Here's the steps I completed.

[cjemorton]

pip install audible

created a test.py file.

import audible

# for US accounts
client = audible.Client("myemail", "mypassword", local="us")

# specify a api_version on request
# default is api_version="1.0"
# get deprecated version of library
library = client.get("library/books", api_version="0.0", purchaseAfterDate="01/01/1970", sortInAscendingOrder="true")

print(library)

executed that file. with python3.6

python3.6 test.py

the results I got back are.

Answer for CAPTCHA: audible-api: unable to open X server `' @ error/display.c/DisplayImageCommand/410.

I realize I need to register, however I have no idea how to go about doing that. Is there any sample code on how to go about doing that?

[mkb79]

It looks like an error with the captcha who can’t display correctly.

This codeline is important:

with urllib.request.urlopen(captcha["src"]) as url:
    f = io.BytesIO(url.read())

    img= Image.open(f)
    img.show()

Which is you use and which x-Server you have?

[mkb79]

A quick workaround:

Change the obove lines of code to:
with urllib.request.urlopen(captcha["src"]) as url:

    f = io.BytesIO(url.read())

    try:
        img= Image.open(f)
        img.show()
    execept:
        print(f)

On error audible-api now printes you the url for captcha on screen and you have to open the link with a webbrowser.

[mkb79]

Sorry there is a error in my code. Correct is:

with urllib.request.urlopen(captcha["src"]) as url:

    f = io.BytesIO(url.read())

    try:
        img= Image.open(f)
        img.show()
    execept:
        print(captcha["src"])

[mkb79]

Can you please update audible with pip update audible and try again.

[cjemorton]

pip install --upgrade audible
Collecting audible
Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/23/ca/0c3822c159ed9f0b1e2900fe27a6d368f1dd4904aa1a7db6743e726357a2/audible-0.1.3-py3-none-any.whl
Requirement already satisfied, skipping upgrade: beautifulsoup4 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from audible) (4.7.1)
Requirement already satisfied, skipping upgrade: Pillow in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from audible) (6.0.0)
Requirement already satisfied, skipping upgrade: rsa in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from audible) (4.0)
Requirement already satisfied, skipping upgrade: requests in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from audible) (2.21.0)
Requirement already satisfied, skipping upgrade: soupsieve>=1.2 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from beautifulsoup4->audible) (1.8)
Requirement already satisfied, skipping upgrade: pyasn1>=0.1.3 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from rsa->audible) (0.4.5)
Requirement already satisfied, skipping upgrade: chardet<3.1.0,>=3.0.2 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from requests->audible) (3.0.4)
Requirement already satisfied, skipping upgrade: idna<2.9,>=2.5 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from requests->audible) (2.8)
Requirement already satisfied, skipping upgrade: urllib3<1.25,>=1.21.1 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from requests->audible) (1.24.1)
Requirement already satisfied, skipping upgrade: certifi>=2017.4.17 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from requests->audible) (2019.3.9)
Installing collected packages: audible
Found existing installation: audible 0.1.2
Uninstalling audible-0.1.2:
Successfully uninstalled audible-0.1.2
Successfully installed audible-0.1.3

Just installed the new version from pip.

I am not running an x-server my use case needs me to get it running on a headless machine.
That is... I think..., once I've read over the errors again... I've pinpointed the problem. DOH!

Is there any ways to print out the URL so I can open and enter it manually?
Like a check or something that detects if the machine is running without a x-server if so, go strictly text based?

[mkb79]

I have released version 1.4 on pypi now. Please update again.

How you execute the script? Tru a ssh session? Then you have the output in console and you can try following code:

import audible

def custom_captcha_callback(captcha_url):
    print(captcha_url)
    guess = input("Answer for CAPTCHA: ")
    guess = str(guess).strip().lower()
    return guess

client = audible.Client("EMAIL", "PASSWORD", local="us", captcha_callback=custom_captcha_callback)

Now the Captcha url will be prompted in your ssh console and you can copy&past them to a Webbrowser and insert captcha answer in console.

[mkb79]

If you have success don’t forget to save session. Otherwise you can try to execute the script on a local machine and save session to file. Then you can store the session file in project folder on your headless machine and init a session with
client = audible.Client(filename="your filename", local="us")

[cjemorton]

success!

Still not sure how to save a session tho, right now I have to type in a Captcha each time I call the script.

The last snip of code you shared is for loading a saved session. How do I go about saving the session to begin with?

Once I get that figured out, I should be able to put the pieces together from there.

import audible

def custom_captcha_callback(captcha_url):
print(captcha_url)
guess = input("Answer for CAPTCHA: ")
guess = str(guess).strip().lower()
return guess

client = audible.Client("MYUSERNAME", "MYPASSWORD", local="us", captcha_callback=custom_captcha_callback)

library = client.get("library/books", api_version="0.0", purchaseAfterDate="01/01/1970", sortInAscendingOrder="true")

print(library)

I'm just executing a script through a ssh session.

Basically: python3.6 test.py

Another quick question, does the local="us" also work with the audible.ca ? the canadian version? I seemed to be getting the results from my library, so I think it is?...

