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Simple and fast scraper for Google
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bypassable safe mode by final user #66

Closed MarceloBrazolim closed 3 years ago

MarceloBrazolim commented 3 years ago

Using "/search?q=${searchQuery}${this.safe}" gives the window for the final user to add "&safe=off" to the searchQuery disabling the google safe search feature, given that the google engine looks for the first defined criteria and ignores subsequent definitions of the same criteria.

I have tried to use "safe=active" before "search?q=" without success as it return a 404 error page or to the main google search page.

If anyone finds a good and reasonable clue of how to avoid this behavior, please reply to this issue.

MarceloBrazolim commented 3 years ago

I used a replace() function as a temporary fix that could avoid the recognition of the "&safe=" criteria.

const result = await google.scrape(query.replace(/&safe=/g, ""), 20)

This is just temporary tho, it's still recomended to find a definitive solution.

MarceloBrazolim commented 3 years ago

I feel ashamed to notice just now how easy the fix was -_- https://github.com/pevers/images-scraper/pull/67