safeconduct: Fetch Files Through a Real Browser When a Plain Request Is Refused

Some servers refuse any request that does not come from a web browser, with a browser check or a block page instead of the file, 'Cloudflare' being the common case. This package opens a real 'Chrome' with a throwaway profile, lets any check run, and fetches the file or page: through 'curl' carrying the clearance the browser was given where the server accepts that, and through the browser itself where it does not. Nothing is simulated; where a check asks a person to click, a window waits for them. Built on 'chromote'.

See also

Useful links:

• https://mountainmath.github.io/safeconduct/

• https://github.com/mountainMath/safeconduct

• Report bugs at https://github.com/mountainMath/safeconduct/issues

Author

Maintainer: Jens von Bergmann jens@mountainmath.ca

Authors:

• Jens von Bergmann jens@mountainmath.ca