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Wget: How to bypass "hotlinking" protected image

Is it possible to bypass "hotlink" image protection? i'm not trying to post it on other sites just to download. when i download the following image, using wget:

http://comicsbook.ru/upload/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81-Trollface-%D0%9D%D0%B0-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83-70813.jpg

I'm getting redirected to:

http://comicsbook.ru/trollface/70813?na-bortu

I have no idea where to start. What I've tried so far:

curl "http://comicsbook.ru" -s -L -b cookie.c -c cookie.c -b "$COOKIEPAR" > index.$TEMP
wget http://comicsbook.ru/upload/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81-Trollface-%D0%9D%D0%B0-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83-70813.jpg
Solution

  • You can use the --refer=URL option of wget. Perhaps you could try:

    wget --referer=http://comicsbook.ru http://comicsbook.ru/upload/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81-Trollface-%D0%9D%D0%B0-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83-70813.jpg