Description

Downloads paywalled html source to a local temp file, then opens it in the user's default browser. Depending on how the site is paywalled, should bypass the paywall protection.

Usage

• If using the python version of the code in src/:

python paywalled.py paywalled_url

• To use the GUI version, run:

  python gui_pay.py

• If using the windows executable version of the code in dist/, just enter the url into the GUI that opens.
• To display help message:

python paywalled.py --help

• If you are behind a network proxy:

python paywalled.py paywalled_url --proxy proxy_url

Using the executable in dist/

• This exe is provided for convenience purposes and may not necessarily kept up to date with the latest code additions.

Requirements

• requests

Disclaimer

• This package was written as a proof of concept and thus should not be used by anyone ever. Author takes no responsibility for effects of using this script.