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Wikipedia now requires a user-agent header (wikimedia.org)
4 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 5 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


But if do not send a user-agent header then will get an error page that states servers are undergoing maintenance or there was a technical error; there's nothing about a new requirement for a user-agent header

Need to read the HTTP response headers to discover the new user-agent header requirement and the https://w.wiki/4wJS URL

(Cannot access this URL without sending a user-agent header)

https://web.archive.org/web/20250214164831if_/https://w.wiki...




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