User ID/Profile URL Won’t Save?

Sounds odd. It should pick a consecutive string of numbers from whatever you write in that field, and save those numbers. What’s the Goodreads profile URL you’re having trouble with? And what happens if you use just the numbers from your profile URL, i.e., if you use just your profile ID?

Also, some browsers act a bit weird. Try using Ctrl-F5 to force-refresh the widget settings page after you’ve saved the widget.

Thanks for the quick response! Profile URL is https://www.goodreads.com/kylerohde.

When I try “kylerohde” or “https://www.goodreads.com/kylerohde” in the field, it disappears. When I tried “30403993” (the numbers), it stored but now shows “Error retrieving data from Goodreads. Retrying in 60 minutes.” as the error. I wonder if that’s because it won’t store the “-kyle” that is in my full profile URL (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/30403993-kyle)?

Very weird!

The “-kyle” part shouldn’t matter; if you go to https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/30403993, you’ll still see your profile.

If you type in 30403993, it should work. Also, please make sure your API key and shelf names are correct.

Let me know how it went.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by cmeeren.

Also, make sure your profile is public, as mentioned in the note on the settings screen. ??

Did all that and still getting the same message. I must be doing something wrong and I am not a dev in the least. Thanks for the quick responses and help – I’ll just use the widget tool that Goodreads has. Dropping a little donation in for you though. Thank you.

Thank you very much! ??

I just tested with your profile ID, and it works here. I think we’ll get to the bottom of this. Could you please send me the following settings?

– Name of Goodreads shelf
– Display review: yes/no
– Display links: yes/no
– Max number of books
– The three sorting options
– Reading progress (hide/text/bar)
– Display time since last update: yes/no

Then I can test myself and figure out exactly what’s wrong.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by cmeeren.

Sure –

I have all these set as the defaults from after install.
– currently-reading
– No
– No
– 3
– No/Date Updated/Descending
– Hide
– Yes

Thank you for trying!

Works fine here. I get an empty shelf, which seems correct given that your currently-reading shelf is empty. No error messages. Your to-read and read shelves also display correctly.

Please try again, might work now.

If your settings are correctly entered at your end, and it still doesn’t work, then something else must be wrong. I’m marking this as resolved since it’s not an error on part of the plugin, but let me know if you find out anything interesting or if you get it working.

Hi again. I just released a bugfix that may have been the cause of some of your troubles. Please update to 1.4.1 and see if it works. Remember to save your widget settings after updating. ??

Still doing the same thing. I am clearly doing something wrong – thank you for continuing to try!