Miserlou / Miserlou/SoundScrape

Bandcamp requires User-Agent to access

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Description

Bandcamp return 403 without a proper User-Agent, so getting bandcamp metadata fails now.

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Research direction

Start by locating the Bandcamp metadata request in the Python code and inspect how its HTTP request headers are constructed. Done means Bandcamp metadata retrieval supplies an acceptable User-Agent instead of failing with HTTP 403.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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