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AlexCSDev / PatreonDownloader

Powerful tool for downloading content posted by creators on patreon.com. Supports content hosted on patreon itself as well as external sites (additional plugins might be required).
MIT License
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Pass cookies manually? #168

Closed girlmaya closed 1 year ago

girlmaya commented 1 year ago

I dont understand the need for a web browser included with the software instead of allowing the user to provide cookies manually. On slow systems loading a web browser before downloading can be very slow. Adding an option to provide a cookies.txt would help a lot

AlexCSDev commented 1 year ago

The cookies isn't the reason the browser is used. The reason behind it is anti-bot measures used by patreon. Namely cloudflare bot management and datadome. Web browser is required to get around those protections, including situations when they might trigger in the middle of page parsing.

Everyone knowledgable enough is more than welcome to implement browser-less solution assuming it is as bullet-proof as the current one and doesn't change current user experience.