Error: probably not a valid book about springer_free_books

[wallacefsilva]

I'm having the same issues. It seems they implemented a security check via recaptcha...

[lgabs]

I'm getting the same errors:

[renanxcortes]

It seems like springer tweaked the reCaptcha step and the recent workaround is not enough to avoid getting flawed files :(

[chaosAD]

I have a raw working prototype to get around the latest hurdle. My code also manipulates the HTTP cookies to get past it, but in an elaborate way. I see Springer put other cookies that are used to track downloading users as well. This makes it easier for their monitoring software to analyze and then flag a downloading bot. Obviously, they do not allow downloading using bots and I feel we are playing cat and mouse with Springer. For that reason, I am not going to pursue on this.

[pbl987]

I have a raw working prototype to get around the latest hurdle. My code also manipulates the HTTP cookies to get past it, but in an elaborate way. I see Springer put other cookies that are used to track downloading users as well. This makes it easier for their monitoring software to analyze and then flag a downloading bot. Obviously, they do not allow downloading using bots and I feel we are playing cat and mouse with Springer. For that reason, I am not going to pursue on this.

There is no need for playing cat and mouse - JDownloader does that!
They can solve automatically weak captchas, and semi-automatically with google.

I want to save at least the covid-package, as this wont be available in two weeks!!!
Currently 389 books are available, it would be doable to enter a captcha every 5 download or so.

Could you please reconsider helping the project?

[renanxcortes]

Yep.. it seems I'm facing the same type of issue in the R version of this package (renanxcortes/springerQuarantineBooksR#53). Any clue on how to solve this issue?

[SanJJ1]

So does this mean that this project is dead?