On 02/10/2013 06:46 PM, James Simmons wrote:
I had created an Activity for the One Laptop Per Child project which downloads and reads the Plain Text version of PG titles. I use the offline catalogue and some Python code to list available titles in the catalogue that match a search string. For instance the child might enter "Twain" and get a list of all the books by and about Twain. Then the child can download the book using the same program.
This has been working well for years but lately it has stopped working. When I try to debug it I see it trying to download this URL for instance:
Supply a user-agent that clearly defines your app and provides a way to contact you eg. OLPCReader/1.0; +http://www.olpc-reader.org/app-info.html OLPCReader/1.0; +mailto:me@example.com The standard Python-urllib user agent will not do! or use a mirror site. See: www.gutenberg.org/MIRRORS.ALL Regards -- Marcello Perathoner webmaster@gutenberg.org