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danny0838 / webscrapbook

A browser extension that captures web pages to local device or backend server for future retrieval, organization, annotation, and edit. This project inherits from legacy Firefox add-on ScrapBook X.
Mozilla Public License 2.0
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WebScrapBook just says Backend server is not configured, despite that I'm saving to a folder #247

Closed technicaltitch closed 3 years ago

technicaltitch commented 3 years ago

Apologies, not sure why I'm seeing this but can find no guidance.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled WebScrapBook, but the sidebar just says "Backend server is not configured".

It seems to be saving successfully to the folder "/Users/USER/Downloads/WebScrapBook/data/ specified, but after saving it says this.book is null below the "not configured" error. If I then refresh only the "Backend server is not configured" message remains.

Is there a way I can tell WebScrapBook not to look for a server, and just to list what's in the folder?

I have had WebScrapBook installed for several months, but just uninstalled, re-opened Firefox ESR, then reinstalled the plugin, and get the same behaviour.

I do not want to run a backend server. I'm a dev myself so don't need the port clashes and have no need for anything beyond disk-based store.

technicaltitch commented 3 years ago

Sorry, re-reading the docs it seems the sidebar only works if the backend server is configured, so closing this. Apologies for the noise.