Limited number of synchronized books about kobocloud

[ScottESanDiego]

I had a similar issue with both those same storage providers (and there's a warning in the readme about potential issues syncing large numbers with Google Drive), so you're not alone.

FWIW, I used the rclone method (see the PR), and sync'ed 162 books from DropBox w/o issue. If you really need to sync all your books, you could go that route. (Not sure if @fsantini is going to merge it, or if there's something else waiting to happen.)

[ionontelodico]

Hi & Ciao
excuse me if i post here my problem too

(as i did on mobilereadforum)...
...i still have problems downloading my ebook from google drive to my Kobo Glo HD...
This is my kobocloudrc file:

# Add your URLs to this file
# Remove the # from the following line to uninstall KoboCloud
#UNINSTALL
# Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/My_Shared_Folder
enter character

My experience:
The cloud downloading worked the first time, but not completely... i have 74 ebooks, and my kobo glo hd downloaded only 41; every time i switch on my kobo, it seems to me it stucks on 6% of downloading...and still i have only 41 books
You can see my Kobo Log in the attachment...
LOG_.txt
I downloaded rclone, but really i don't know how can it works on the kobo...
Can you help me? Thanks & Grazie

[ScottESanDiego]

Do the instructions I put in #35 along with https://rclone.org/docs/ help with how to use rclone?

[ionontelodico]

Thanks a lot for the answer...but still my kobo stucks on 41 books!
I followed your tips, but really don't understood the 3rd point
3 Add a line to kobocloudrc that looks like RCLONE Foo (e.g., RCLONE ScottE_DropBox:eBooks)
What is a Foo? i added this line in my kobocloudrc file:
RCLONE ebook:
(my remote is named "ebook"...)
...but it's not working..
What am i doing wrong?
Thanks & ciao

[ScottESanDiego]

@ionontelodico rclone needs a "config file" which is created when you run the rclone config command.

What I did is download rclone to my desktop system, run rclone config and create a new config file as described by the rclone docs .

Like, if you run through the rclone config steps on your desktop and make a new config for DropBox named 'ebook', you should now have a .rclone.conf file on your desktop with contents that start with [ebook]. (In the 3rd point example I made, my config was named ScottE_Dropbox and it had a subdirectory eBooks, hence ScottE_Dropbox:eBooks).

Copy that .rclone.conf file from your desktop system to the kobo_rclone.conf in the kobocloud folder on your Kobo.

Finally, edit kobocloudrc to reflect the name of the share you want to use. For your case, probably something like RCLONE ebook: would be the right thing, and sounds like what you did already.

Can you confirm that ebook matches what's in the kobo_rclone.conf file on the Kobo?

[ionontelodico]

Thanks a lot @ScottESanDiego ...rclone worked, but i had to migrate from gdrive to dropbox...and finally my KoboGlo downloaded all my stored ebooks!
The good is that kobocloudrc didn't duplicate ebooks in this migration...really sync!
Thanks really so much!
:-)

[ScottESanDiego]

Why do you have to migrate? You should be able to configure rclone to work with Google Drive (I use it with Google Drive and Dropbox).

Anyway, glad it worked! If you want to contribute anything to that PR (like better instructions than what I had), that'd be useful. Hoping we can get @fsantini to merge it, so I don't have to maintain my changes. :-)

[ionontelodico]

Why do you have to migrate?
... Well... Gdrive always stucks on 6%...
Migrating, sync was quite immediate...
i added 2 more ebooks.. Kobo started... About after 2 minutes went to sync... I want to test when (after the device's boot) exactly kobo start the sync...
P. S.: i think your tips are more clear... My english is maccaroni english!

[ionontelodico]

Hi again...
Again,my Kobo Glo hd doesn't sync with my dropbox shared folder... Reallly, i don't understand...
I have 79 ebooks in my folder, and my kobo loads only 50...
Updated mu rclone token...but nothing...
This is my rclone.conf

[ebook_drop]
type = dropbox
token = {"access_token":"ZhjFG4cXXrIAAAAAAAAAATo_GavyUC7LyrrB_G9QgtuQf6tetpNYaxx-rtB0Zztl","token_type":"bearer","expiry":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"}

This is my koboclourc

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b3303jlbwk63bxh/AABywGY3Eg_RXECykvDdnx1Ra?dl=0
RCLONE ebook_drop:
# Add your URLs to this file
# Remove the # from the following line to uninstall KoboCloud
#UNINSTALL

Where do i go wrong?

[ScottESanDiego]

Doesn't the [ebook_drop] section also need a client_id and client_secret ?

The kobocloudrc needs either the HTTPS URL or the RCLONE line. Not both. I'd comment out the HTTPS line and see what happens.

[ionontelodico]

First: Thanks a lot!
Then...let me understand: i have to delete the https line and keep this quote
RCLONE ebook_drop:
?
...and where can i find theclient idand client_secret you said?
Thanks again! :-)

[ScottESanDiego]

Correct. You should only have RCLONE ebook_drop: in your kobocloudrc file (other than comments of course).

My .rclone.conf has those client_id and client_secret lines in it for my DropBox entry:

[ScottESanDiego_DropBox]
type = dropbox
token = {"access_token":"<blahblahblah>","token_type":"bearer","expiry":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"}
client_id = blahblahblah
client_secret = blahblahblah

Not sure why your rclone config didn't add those. I mean, I guess if it didn't add them they they aren't needed...just it looks different than mine. :-)

[ionontelodico]

Nothing...i deleted the http line...even added

client_id = ZhjFG4cXXrIAAAAAAAAAATo_GavyUC7LyrrB_G9QgtuQf6tetpNYaxx-rtB0Zztl
client_secret = ZhjFG4cXXrIAAAAAAAAAATo_GavyUC7LyrrB_G9QgtuQf6tetpNYaxx-rtB0Zztl

but nothing...
I think ...it's a strange behaviour: my kobo loads only a limited number of ebooks...
Thanks a lot, however!
:-)

[louisabraham]

I had the same problem with dropbox #123

I solved it by implementing a proper API client in #124

You can test it by following the instructions there