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emerson · 03-07-2015, 04:16 PM

The current recipes for the Financial Times require a subscription account.

In a regular browser, it is possible to read the (whole, I believe) website changing the user agent to Googlebot -- no account required. I wonder if it is possible to do the same with a Calibre recipe -- i.e. using Googlebot user agent to fetch the articles.

I tried changing the code for the current recipes and I didn't have any success, but I believe I am probably doing something wrong, since I really don't know Python.

I'd be happy if anyone with more knowledge tried that suggestion. Thanks in advance!

03-07-2015, 04:16 PM	#1
emerson Member Posts: 13 Karma: 12 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Paperwhite (11th gen.)	Financial Times - alternative recipe suggestion The current recipes for the Financial Times require a subscription account. In a regular browser, it is possible to read the (whole, I believe) website changing the user agent to Googlebot -- no account required. I wonder if it is possible to do the same with a Calibre recipe -- i.e. using Googlebot user agent to fetch the articles. I tried changing the code for the current recipes and I didn't have any success, but I believe I am probably doing something wrong, since I really don't know Python. I'd be happy if anyone with more knowledge tried that suggestion. Thanks in advance!