diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index 2c7815716c..091b5b1919 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ class Application(QApplication):
'calibre versions newer than 2.0 do not run on Windows XP. This is'
' because the graphics toolkit calibre uses (Qt 5) crashes a lot'
' on Windows XP. We suggest you stay with calibre 1.48'
- ' which works well on Windows XP.') % 'http://download.calibre-ebook.com/1.48.0/', show=True)
+ ' which works well on Windows XP.') % 'https://download.calibre-ebook.com/1.48.0/', show=True)
raise SystemExit(1)
if iswindows:
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/whsmith_uk_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/whsmith_uk_plugin.py
index 094a1b57a2..966ad70201 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/whsmith_uk_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/whsmith_uk_plugin.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from calibre.gui2.store.web_store_dialog import WebStoreDialog
class WHSmithUKStore(BasicStoreConfig, StorePlugin):
def open(self, parent=None, detail_item=None, external=False):
- url = 'http://www.whsmith.co.uk/'
+ url = 'https://www.whsmith.co.uk/'
url_details = ''
if external or self.config.get('open_external', False):
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class WHSmithUKStore(BasicStoreConfig, StorePlugin):
d.exec_()
def search(self, query, max_results=10, timeout=60):
- url = ('http://www.whsmith.co.uk/search?keywordCategoryId=wc_dept_ebooks&results=60'
+ url = ('https://www.whsmith.co.uk/search?keywordCategoryId=wc_dept_ebooks&results=60'
'&page=1&keywords=' + quote(query))
br = browser()
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class WHSmithUKStore(BasicStoreConfig, StorePlugin):
id_ = ''.join(data.xpath('./a[@class="product_image_wrap"]/@href'))
if not id_:
continue
- id_ = 'http://www.whsmith.co.uk' + id_
+ id_ = 'https://www.whsmith.co.uk' + id_
cover_url = ''.join(data.xpath('.//img[@class="product_image"]/@src'))
title = ''.join(data.xpath('.//h4[@class="product_title"]/text()'))
author = ', '.join(data.xpath('.//span[@class="product_second"]/text()'))
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/woblink_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/woblink_plugin.py
index fe27ee501a..8a64362713 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/woblink_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/woblink_plugin.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def as_base64(data):
def search(query, max_results=10, timeout=60):
- url = 'http://woblink.com/publication/ajax?mode=none&query=' + quote_plus(query)
+ url = 'https://woblink.com/publication/ajax?mode=none&query=' + quote_plus(query)
if max_results > 10:
if max_results > 20:
url += '&limit=30'
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def search(query, max_results=10, timeout=60):
rq = Request(url, headers={
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8',
'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest',
- 'Referrer':'http://woblink.com/ebooki-kategorie',
+ 'Referrer':'https://woblink.com/ebooki-kategorie',
'Cache-Control':'max-age=0',
}, data=urlencode({
'nw_filtry_filtr_zakrescen_formularz[min]':'0',
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ class WoblinkStore(BasicStoreConfig, StorePlugin):
def open(self, parent=None, detail_item=None, external=False):
aff_root = 'https://www.a4b-tracking.com/pl/stat-click-text-link/16/58/'
- url = 'http://woblink.com/publication'
+ url = 'https://woblink.com/publication'
aff_url = aff_root + as_base64(url)
detail_url = None
if detail_item:
- detail_url = aff_root + as_base64('http://woblink.com' + detail_item)
+ detail_url = aff_root + as_base64('https://woblink.com' + detail_item)
if external or self.config.get('open_external', False):
open_url(QUrl(url_slash_cleaner(detail_url if detail_url else aff_url)))
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/wolnelektury_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/wolnelektury_plugin.py
index aa33d532ce..0c7dfba06e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/wolnelektury_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/wolnelektury_plugin.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class WolneLekturyStore(BasicStoreConfig, StorePlugin):
def open(self, parent=None, detail_item=None, external=False):
- url = 'http://wolnelektury.pl'
+ url = 'https://wolnelektury.pl'
detail_url = None
if detail_item:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class WolneLekturyStore(BasicStoreConfig, StorePlugin):
d.exec_()
def search(self, query, max_results=10, timeout=60):
- url = 'http://wolnelektury.pl/szukaj?q=' + quote_plus(query)
+ url = 'https://wolnelektury.pl/szukaj?q=' + quote_plus(query)
br = browser()
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ class WolneLekturyStore(BasicStoreConfig, StorePlugin):
s = SearchResult()
for link in data.xpath('.//div[@class="book-box-formats"]/span/a'):
ext = ''.join(link.xpath('./text()'))
- href = 'http://wolnelektury.pl' + link.get('href')
+ href = 'https://wolnelektury.pl' + link.get('href')
s.downloads[ext] = href
- s.cover_url = 'http://wolnelektury.pl' + cover_url.strip()
+ s.cover_url = 'https://wolnelektury.pl' + cover_url.strip()
s.title = title.strip()
s.author = author
s.price = price
- s.detail_item = 'http://wolnelektury.pl' + id
+ s.detail_item = 'https://wolnelektury.pl' + id
s.formats = ', '.join(s.downloads.keys())
s.drm = SearchResult.DRM_UNLOCKED
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/xinxii_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/xinxii_plugin.py
index 0c5286d096..ae7ff386d5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/xinxii_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/xinxii_plugin.py
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ from calibre.gui2.store.search_result import SearchResult
class XinXiiStore(BasicStoreConfig, OpenSearchOPDSStore):
- open_search_url = 'http://www.xinxii.com/catalog-search/'
- web_url = 'http://xinxii.com/'
+ open_search_url = 'https://www.xinxii.com/catalog-search/'
+ web_url = 'https://xinxii.com/'
- # http://www.xinxii.com/catalog/
+ # https://www.xinxii.com/catalog/
def search(self, query, max_results=10, timeout=60):
'''
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class XinXiiStore(BasicStoreConfig, OpenSearchOPDSStore):
function so this one is modified to remove parts that are used.
'''
- url = 'http://www.xinxii.com/catalog-search/query/?keywords=' + quote_plus(query)
+ url = 'https://www.xinxii.com/catalog-search/query/?keywords=' + quote_plus(query)
counter = max_results
br = browser()
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/spell.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/spell.py
index 88026a6c00..858c35370b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/spell.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/spell.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class AddDictionary(QDialog): # {{{
download more dictionaries from the LibreOffice extensions repository.
The dictionary will download as an .oxt file. Simply specify the path to the
downloaded .oxt file here to add the dictionary to {0}.''').format(
- __appname__, 'http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center?getCategories=Dictionary&getCompatibility=any&sort_on=positive_ratings')+'') # noqa
+ __appname__, 'https://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center?getCategories=Dictionary&getCompatibility=any&sort_on=positive_ratings')+'
') # noqa
la.setWordWrap(True)
la.setOpenExternalLinks(True)
la.setMinimumWidth(450)
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/ipc/launch.py b/src/calibre/utils/ipc/launch.py
index 219969842c..03df14c538 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/ipc/launch.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/ipc/launch.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if iswindows:
except:
raise RuntimeError('NUL file missing in windows. This indicates a'
' corrupted windows. You should contact Microsoft'
- ' for assistance and/or follow the steps described here: http://bytes.com/topic/net/answers/264804-compile-error-null-device-missing')
+ ' for assistance and/or follow the steps described here: https://bytes.com/topic/net/answers/264804-compile-error-null-device-missing')
def renice(niceness):