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Sadly, the Goodreads importer appears broken - a fresh export just now of my Goodreads data (<100k) is failing to import with a generic "oops it failed" error a

Sadly, the Goodreads importer appears broken - a fresh export just now of my Goodreads data (<100k) is failing to import with a generic "oops it failed" error almost immediately. :( [1] https://www.goodreads.com/review/import https://www.goodreads.com/review/import (export) [2] https://openlibrary.org/account/import/goodreads https://openlibrary.org/account/import/goodreads

simonklitj 6y ago
Not just you, gives me the same error :(
- cdrini 6y ago
  Hi! I work on Open Library; sorry about that! We had a Python 3 migration that stirred the pot a little. We deployed a fix, so it should be working now! https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/4259 https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/4259
gwern 6y ago
The GR CSV export worked for me just now. Possibly an overload problem. Regardless, the writing is now on the wall for GR - get out while you still can.
cdrini 6y ago
Hello! I work on Open Library; sorry for the bug! We recently deployed a big Python 3 migration that stirred the pot a little. The import issue should now be fixed: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/4259 https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/4259
- kradeelav 6y ago
  Thank you so much for work you do with OL! I'm a goodreads librarian and would love to import my data/lists/etc over, but whenever I try to access (https://openlibrary.org/account/import/goodreads https://openlibrary.org/account/import/goodreads), it gives me a 'method not allowed' error. (granted, running on older versions of firefox, but still thought it might be a bug you would like to be aware of.)
  - mekarpeles 6y ago
    <3 Also, Open Library has a librarian program. If you use the https://openlibrary.org/volunteer https://openlibrary.org/volunteer page and click the Librarian link, this will send an email to Lisa, our head community librarian and we can help you access our slack channel and request access to our librarian features. We also have an optional weekly call for folks to raise issues and questions (e.g. "I want book series!") More about librarianship @ Open Library: https://openlibrary.org/about/lib https://openlibrary.org/about/lib If you hit any issues with this process, feel invited to send me an email to mek@archive.org.
  - mekarpeles 6y ago
    Thanks kradeelav! The "method not allowed" is happening because this page requires login first. Ideally, it should probably bring you to the login page and (once you login) bring you back to the import page. We'll see about creating an issue for this, thanks!
- gravitas 6y ago
  Hi! Thanks for fixing that up - I had an 18% failure rate (368/444) and lost the list of failures when I clicked away, so given this I'm now trying to flush/reset my library. I'd recommend (a) logging the import task to a logfile for the user to review failures, and (b) providing editing at scale (list view with checkboxes -> action), as I'm sitting here clicking "remove" hundreds of times to reset book by book. :-/
  - mekarpeles 6y ago
    https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/4266 https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/4266 tracking this issue here

simonklitj 6y ago

Not just you, gives me the same error :(

cdrini 6y ago
Hi! I work on Open Library; sorry about that! We had a Python 3 migration that stirred the pot a little. We deployed a fix, so it should be working now! https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/4259 https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/4259

gwern 6y ago

The GR CSV export worked for me just now. Possibly an overload problem. Regardless, the writing is now on the wall for GR - get out while you still can.

cdrini 6y ago

Hello! I work on Open Library; sorry for the bug! We recently deployed a big Python 3 migration that stirred the pot a little. The import issue should now be fixed: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/4259 https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/4259

kradeelav 6y ago
Thank you so much for work you do with OL! I'm a goodreads librarian and would love to import my data/lists/etc over, but whenever I try to access (https://openlibrary.org/account/import/goodreads https://openlibrary.org/account/import/goodreads), it gives me a 'method not allowed' error. (granted, running on older versions of firefox, but still thought it might be a bug you would like to be aware of.)
- mekarpeles 6y ago
  <3 Also, Open Library has a librarian program. If you use the https://openlibrary.org/volunteer https://openlibrary.org/volunteer page and click the Librarian link, this will send an email to Lisa, our head community librarian and we can help you access our slack channel and request access to our librarian features. We also have an optional weekly call for folks to raise issues and questions (e.g. "I want book series!") More about librarianship @ Open Library: https://openlibrary.org/about/lib https://openlibrary.org/about/lib If you hit any issues with this process, feel invited to send me an email to mek@archive.org.
- mekarpeles 6y ago
  Thanks kradeelav! The "method not allowed" is happening because this page requires login first. Ideally, it should probably bring you to the login page and (once you login) bring you back to the import page. We'll see about creating an issue for this, thanks!
gravitas 6y ago
Hi! Thanks for fixing that up - I had an 18% failure rate (368/444) and lost the list of failures when I clicked away, so given this I'm now trying to flush/reset my library. I'd recommend (a) logging the import task to a logfile for the user to review failures, and (b) providing editing at scale (list view with checkboxes -> action), as I'm sitting here clicking "remove" hundreds of times to reset book by book. :-/
- mekarpeles 6y ago
  https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/4266 https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/4266 tracking this issue here