Specifying User Agent: required & appropriate string syntax

[howardm]

Hi,

I tried monlith with the following:

monolith https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/25/world/europe/g7-iran-trump-biarritz.html > test.html

I got the following error message:

error: The following required arguments were not provided: --user-agent <Iceweasel>

I thought this was optional.

If not, what is an example of the proper syntax for providing this argument ?

Thanks,

Howard

[snshn]

Hi Howard,

it might've been a bug that slipped in one of the earlier versions. Could you please git pull the latest version and try it again?

[howardm]

Hi,

O.K. I just did that.

I still get the same error message (as above).

Howard

[snshn]

You may need to run cargo install --path . -f to build the latest version and then overwrite the previous local installation of monolith. I was able to save the page you mentioned above using the latest version, here's my output:

$ monolith -V
monolith 2.0.14
$ monolith https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/25/world/europe/g7-iran-trump-biarritz.html > test.html
[ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/25/world/europe/g7-iran-trump-biarritz.html ]
[ https://www.nytimes.com/vi-assets/static-assets/favicon-4bf96cb6a1093748bf5b3c429accb9b4.ico ]
[ https://www.nytimes.com/vi-assets/static-assets/apple-touch-icon-319373aaf4524d94d38aa599c56b8655.png ]
[ https://www.nytimes.com/vi-assets/static-assets/global-42db6c8821fec0e2b3837b2ea2ece8fe.css ]
[ https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/08/25/world/25G7-iran-1/merlin_159699912_13079c6d-a173-4b31-9a46-efefd28f9360-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale ]
[ https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/08/25/world/25G7-iran-2/merlin_159700404_88347fa3-6716-4ae0-a567-8bebece14794-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale ]
[ https://www.nytimes.com/vi-assets/static-assets/adslot-c6ffe1b749add526a06c.js ]
[ https://www.nytimes.com/vi-assets/static-assets/vendor-3389f9c978bdc7cb443c.js ]
[ https://www.nytimes.com/vi-assets/static-assets/story-b70297033149b8af8853.js ]
[ https://www.nytimes.com/vi-assets/static-assets/main-e2538404741407daf3c0.js ]
[ https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-P528B3&gtm_auth=tfAzqo1rYDLgYhmTnSjPqw&gtm_preview=env-130&gtm_cookies_win=x ]

[snshn]

I would recommend using the -j flag before the URL to save the page without scripts, as it seems like NYT attempts to display some modal/overlay upon page load (to sell some paid subscription or something like that).

[howardm]

On Aug 25, 2019, at 2:54 PM, Vincent Flyson ***@***.***> wrote: You may need to run cargo install --prefix . -f to build the latest version and then overwrite the previous local installation of monolith

O.K. Please give me the exact command(s) to type in Terminal to do this. Thanks! Howard

[snshn]

Sure! To update to the latest version this should do the trick:

cd monolith
git pull
cargo install --force --path .

After doing that, this should save the page and render it as a readable document while offline:

monolith -j https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/25/world/europe/g7-iran-trump-biarritz.html > test.html

Please let me know if it worked for you.

[howardm]

Great! That worked. I appreciate your patience. Howard

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