Problems with the tool

[119z]

Maybe it's because I have 0 knowledge of python apart from running scripts, but I can't seem to get this to work.
When pasting my path file, I get this error in VS Code.

When trying to run the tool despite it, I get this:

C:\Users\danie\Documents\Dani\TS4\Programs\The-Sims-Resource-Downloader-0.2.0>python src/main.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\danie\Documents\Dani\TS4\Programs\The-Sims-Resource-Downloader-0.2.0\src\main.py", line 2, in
from TSRDownload import TSRDownload
File "C:\Users\danie\Documents\Dani\TS4\Programs\The-Sims-Resource-Downloader-0.2.0\src\TSRDownload.py", line 7, in
CONFIG: CONFIG_DICT = json.load(
^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\danie\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\json_init_.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\danie\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\json_init_.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\danie\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\json\decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\danie\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\json\decoder.py", line 353, in raw_decode
obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Invalid \escape: line 2 column 29 (char 30)

I looked up the VS Code error, and it said I should use forward slashes instead of backslashes, but then I get this:

[INFO] Found valid url in clipboard: https://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims4-hair-hairstyles-female/title/ye-medieval-isabelle-hairstyle/id/1640584/
Process SpawnPoolWorker-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\danie\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\multiprocessing\process.py", line 314, in _bootstrap
self.run()
File "C:\Users\danie\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\multiprocessing\process.py", line 108, in run
self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
File "C:\Users\danie\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\multiprocessing\pool.py", line 114, in worker
task = get()
^^^^^
File "C:\Users\danie\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\multiprocessing\queues.py", line 367, in get
return _ForkingPickler.loads(res)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: Can't get attribute 'processTarget' on <module 'mp_main' from 'C:\Users\danie\Documents\Dani\TS4\Programs\The-Sims-Resource-Downloader-0.2.0\src\main.py'>

Any suggestions? I'd love to be able to DL things without waiting 10 miserable seconds, and not being allowed to change my tab.

[Xientraa]

Regarding your first issue, the way strings are handled backslashes are used to escape the character after it, as an example, if you wanted to use a quotation mark inside a string, but you are already using quotes to encase the string, you can escape the quotation mark:

print("\"Hello There!\"") # Outputs: "Hello There!"

As for the second Issue, I believe I've resolved it, it seems to be an issue with how multiprocessing works on Windows compared to Linux. If you could see if it works for you: https://github.com/Xientraa/The-Sims-Resource-Downloader/tree/windows-multiprocessing-issue

My apologies for the issues, I didn't end up testing the script on Windows before releasing.

[119z]

Just tried out your fix, and it worked! Thanks for your help, I'm excited to use this. I appreciate this tool and the work you put behind it<3