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"feat: allow cookie-based auth to bypass recaptcha"
SajjadKiani Apr 25, 2025
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fix: avoiding KeyError
SajjadKiani Apr 30, 2025
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fix: update cookies in session instance
SajjadKiani Apr 30, 2025
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16 changes: 8 additions & 8 deletions substack/api.py
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import os
from datetime import datetime
from urllib.parse import urljoin

import requests

from requests.utils import cookiejar_from_dict
from substack.exceptions import SubstackAPIException, SubstackRequestException

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
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# Load cookies from file if provided
# Helps with Captcha errors by reusing cookies from "local" auth, then switching to running code in the cloud
if cookies_path is not None:
with open(cookies_path) as f:
cookies = json.load(f)
with open(cookies_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
raw = json.load(f)
cookies = cookiejar_from_dict({c["name"]: c["value"] for c in raw})
self._session.cookies.update(cookies)

elif email is not None and password is not None:
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Args:
publication:
"""
custom_domain = publication["custom_domain"]
if not custom_domain:
publication_url = f"https://{publication['subdomain']}.substack.com"
else:
if publication.get('custom_domain_optional', None):
custom_domain = publication["custom_domain"]
publication_url = f"https://{custom_domain}"
else:
publication_url = f"https://{publication['subdomain']}.substack.com"

return publication_url

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