Get console_print() to work

src/calibre/srv/code.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from calibre import as_unicode
 from calibre.customize.ui import available_input_formats
 from calibre.db.view import sanitize_sort_field_name
 from calibre.srv.ajax import search_result
-from calibre.srv.errors import HTTPNotFound, HTTPBadRequest, BookNotFound
+from calibre.srv.errors import HTTPNotFound, HTTPBadRequest, BookNotFound, HTTPForbidden
 from calibre.srv.metadata import book_as_json, categories_as_json, icon_map, categories_settings
 from calibre.srv.routes import endpoint, json
 from calibre.srv.utils import get_library_data, get_use_roman
@@ -44,10 +44,16 @@ def auto_reload(ctx, rd):
     return str(max(0, auto_reload_port))
 
 
+@endpoint('/allow-console-print', cache_control='no-cache', auth_required=False)
+def allow_console_print(ctx, rd):
+    return 'y' if getattr(rd.opts, 'allow_console_print', False) else 'n'
+
+
 @endpoint('/console-print', methods=('POST', ))
 def console_print(ctx, rd):
     if not getattr(rd.opts, 'allow_console_print', False):
-        raise HTTPNotFound('console printing is not allowed')
+        raise HTTPForbidden('console printing is not allowed')
+    print(rd.remote_addr, end=' ')
     shutil.copyfileobj(rd.request_body_file, sys.stdout)
     return ''
 
@@ -109,7 +115,6 @@ def basic_interface_data(ctx, rd):
         tweaks['gui_last_modified_display_format'],
         'use_roman_numerals_for_series_number': get_use_roman(),
         'translations': get_translations(),
-        'allow_console_print': getattr(rd.opts, 'allow_console_print', False),
         'icon_map': icon_map(),
         'icon_path': ctx.url_for('/icon', which=''),
     }

src/pyj/ajax.pyj

@@ -103,18 +103,11 @@ def ajax_send(path, data, on_complete, on_progress=None, query=None, timeout=30*
     return xhr
 
 
-allow_console_print = False
-
-def set_allow_console_print(val):
-    nonlocal allow_console_print
-    allow_console_print = bool(val)
-
 def console_print(*args):
-    print(*args)
-    if allow_console_print:
-        data = ' '.join(map(str, args)) + '\n'
-        xhr = ajax('console-print', def():pass;, method='POST', progress_totals_needed=False)
-        xhr.send(data)
+    ρσ_print(*args)  # noqa: undef
+    data = ' '.join(map(str, args)) + '\n'
+    xhr = ajax('console-print', def():pass;, method='POST', progress_totals_needed=False)
+    xhr.send(data)
 
 # TODO: Implement AJAX based switch user by:
 # 1) POST to a logout URL with an incorrect username and password

src/pyj/session.pyj

@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ default_interface_data = {
     'gui_timestamp_display_format': 'dd MMM yyyy',
     'gui_last_modified_display_format': 'dd MMM yyyy',
     'use_roman_numerals_for_series_number': True,
-    'allow_console_print':False,
     'default_library_id': None,
     'library_map': None,
     'icon_map': {},

src/pyj/srv.pyj

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from __python__ import hash_literals
 from gettext import gettext as _
 
 import initialize  # noqa: unused-import
-from ajax import ajax
+from ajax import ajax, console_print
 from autoreload import create_auto_reload_watcher
 from book_list.globals import main_js
 from book_list.main import main
@@ -45,3 +45,9 @@ else:
                 autoreload_enabled = True
                 create_auto_reload_watcher(port)
     ).send()  # We must bypass cache as otherwise we could get stale port info
+    ajax('allow-console-print', def(end_type, xhr, event):
+         nonlocal print
+         if end_type is 'load':
+            if xhr.responseText == 'y':
+                print = console_print
+    ).send()