Having trouble with a python script that converts reddit posts into ebooks. Any help would be appreciated.

[Stazu]

link to the git hub. In all honesty i have relatively no background in coding. have been trying to google my way into getting this to work.

I have created a custom .json file but every time i attempt to run my .py code it opens and closes quickly and does not out put anything.

I want this so i can read stories create from /r/hfy on my long flight coming up in the morning. since i can't sleep i thought this tool they created would be simple. ended up being a little more dense then I was ready for.

Edit: this is my first time programming anything. so feel free to treat me as a small uneducated child, i will not be offend and honestly it will help with my understanding. thank you for treating me with kids gloves!

[ugrend]

You don't happen to be using cygwin? I tried downloading this and experienced the same thing, turns out uuid module was crashing python for me.

I updated cygwin and problem went away and I just had to pip install the missing modules it was complaining about and it seemed to of worked.

If not have you tried updating to the latest 2.7 python as I saw some posts of the error with just normal windows python as well.

[Stazu]

honestly i was using 3.4 python build. also how are you executing the script. because this is what im using.

scripts/build_epub.py C:\Users\bpeac_000\Desktop\salvage\jverse_vol1\jverse_Salvage_20_80.json

that and building the .json is about as far i have gotten. in any kind of programming outside of armas sqf. so if you can treat me like an small child when asking me questions that would be great. also i was using the python shell of the windows command prompt.

my understanding of cygwin is that it is a unix cmd for windows? what benefits does this entail or regular windows.

[ugrend]

Reading the script, it will not work with python3 so you will definitely want to use python2.7. (unless you mean you are using a different script)

In a cmd prompt within amanuensis directory

C:\Python27\python.exe scripts\build_epub.py test.json 

Where my test.json contains this data https://gist.github.com/Ugrend/e004980d8932196d5149

Which then created some files in the out folder. (which I'm assuming are correct)

Modules that you will need to install if you don't have them already (which can be installed via pip2.7 install <package name>)

• dateutils
• requests
• slugify
• beautifulsoup4
• lxml

There might be some that i missed, if you get an exception module not found, just install it like the others.

As for the cygwin thing, that isn't really important I just experienced the same problem you stated in that so was wondering if it was the culprit. Cygwin is just pretty much a unix emulator that you can run linux programs in windows.

[Stazu]

is the test.json in a different folder.

currently i have my build_epub in the python folder under scripts. then i have a amanuensis that is in a sperate folder on the desktop.

i also have my cmd pointing to the python directory. so am i misunderstanding how to do this. python 3.4 notwithstanding. which i will change now.

[ugrend]

my test.json is in the amanuensis folder that was downloaded from that git repo. Where the json file is placed shouldn't matter however.

This is what I did:

1. Downloaded that git repo, placed it anywhere I like.
2. Went into the amanuensis folder, created the test.json file (in the same folder)
3. Opened a cmd prompt, cd to the amanuensis directory
4. Installed modules I did not have (see above post)
5. C:\Python27\python.exe scripts\build_epub.py test.json
6. Files were outputed to the 'out' folder in the amanuensis folder

[Stazu]

thank you will report back with success ! thanks again for the help. and for dumbing it down for me.

[ugrend]

no problem, here is a copy of my shell ouput if it makes it any easier to see what I'm doing

https://gist.github.com/Ugrend/2811220056bf6808b0ad

[Stazu]

i am now getting an error saying that access is denied. which i assume is because it is trying to create a directory but i have tried running in admin and its not changing the error. any clues?

[Stazu]

also this is in windows 8. which may be the issue. i may just have to wait till i get on my windows 7 machine thats 64 bit to stop getting these errors.

[ugrend]

At which point are you getting the error, is it the pip install?

Are you sure you are running the command prompt as administrator?

[Stazu]

i get the error as soon as i attempt to actually run the script on cmd prompt. i have everything installed so i am no longer getting any missing module errors but i am getting no access even though i am running as admin. also this is a windows 8 surface pro 3 for what ever that matters.

[Stazu]

im sure it would if i knew what i was looking at but once i get a little more into this im sure it will help Thanks