[BUG] simpcity_xf_user_cookie doesn't exist anymore

[vajdao]

Simpcity changed something in their code and the script that looks for simpcity_xf_user_cookie cookie actually doesn't exist on the website anymore, so whenever we say cyberdrop-dl to extract cookies from the browser it doesn't put anything into authentication.yaml file.

How to reproduce:

0. start cyberdrop-dl
1. edit configs
2. edit auth values
3. edit forum auth values
4. browser cookie extraction
5. pick your browser
6. authentication.yaml is not updated

Seems like adding cookies manually doesn't do the trick either, so there's some mismatch of how the program looks for non-existent cookies. Manually adding username and password to the yaml file doesn't work either.

Using linux, tested this both on chrome and firefox to no avail

[jbsparrow]

The cookies should be removed from the code, but the username/password should still work. Do you get an authentication failed error? I think simpcity still has DDOS-Guard on right now which could have to do with authentication issues right now.

[vajdao]

Thanks for your reply . Yepp, getting DDoS guard popup all time, SC struggling with this for months.

[alcxander]

Does this mean SC is out of action from being used at the moment?

[ondrovic]

The cookies should be removed from the code, but the username/password should still work. Do you get an authentication failed error? I think simpcity still has DDOS-Guard on right now which could have to do with authentication issues right now.

these seem to be the only cookies now

it also appears this is currently happening

@alcxander yeah it has been throwing ddos-guard errors for the last couple of weeks, so yes for now seems like it's a no go