[mkb79]

In the README I wrote how to save session. Here are two examples:

# give filename at instantiate client
# saves session after success init and register device
client = audible.Client(..., filename="your filename or path+filename")

# saves at any moment
client = audible.Client(...)
client.to_json_file(filename or path+filename)

Hint:
You are using deprecated version of library call. This is the new one:

client.get(
    "library",
    num_results=999,
    response_groups="media, series, ..."
)

Canadian is not supported but can be implemented very easy. 

[cjemorton]

! Got it working, just needed to add filename="FILENAME",
then load it with the snip of code you posted earlier.

[mkb79]

I don’t know if you can use an session file from us store to call canadian audible api.

I have add canadian now to my code but will them upload later. In germany it‘s now 1am.

Meanwhile you can open the localization.py delivered by audible module and rewrite to:

from urllib.parse import urlparse


localization = {
    "de": {
        "AMAZON_LOGIN": urlparse("https://www.amazon.de"),
        "AMAZON_API": urlparse("https://api.amazon.de"),
        "AUDIBLE_API": urlparse("https://api.audible.de"),
        "Accept-Language": "de-DE",
        "marketPlaceId": "AN7V1F1VY261K",
        "openid_assoc_handle": "amzn_audible_ios_de",
        "oauth_lang": "de-DE",
        "auth_register_domain": ".amazon.de"
    },
    "us": {
        "AMAZON_LOGIN": urlparse("https://www.amazon.com"),
        "AMAZON_API": urlparse("https://api.amazon.com"),
        "AUDIBLE_API": urlparse("https://api.audible.com"),
        "Accept-Language": "en-US",
        "marketPlaceId": "AF2M0KC94RCEA",
        "openid_assoc_handle": "amzn_audible_ios_us",
        "oauth_lang": "en-US",
        "auth_register_domain": ".amazon.com"
    },
    "uk": {
        "AMAZON_LOGIN": urlparse("https://www.amazon.co.uk"),
        "AMAZON_API": urlparse("https://api.amazon.co.uk"),
        "AUDIBLE_API": urlparse("https://api.audible.co.uk"),
        "Accept-Language": "en-GB",
        "marketPlaceId": "A2I9A3Q2GNFNGQ",
        "openid_assoc_handle": "amzn_audible_ios_uk",
        "oauth_lang": "en-GB",
        "auth_register_domain": ".amazon.co.uk"
    },
    "fr": {
        "AMAZON_LOGIN": urlparse("https://www.amazon.fr"),
        "AMAZON_API": urlparse("https://api.amazon.fr"),
        "AUDIBLE_API": urlparse("https://api.audible.fr"),
        "Accept-Language": "fr-FR",
        "marketPlaceId": "A2728XDNODOQ8T",
        "openid_assoc_handle": "amzn_audible_ios_fr",
        "oauth_lang": "fr-FR",
        "auth_register_domain": ".amazon.fr"
    },
    "ca": {
        "AMAZON_LOGIN": urlparse("https://www.amazon.ca"),
        "AMAZON_API": urlparse("https://api.amazon.ca"),
        "AUDIBLE_API": urlparse("https://api.audible.ca"),
        "Accept-Language": "en-CA",
        "marketPlaceId": "A2CQZ5RBY40XE",
        "openid_assoc_handle": "amzn_audible_ios_ca",
        "oauth_lang": "en-CA",
        "auth_register_domain": ".amazon.ca"
    },
}

And then you can

import audible


client = audible.Client(User, Password, local="ca", filename="your filename", captcha_callback="your captcha function here")

[cjemorton]

I just tried it, yes you can use a session file from the US to call the Canadian api. It worked for me.

I just tweaked my localization file manually here. I'll pull in the changes with pip later when you update. Have a good night!

[mkb79]

That sounds great. Can you try follow code and tell me in what currency the prices are?

client.get(
    "library",
    num_results=999,
    response_groups="price"
)

If the prices are in CAD all is fine. But if they in USD you need a new session file from ca store.

[cjemorton]

Ok, I setup a little test. Using my session-us.key (the session key generated using local="us")
Running the code snippet above against each localization:

de -> {'items': [], 'response_groups': ['always-returned', 'price']}

us -> 'currency_code': 'USD'

uk -> {'items': [], 'response_groups': ['always-returned', 'price']}

fr -> {'items': [], 'response_groups': ['always-returned', 'price']}

ca -> 'currency_code': 'CAD'

So I can conclude that my session-key works for the us local and the ca local. However for the de, uk, fr local I get those responses.

I think this might be the case because I have never bought anything from those other 3 stores, so I have no data returned.

As a side note, whats the best way to parse the data returned from each api call? is it JSON formatted?

[mkb79]

Thanks for your help. The response type is a python dictionary.

[mkb79]

I must correct me. The api answer is in json. But this app converted them to a python dictionary.

[cjemorton]

No problem, if I can help with anything let me know.

Python Dictionary! I never would have guessed... I was trying to parse them as json and it just wasn't working... was starting to pull my hair out...

[mkb79]

First I thought to output the response as json. But as json you can‘t work correctly with the response. So I have decided me to output the response as a 'classic' python dictionary. I would close this issue now.