Bypassing RoyalRoad's piracy nags in RSS Feeds

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Issue#

Royal Road likes to annoy pirates. This is (arguably) good.

Royal Road doesn’t care if they annoy RSS users. This is bad.

Here’s a walkthrough of the problem and the fix.

The Problem:#

First, let’s look at the full picture of why this is happening.

The Original Website HTML (Simplified)

When you visit the Royal Road chapter in your browser, the full page’s HTML looks something like this. Your browser loads the section and the section.

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Bypassing RoyalRoad's piracy nags in RSS Feeds

Issue#

The Problem:#