v0.3: Send the required cookies and set X-Forwarded-For

background.js

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+const cookies = ([
+//	theaustralian.com.au
+	'open_token=anonymous',
+	'sr=true',
+	'n_regis=123456789'
+]).join('; ').trim()
+
 function evadePaywalls(details) {
 	var reqHeaders = details.requestHeaders.filter(function(header) {
 		// drop cookies, referer and UA
@@ -18,6 +25,17 @@ function evadePaywalls(details) {
 		"value": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
 	})
 
+	reqHeaders.push({
+		"name": "Cookie",
+		"value": cookies
+	})
+
+	// This seems to do the trick just fine for WSJ
+	reqHeaders.push({
+		"name": "X-Forwarded-For",
+		"value": "66.249.66.1"
+	})
+
 	return {requestHeaders: reqHeaders};
 }
 

manifest.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "Anti-Paywall",
-  "version": "0.2",
+  "version": "0.3",
   "description": "This will prevent cookies from being stored, spoof the user-agent and mangle the referrer to maximize the chances of bypassing paywalls.",
   "permissions": ["webRequest", "webRequestBlocking",
 	  "*://*.adelaidenow.com.au/*",
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 	  "*://*.forbes.com/*",
 	  "*://*.ft.com/*",
 	  "*://*.geelongadvertiser.com.au/*",
-	  "*://*.glassdoor.com/*",
 	  "*://*.haaretz.co.il/*",
 	  "*://*.haaretz.com/*",
 	  "*://*.hbr.org/*",
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@
 	  "*://*.nationalpost.com/*",
 	  "*://*.newsweek.com/*",
 	  "*://*.newyorker.com/*",
-	  "*://*.nnsl.com/*",
 	  "*://*.nrc.nl/*",
 	  "*://*.nytimes.com/*",
 	  "*://*.ocregister.com/*",