Bug#1053134: ITP: python-cloudscraper -- Python module to bypass Cloudflare's anti-bot page

[Carles Pina i Estany]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Carles Pina i Estany <car...@pina.cat>
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian...@lists.debian.org

* Package name : python-cloudscraper
Version : 1.2.68
Upstream Contact: VeNoMouS
* URL : https://github.com/VeNoMouS/cloudscraper
* License : MIT
Programming Lang: Python
Description : Python module to bypass Cloudflare's anti-bot page

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A simple Python module to bypass Cloudflare's anti-bot page (also known
as "I'm Under Attack Mode", or IUAM), implemented with Requests.
Cloudflare changes their techniques periodically, so I will update this
repo frequently.

This can be useful if you wish to scrape or crawl a website protected
with Cloudflare. Cloudflare's anti-bot page currently just checks if the
client supports Javascript, though they may add additional techniques in
the future.

Due to Cloudflare continually changing and hardening their protection
page, cloudscraper requires a JavaScript Engine/interpreter to solve
Javascript challenges. This allows the script to easily impersonate a
regular web browser without explicitly deobfuscating and parsing
Cloudflare's Javascript.
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I ITP simplemonitor (#1016113). One of simplemonitor dependencies is
pyaarlo (#1053132). python-cloudscraper is a dependency of pyaarlo.

Incidentally, I've used cloudscraper (from upstream) previously so I'm
familiar with it.

I plan to package it inside the Debian Python Team. I will need a sponsor.

[Carles Pina i Estany]

Available to be reviewed https://mentors.debian.net/package/python-cloudscraper/

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Carles Pina i Estany
https://carles.pina.cat

[Bastian Germann]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:01:02 +0100 Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
> Available to be reviewed https://mentors.debian.net/package/python-cloudscraper/

I have forwarded your sponsorship request to the Python Team's IRC channel.

[Carles Pina i Estany]

Hi,

Thanks - since yesterday a DD got in touch with me with some comments
for the package: I've removed the sponsorship request in the Python
Team's IRC channel. Just to avoid duplicated reviews.

Thanks for your interest!