LJArchive problem...

[alexpgp]

Every once in a while I fire up the LJArchive to back up my tappings.

This most recent time, the journal entries seemed to download with no problem, but the second pass—which downloads comments—goes on until it times out with the following error message:

ljArchive Error: System.Xml.XmlException: The 'img' start tag on line 104 does not match the end tag of 'A'. Line 105, position 67.

A look at my comment stream since the last time I ran LJArchive shows no images posted in comments since that last update. This leads me to believe that when LJArchive goes to fetch comments, what comes back through the pipe is not what the program expects. As a result, all of the data downloaded during the synchronization process is dumped.

Fortunately, LJArchive has a setting that will let me download posts without downloading comments, but the status quo is a bit annoying.

I'm betting LJ has changed the way it grants access to comments, but there are other, more urgent issues that demand my attention, so I think I'll fire off a help request and see what happens.

Cheers...

Comments

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Since I've never had a problem with LJ Archive, and I hadn't sync'd recently, I thought I'd better check. It now hangs on downloading the comment index. Since LJ Archive isn't supported anymore, I'd be interested in what you find out.

It finally said, "Server not responding, try again later".

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Well, LJ support came back with a lecture reminding me that ljArchive is a third-party app, etc., so there's nothing to be done, but they didn't actually answer my question, i.e., Has LJ changed the way it grants comment access to programs like ljAchive since August 1?

I'm not too hopeful that anyone will take up the torch on the ljArchive front.

Cheers...

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

I saw that.

The last entry I have that LJArchive uploaded comments for was on Aug 13. The next entry on August 16 was the first with the comment problem. The last LJ Release was on August 18.

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

I'm not so sure the problem lies with a comment to any particular entry, but with the back-and-forth between LJ and ljArchive when it comes to downloading comments.

Ah, well...

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

I was trying to see if the change coorelated with an LJ release, but the last one was on August 10. Which is not to say that they didn't do some other sort of tweak after that.