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joshcarty / ra-resale

Subscribe to get alerts when Resident Advisor tickets come available on resale.
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Is the tool still working? #14

Open filotronik opened 3 years ago

filotronik commented 3 years ago

I tried using the online version and couldn't get it to work. Did resident advisor change something with their site?

I tried setting up an alert for https://ra.co/events/1397804, and I always get the following failure message: "Something went wrong. Could not extract ticket information from RA."

Is the online version supposed to work or only showcase how the tool is looking if you install it locally?

hsfroehle commented 3 years ago

wondering the same thing. thanks!

joshcarty commented 3 years ago

Hey both,

It looks like RA have introduced additional controls that prevent the app from extracting ticket information from the site. When the app requests the ticket page, it is redirected to a Cloudflare challenge page instead. This is presumably to help prevent ticket scalping.

I've tried a few things but haven't been able to find a way to fix this. I suspect using a headless browser could work but I'd prefer not to go that route. In general, I want to be responsible and not get into an arms race with RA and Cloudflare. If someone can demo an alternative and responsible way to extract ticket information, I'd happily implement it.

Until then, it's unlikely the app will work, sorry.

tcauthen commented 2 years ago

Has anything changed since 1 year ago that could make this potentially possible 😃? RA uses a pop up with a button that gets enabled when a ticket is available, is there some way to check whether the button is enabled via JS or inspect or something?