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CloudFlare Blocking Requests To APKMirror #728

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Natanel-Shitrit opened this issue Apr 29, 2023 · 5 comments
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CloudFlare Blocking Requests To APKMirror #728

Natanel-Shitrit opened this issue Apr 29, 2023 · 5 comments

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Natanel-Shitrit commented Apr 29, 2023 •
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Describe the bug
APKMirror REST API is no longer accepting API requests from unauthenticated users ☹
APKMirror is behind CloudFlare, which results with bot challenges, often blocking requests to this endpoint which is used to get application files.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Click "Start Patching".
  2. Wait for dependencies to download.
  3. Click "Continue".
  4. You will be presented with the error:

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Not relevant anymore since I didn't try it with authorization key.

revanced-builder Version: Latest (v3.9.1)

Desktop (please complete the following information):

  • OS: Oracle Linux
  • Version: 8

Additional context
Probably unrelated but worth mentioning, machine running on ARM64, I've adjusted the Dockerfile and got it working with ARM64. (It is unrelated, but I will open a PR for the ARM support)

I've suggested a workaround for this issue, in the issue comments:

A workaround for now, for docker compose: https:/Natanel-Shitrit/revanced-builder/blob/main/docker-compose.yml

For non-docker users, add the IP addresses to your hosts file, this will send the request directly to the website without needing to pass any CF challenges.
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URL: https://www.apkmirror.com/wp-json/apkm/v1/app_exists/

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Okay, seems like it's working fine on Windows, closing.

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After a bit of debugging... this is a CloudFlare challange :(

root@583e6f02e9bd:/app/revanced-builder# node .
[builder] Listening at port 8000
[builder] The webserver is now running!
[builder] Opening the app in the default browser... Done, check if a browser window has opened
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
    <title>Just a moment...</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge">
    <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
    <link href="/cdn-cgi/styles/challenges.css" rel="stylesheet">

Is there anything to do about this?

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A workaround for now, for docker compose:
https:/Natanel-Shitrit/revanced-builder/blob/main/docker-compose.yml

For non-docker users, add the IP addresses to your hosts file, this will send the request directly to the website without needing to pass any CF challenges.

@Natanel-Shitrit Natanel-Shitrit changed the title App Selection Error CloudFlare Blocking Requests To APKMirror Apr 29, 2023
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Note: While fixing the initial problem, seems like there is another problem with downloading APKs, will check it tomorrow.

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