Storytel Cloudflare block

[xzakier]

Installation method:
Github repo & pip/pypi (tried 2 times)

Version: 0.7.3
Python version : 3.12

Describe the bug
Finding compatible source
Authenticating with storytel
ERROR: Access blocked by Cloudflare

[fedeD84]

Same issue for me.

[xdaGari]

Changing the device ID in audiobookdl/sources/storytel.py (Line 173) fixed it for me.

[fedeD84]

@xdaGari exacty how you changed it?

[ssakkout]

@fedeD84
i have created a pull request to update the device id #138

[freddy36]

Thank you, included in the latest release:
https://github.com/jo1gi/audiobook-dl/releases/tag/v0.76

[msebastian100]

@freddy36 not fixed

Finding compatible source
Authenticating with storytel
ERROR: Access blocked by Cloudflare

if you execute the command you get the old version installed.
pip install “git+https://github.com/jo1gi/audiobook-dl.git”

loads the old version

[munchbp]

Thank you, included in the latest release: https://github.com/jo1gi/audiobook-dl/releases/tag/v0.76

git command gets v0.7.3 and also I tried downloading the latest zip and it still is v0.7.3

[fedeD84]

blocked again, same error

[freddy36]

should be fixed by #140
https://github.com/jo1gi/audiobook-dl/releases/tag/v0.7.7

[fedeD84]

it seems fixed now, thanks

[notavailable-1]

Blocked again :( with 0.7.7

[fedeD84]

i can confirm that blocked again

[dev-O-T]

If you update user agent with these, it will be fine:

Storytel/24.52
Release/2288809

[fedeD84]

I have changed user agent but get same error

[dev-O-T]

Works for me. Just tried again. I don't have other changes.

Without the user agent change I get cloudflare blocked error.

[fedeD84]

You changed it in storytel.py right it’s only one string

[notavailable-1]

Works for me. Just tried again. I don't have other changes.

Without the user agent change I get cloudflare blocked error.

Wich version of audiobook-dl do you use?
In wich file do you make these changes?
where in this file do you make these changes?

thanks for your help :)

[dev-O-T]

The latest with random uuid.

Installed with:
pip install --user
"git+https://github.com/jo1gi/audiobook-dl.git"

I looked the version numbers from Play Store's latest Storytel release.

storytel.py line 167:
"User-Agent": "Storytel/24.52 (Android 14; Google Pixel 8 Pro) Release/2288809",

[notavailable-1]

The latest with random uuid.

Installed with: pip install --user "git+https://github.com/jo1gi/audiobook-dl.git"

I looked the version numbers from Play Store's latest Storytel release.

storytel.py line 167: "User-Agent": "Storytel/24.52 (Android 14; Google Pixel 8 Pro) Release/2288809",

and you have the audiobook in your shelf and copy the link from your browser, and the download works?

[dev-O-T]

No. I never put them to shelf. I only copy the links from the browser and it works.

[notavailable-1]

k. i dont get it. same version here + edit in storytel.py and it gives me blocked by cloudflare

[fedeD84]

same to me

[dev-O-T]

I did fresh install on laptop (with python 3.11). With user agent change it started working.

Previous trials were on my phone with python 3.8.

I wonder how have you installed your audiobook-dl. If you cloned with git, did you run the "python3 setup.py install" after changes?

With pip installation "setup.py install" not needed.

[notavailable-1]

I did fresh install on laptop (with python 3.11). With user agent change it started working.

Previous trials were on my phone with python 3.8.

I wonder how have you installed your audiobook-dl. If you cloned with git, did you run the "python3 setup.py install" after changes?

With pip installation "setup.py install" not needed.

im on Python 3.12.8. install via pip installation

[fedeD84]

I’ve tryed a fresh install in venv but same result

[dev-O-T]

Perhaps your IP is blocked due to previous attempts? Can you try to change the IP or use different connection? VPN?

