27.998306 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::IconViewManager>: setup_books_iconview #<Gtk::TreeModelSort:0xb707aeb0 ptr=0x8b68f28> I, [2009-09-23T23:35:27.998675 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::IconViewManager>: now @iconview.model = #<Gtk::TreeModelSort:0xb707aeb0 ptr=0x8b68f28> I, [2009-09-23T23:35:28.000021 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::IconViewManager>: setup_view_source_dnd for #<Gtk::IconView:0xb70b0b50> I, [2009-09-23T23:35:28.078787 #25860] INFO -- [Mod Alexandria::UI]: Starting Gtk... I, [2009-09-23T23:36:29.324930 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::UIManager>: on_add_book I, [2009-09-23T23:36:29.353783 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::NewBookDialog>: New Book Dialog 9783446228818 9783446228818 I, [2009-09-23T23:36:49.068979 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::UI::NewBookDialog>: New @find_thread #<Thread:0xb7062e28> I, [2009-09-23T23:36:49.153153 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AmazonProvider>: Amazon search for 3446228810 / type-0 I, [2009-09-23T23:36:49.153440 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AmazonProvider>: Key ID AKIAI3BKO5UVU7NGPQDA I, [2009-09-23T23:36:49.153639 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AmazonProvider>: Secret whfCUW ... 6ViAx6 I, [2009-09-23T23:36:49.154181 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AmazonProvider>: Requesting from de I, [2009-09-23T23:36:51.778413 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AmazonProvider>: Got products [#<Amazon::Element:0xb7056f4c @element={elem <item> {elem <asin> "3446228810" </ASIN>} {elem <detailpageurl> "http://www.amazon.de/Taschenbuch-Mechatronik-Ekbert-Hering/ dp/3446228810%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI3BKO5UVU7NGPQDA%26tag%3Dws% 26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN %3D3446228810" </DetailPageURL>} {elem <smallimage> {elem <url> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L._SL75_.jp g" </URL>} {elem <height Units="pixels"> "75" </Height>} {elem <width Units="pixels"> "51" </Width>} </SmallImage>} {elem <mediumimage> {elem <url> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L._SL160_.j pg" </URL>} {elem <height Units="pixels"> "160" </Height>} {elem <width Units="pixels"> "108" </Width>} </MediumImage>} {elem <largeimage> {elem <url> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L.jpg" </URL>} {elem <height Units="pixels"> "180" </Height>} {elem <width Units="pixels"> "122" </Width>} </LargeImage>} {elem <imagesets> {elem <imageset Category="primary"> {elem <swatchimage> {elem <url> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L._SL30_.jp g" </URL>} {elem <height Units="pixels"> "30" </Height>} {elem <width Units="pixels"> "20" </Width>} </SwatchImage>} {elem <smallimage> {elem <url> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L._SL75_.jp g" </URL>} {elem <height Units="pixels"> "75" </Height>} {elem <width Units="pixels"> "51" </Width>} </SmallImage>} {elem <mediumimage> {elem <url> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L._SL160_.j pg" </URL>} {elem <height Units="pixels"> "160" </Height>} {elem <width Units="pixels"> "108" </Width>} </MediumImage>} {elem <largeimage> {elem <url> "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21TNJ8Q2K8L.jpg" </URL>} {elem <height Units="pixels"> "180" </Height>} {elem <width Units="pixels"> "122" </Width>} </LargeImage>} {bogusetag </ImageSet>}} </ImageSets>} {elem <itemattributes> {elem <binding> "Gebundene Ausgabe" {bogusetag </Binding>} {elem <creator Role="Herausgeber"> "Ekbert Hering" {bogusetag </Creator>} {elem <creator Role="Herausgeber"> "Heinrich Steinhart" {bogusetag </Creator>} {elem <ean> "9783446228818" </EAN>} {elem <edition> "1., Aufl." {bogusetag </Edition>} {elem <isbn> "3446228810" {bogusetag </ISBN>} {elem <label> "Hanser Fachbuchverlag" {bogusetag </Label>} {elem <languages> {elem <language> {elem <name> "Deutsch" </Name>} {elem <type> "Original Language" {bogusetag </Type>} {bogusetag </Language>} {elem <language> {elem <name> "Deutsch" </Name>} {elem <type> "Unknown" {bogusetag </Type>} {bogusetag </Language>} {elem <language> {elem <name> "Deutsch" </Name>} {elem <type> "Published" {bogusetag </Type>} {bogusetag </Language>} {bogusetag </Languages>} {elem <listprice> {elem <amount> "2990" {bogusetag </Amount>} {elem <currencycode> "EUR" </CurrencyCode>} {elem <formattedprice> "EUR 29,90" {bogusetag </FormattedPrice>}}} </ListPrice>} {elem <manufacturer> "Hanser Fachbuchverlag" </Manufacturer>} {elem <numberofpages> "504" {bogusetag </NumberOfPages>} {elem <packagedimensions> {elem <height Units="hundredths-inches"> "126" </Height>} {elem <length Units="hundredths-inches"> "740" {bogusetag </Length>} {elem <weight Units="hundredths-pounds"> "132" {bogusetag </Weight>} {elem <width Units="hundredths-inches"> "520" </Width>}}} </PackageDimensions>} {elem <productgroup> "Book" {bogusetag </ProductGroup>} {elem <publicationdate> "2005-01-13" </PublicationDate>} {elem <publisher> "Hanser Fachbuchverlag" </Publisher>} {elem <studio> "Hanser Fachbuchverlag" </Studio>} {elem <title> "Taschenbuch der Mechatronik" </Title>}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} </ItemAttributes>} {bogusetag </Item>}}>] I, [2009-09-23T23:36:51.779680 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AmazonProvider>: About to return [] / type-0 W, [2009-09-23T23:36:52.302692 #25860] WARN -- [Cls Alexandria::BookProviders]: Provider Amazon encountered error: undefined method `length' for nil:NilClass /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/book_providers.rb:49:in `search' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/book_providers.rb:100:in `isbn_search' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialo g.rb:392:in `add_single_book_by_isbn' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialo g.rb:387:in `initialize' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialo g.rb:387:in `new' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialo g.rb:387:in `add_single_book_by_isbn' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/dialogs/new_book_dialo g.rb:500:in `on_add' > /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/libglade2.rb:45:in `call' > /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/libglade2.rb:45:in `connect' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:51:in `call' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:51:in `main' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:51:in `start_gtk' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:57:in `main' > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria.rb:40:in `main' > /usr/bin/alexandria:29 I, [2009-09-23T23:36:53.619108 #25860] INFO -- <Obj Alexandria::BookProviders::AdLibrisProvider>: Fetching http://www.adlibris.com/se/product.aspx?isbn=3446228810
Date: 2009-09-23 16:56 Sender: Cathal Mc Ginley Oops, I keep forgetting that I'm on a source-based distro, so I already have all the dev files. You need to install the ruby1.8-dev package, that'll give you mkmf. [ Note: the version of libhpricot-ruby is 0.8-2 not 0.8.2 ... this means it's probably the source of 0.8.0 but the second deb file release - what the gem file will give you is 0.8.1 with extra bug fixes (hopefully!) ]
Date: 2009-09-23 16:15 Sender: Martin Dosch Yes, there was libhpricot-ruby 0.8.2 was installed. I removed Version 0.8.2 but installing 0.8.1 failed. $ sudo gem install hpricot Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing hpricot: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb extconf.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError) from extconf.rb:1 Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.8.1 for inspection. Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.8.1/ext/hpricot_scan/gem_make.ou t And Version 0.8.2 is the only available version in the karmic sources. :(
Date: 2009-09-23 15:57 Sender: Cathal Mc Ginley Hm. This might be due to Hpricot (the HTML/XML parser used in the Amazon provider). What version of libhpricot-ruby do you have installed? (Ubuntu Karmic seems to have 0.8-2 according to a quick search.) Perhaps try uninstalling it, and instead installing rubygems and grabbing the hpricot gem (which should be 0.8.1) with: sudo gem install hpricot I think I'll have to improve the Amazon provider by getting rid of the file amazon_ecs.rb anyway and using my own Hpricot code (from Palatina). [ Explanation (for my reference): I noticed a difference between my Hpricot objects: {elem <productgroup> "Book" </productgroup>} and yours: {elem <productgroup> "Book" {bogusetag </ProductGroup>} which suggests our versions of Hpricot must differ somehow. Then I looked and saw that line 153 of amazon_aws.rb: next unless item.get('itemattributes/productgroup') == 'Book' will indeed skip all products and end up with an empty list if the Hpricot code fails to match. For ISBN searches, this will try to return the first element of an empty list, which is defined as nil. This matches the errors you're getting. ]
Date: 2009-09-23 15:14 Sender: Martin Dosch Alright, I hope this output will be useful to find the bug.
Date: 2009-09-23 14:58 Sender: Cathal Mc Ginley Okay, I've created and attached a simple patch which adds lots of logging statements to the Amazon search method. Download the patch, then open a terminal to wherever you have the source for alexandria unpacked. Apply the patch: patch -p1 < ~/alexandria-amazon-logging.diff (possibly alter this, depending where you saved the patch) and re-install alexandria with: sudo rake install Then run the program from a terminal, first setting the log level: LOGLEVEL=INFO alexandria You should be able to pick out lots of INFO level logs relating to Amazon. Attach them here, or e-mail me cathal.magus@gnostai.org With luck I might be able to see why problems are arising.
Date: 2009-09-23 13:36 Sender: Martin Dosch I had this error when using the *.deb on xubuntu 9.10 alpha too. I'm not into ruby, i'm only a little bit experienced in c-programming. I will try to help you if you tell me what i have to do.
Date: 2009-09-23 13:26 Sender: Cathal Mc Ginley This is odd, people have been having issues with the Amazon provider in Alexandria 0.6.5 which I'm unable to reproduce. In your case it's even stranger. The cause of the error is that the method 'search' in the Amazon provider is returning nil, but I can't see why, the code in amazon_aws.rb doesn't *seem* to allow this case. If there are no results found, an expected NoResultsError would be raised. I can see you're installed Alexandria from the source tarball. What level of technical experience do you have? Could I ask you to insert logging statements into the Amazon provider code to help me diagnose the problem? (since I can't duplicate the problem locally).
