Bypass a Paywall

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Category : powershell   scripts   network


Invoke-BypassPaywall

Open a webpage located behind a paywall.

    function Invoke-BypassPaywall{

    <#
        .SYNOPSIS
        Invoke-BypassPaywall on a URL

        .DESCRIPTION
        Invoke-BypassPaywall opens a webpage locally after having downloaded the HTML code

        .PARAMETER URL
        The URL to open

        .EXAMPLE 

        >> This will to a generic search on the film Star Wars
           .\Invoke-BypassPaywall www.nytimes.com/article.html
    #>
        [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)]
        param(
            [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true, HelpMessage="url", Position=0)]
            [string]$Url
        )

        $fn = New-RandomFilename -Extension 'html'
      
        Write-Host -n -f DarkRed "[BypassPaywall] " ; Write-Host -f DarkYellow "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri `"$Url`""

        $Content = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$Url"
        $sc = $Content.StatusCode    
        if($sc -eq 200){
            $cnt = $Content.Content
            Write-Host -n -f DarkRed "[BypassPaywall] " ; Write-Host -f DarkGreen "StatusCode $sc OK"
            Set-Content -Path "$fn" -Value "$cnt"
            Write-Host -n -f DarkRed "[BypassPaywall] " ; Write-Host -f DarkGreen "start-process $fn"
            start-process "$fn"
        }else{
            Write-Host -n -f DarkRed "[BypassPaywall] " ; Write-Host -f DarkYellow "ERROR StatusCode $sc"
        }
    }

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Guillaume Plante

A developper with a passion for technology, music, astronomy and art. Coding range: hardware/drivers, security, ai,. c/c++, powershell

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