Webclipper not working anymore

dpoulton · 2021-06-28T13:43:38.066Z

laurent:

The Firefox one was buggy...

Was the buggy Firefox version 2.1.1? I ask as that one cannot be authorised using v2.1.7 desktop. It seems to ignore the authorisation.

EDIT: Ignore that. I just looked at Joplin releases and saw that there is a clipper 2.1.2 which seems to answer my question

whitewall · 2021-06-28T15:36:02.456Z

I have updated to 2.1.2 on Firefox 89.02 This is what I get when I try to clip:

I have restarted FireFox. I have restarted Joplin and it is running. I'm on Windows.

Joplin 2.0.11 (prod, win32)
Profile Version: 39
Revision: 981b1d845

Before upgrading to 2.1.2 it worked fine.

dpoulton · 2021-06-28T15:42:43.186Z

This was the Firefox message for clipper 2.1.1 (which it seems was buggy (but more informative))

message

Note that Joplin v2.1.x is needed.

auth

whitewall · 2021-06-28T16:00:02.961Z

dpoulton:

Note that Joplin v2.1.x is needed.

Oh, gosh. I just updated. I didn't realize that there was already another important upgrade.

I'm on limited data. Do we know for sure that upgrading to 2.1.x is going to work?

thelazyoxymoron · 2021-06-28T16:11:29.910Z

Confirming that it works on Joplin client v2.1.7

laurent · 2021-06-28T16:12:10.898Z

Anyone tried with Joplin desktop 2.1.7 and the Chrome extension? Is it working for you?

kartoo · 2021-06-28T17:41:50.993Z

Are we supposed to remove the old one and install the new one in Firefox?

Ricarda · 2021-06-28T18:16:49.099Z

yes! after updating joplin to 2.1.7 the clipper in Chrome works again.

tessus · 2021-06-28T18:18:51.298Z

There's anotehr issue, but I will open it on gh.

mzguy · 2021-06-28T18:27:30.357Z

It appears that the newest web clipper doesn't work if I'm still running Joplin 1.8.5. Is that expected?

laurent · 2021-06-28T18:33:17.077Z

Yes, for security reasons the clipper now requests permission to access Joplin data, and the old versions of Joplin don't have the API to authorise the clipper so they cannot work.

bryanwi · 2021-06-29T16:31:49.383Z

This happened to me but I DIDN"T CHANGE ANYTHING - has there been some kind of background update againast my wishes?
I generally need to keep my environment very static.

bryanwi · 2021-06-29T16:33:51.517Z

It appears that firefox may have auto-updated the web-clipper - how do I go back to the old one?

tessus · 2021-06-29T16:48:26.989Z

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/joplin-web-clipper/versions/

click on 1.6.1 - download and install from file. That should do it. And turn off the auto-update in FF

However, keep in mind that when you upgrade the desktop to 2.x you must upgrade the clipper as well!

bryanwi · 2021-06-29T16:51:37.823Z

YES THANK YOU. when I upgrade I will upgrade everything all together and make proper backups etc. first. (I'm not claming there haven't been improvements, I'm saying I only want to take them on my schedule.)

I found the auto update for extensions in firefox and will turn that off.

Again, thank you.

joplin-user42 · 2021-06-30T04:57:36.977Z

Is there a new portable app binary going to be released to address this?

Webclipper not working with this version of the portable app.

Joplin 2.0.11 (prod, win32)

Client ID: xxxx
Sync Version: 2
Profile Version: 39
Keychain Supported: No

Revision: 981b1d845

Webclipper version (firefox):


Version
2.1.2
Last Updated
30 June 2021

CalebJohn · 2021-06-30T07:43:35.503Z

joplin-user42:

Is there a new portable app binary going to be released to address this?

Yes, it was released 4 days ago.

mikeh · 2021-06-30T10:02:57.083Z

Apologies for posting, but I can't follow this thread cleanly for the plain answer to this query - When will an updated Firefox web clipper be available in the Firefox extensions library? It's very limiting, to be unable to clip from Firefox.

dpoulton · 2021-06-30T12:25:52.145Z

It's already there. If FF doesn't automatically update it remove it and add it back.

Also make sure you have installed Joplin 2.1.7

joplin-user42 · 2021-07-01T04:36:17.966Z

Ah the github link! okay thanks, I downloaded the latest from the website, but I think there is a delay before that URL updates. The new version works with the webclipper again.

Shoutout to contributors for the quick turnaround and security efforts!