Barnes and Noble: ignoblekey.py error: Could not locate B&N Reader installation

[mtngr1]

I installed Python 2.6 first, then pycrypto-2.1.0. Is the key file for Barnes and Noble called bnepubkey.64? I click on Ignoble Key, it gives me the Error: Could not locate B&N Reader installation, but I have it installed and have the Ignoble Key in the directory. I then try and use Ignoble Key gen, and put the epub book that I have from Barnes and noble, then the saved name I want for the output book I want, and it spits out a bnepubkey.64, to which I put in the inept key, and I keep getting the error decoding ASN.1. Can someone please tell me what I have doing wrong?

TIA

[mtngr1]

Now I am getting this error:AES key must be either 16,24, or 32 bytes long? I am using the bnepubkey.b64 that it spit out?

Originally Posted by mtngr1

I installed Python 2.6 first, then pycrypto-2.1.0. Is the key file for Barnes and Noble called bnepubkey.64? I click on Ignoble Key, it gives me the Error: Could not locate B&N Reader installation, but I have it installed and have the Ignoble Key in the directory.

Create a copy of "ignoblekey.py". Then open "ignoblekey.py" with any text editor like Windows Notepad and change the BN_APPDATA_DIR variable from

BN_APPDATA_DIR = r'Barnes & Noble\DesktopReader'

to

BN_APPDATA_DIR = r'Barnes & Noble\BNDesktopReader'

or to whatever directory that is used for your B&N Reader installation.

[mtngr1]

Okay, I did that and now it's saying, Error: Problem locating B&N Reader DB. my Barnes and Noble is in Program Files\Barnes & Noble\BNDestopReader

Originally Posted by mtngr1

Okay, I did that and now it's saying, Error: Problem locating B&N Reader DB. my Barnes and Noble is in Program Files\Barnes & Noble\BNDestopReader

B&N has probably changed the DB name. So when the script tries to find it using

dbpath = glob.glob(os.path.join(bndir, 'ClientAPI_*.db'))

you get the error.

Find the db name and change the code. If you use Windows 7 or Vista, see whether you have the following file

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Barnes & Noble\BNDesktopReader\ClientAPI.db

and in Windows XP see whether you have

C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Application Data\Barnes & Noble\BNDesktopReader\ClientAPI.db

If you do, then replace

dbpath = glob.glob(os.path.join(bndir, 'ClientAPI_*.db'))

with

dbpath = glob.glob(os.path.join(bndir, 'ClientAPI*.db'))

Let me know whether if you will get the "B&N User Key not found. Unexpected DB format?" error.

[mtngr1]

I ckd it in the registry and I did have that,so I copied pasted what you told me to change in ignoblekey using the pythonwin editor and now, the black dos box comes up and then disappears. No words or anything, just the dos box.

[any ANONYMOUS forum user]

Originally Posted by mtngr1

I ckd it in the registry and I did have that,so I copied pasted what you told me to change in ignoblekey using the pythonwin editor and now, the black dos box comes up and then disappears. No words or anything, just the dos box.

open the folder and see whether you have that file. then post its path and show me the code that you use in python.

[mtngr1]

I'm confused because my Barnes and Noble ebooks are in my documents, but my Barnes and noble reader is in my Programs files\ Barnes and Noble\BNDesktopReader. I have windows xp, and here is what is part of what is in my code in ignoblekey-

def find_bnclientdb_path():
appdata = os.environ['APPDATA']
bndir = os.path.join(appdata, BN_APPDATA_DIR)
if not os.path.isdir(bndir):
raise IgnobleError('Could not locate B&N Reader installation')
dbpath = glob.glob(os.path.join(bndir, 'ClientAPI_*.db'))
if len(dbpath) == 0:
raise IgnobleError('Problem locating B&N Reader DB')
return sorted(dbpath)[-1]

[mtngr1]

This is what he was having me change. I copied, pasted this from my ignoblekey-
BN_KEY_KEY = 'uhk00000000'
BN_APPDATA_DIR = r'Barnes & Noble\BNDesktopReader'

[mtngr1]

I do not have BNDesktopReaderClientAPI.db anywhere on my c drive.