[fedeD84]

No, not related to IP block, tryed with VPN and have same error. Sure you don't have specific configuration? For example how you donwlod abook without put it in shelf? For me never worked without

[dev-O-T]

The working one is with:
Python 3.8.18
OpenSSL 1.1.1v

Blocked:
Python 3.11.2
OpenSSL 3.0.15

[freddy36]

Probably some newer openssl feature which is only set when using python but not regular browsers.
If you want to continue investigating I would suggest you try different python/openssl version combinations or compare the enabled extensions during the handshakes using wireshark.

[fedeD84]

@dev-O-T in my situation i've installed OpenSSL 3.3.2 and Python 3.12.6. Until 2/3 days ago no issue with download

[dev-O-T]

The one I had working is blocked now too.

[piorek]

Same issue here

[JerukPurut404]

Still not working

[dev-O-T]

Got it working locally by migrating from requests to curl_cffi.requests. Very minimal changes required.

[notavailable-1]

Got it working locally by migrating from requests to curl_cffi.requests. Very minimal changes required.

good to hear :) where do you make these changes or how?

[fedeD84]

Got it working locally by migrating from requests to curl_cffi.requests. Very minimal changes required.

Good, can you tell us where you make changes? Thanks

[dev-O-T]

Sure,

audiobookdl/sources/source/init.py:

#import requests
import curl_cffi

And in the end of file:

    def create_session(self, options: Any) -> curl_cffi.requests.Session:
        session = curl_cffi.requests.Session()
#        ssl_context: SSLContext = self.create_ssl_context(options)
        # session.adapters.pop("https://", None)
#        session.mount("https://", CustomSSLContextHTTPAdapter(ssl_context))
        return session

audiobookdl/sources/storytel.py:1
from curl_cffi.requests.models import Response

audiobookdl/utils/audiobook.py:3:
from curl_cffi import requests

I think thats all.

I get one warning while running, but the downloaded file is ok:
download.py:187: UserWarning: chunk_size is ignored, there is no way to tell curl that.
for chunk in request.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):

I don't know will this break other sources. It was just quick and dirty trial, and luckily the first download with Storytel worked.

[notavailable-1]

Sure,

audiobookdl/sources/source/init.py:

#import requests
import curl_cffi

And in the end of file:

    def create_session(self, options: Any) -> curl_cffi.requests.Session:
        session = curl_cffi.requests.Session()
#        ssl_context: SSLContext = self.create_ssl_context(options)
        # session.adapters.pop("https://", None)
#        session.mount("https://", CustomSSLContextHTTPAdapter(ssl_context))
        return session

audiobookdl/sources/storytel.py:1 from curl_cffi.requests.models import Response

audiobookdl/utils/audiobook.py:3: from curl_cffi import requests

I think thats all.

I get one warning while running, but the downloaded file is ok: download.py:187: UserWarning: chunk_size is ignored, there is no way to tell curl that. for chunk in request.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):

I don't know will this break other sources. It was just quick and dirty trial, and luckily the first download with Storytel worked.

its working. thank you so much :)

maybe because of the forced ssl/tls connection? :)

[fedeD84]

Sure,

audiobookdl/sources/source/init.py:

#import requests
import curl_cffi

And in the end of file:

    def create_session(self, options: Any) -> curl_cffi.requests.Session:
        session = curl_cffi.requests.Session()
#        ssl_context: SSLContext = self.create_ssl_context(options)
        # session.adapters.pop("https://", None)
#        session.mount("https://", CustomSSLContextHTTPAdapter(ssl_context))
        return session

audiobookdl/sources/storytel.py:1 from curl_cffi.requests.models import Response

audiobookdl/utils/audiobook.py:3: from curl_cffi import requests

I think thats all.

I get one warning while running, but the downloaded file is ok: download.py:187: UserWarning: chunk_size is ignored, there is no way to tell curl that. for chunk in request.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):

I don't know will this break other sources. It was just quick and dirty trial, and luckily the first download with Storytel worked.

I've made changes but i get this errore while trying download:
"/audiobookdl/utils/audiobook.py", line 3, in
from curl_cffi import requests

[notavailable-1]

do you have curl_cffi installed? pip install curl_cffi

[fedeD84]

pip install curl_cffi

I'm stupid... sorry now it works

[dev-O-T]

I did a Python script for sniffing the TLS fingerprints, and got some values while opening the latest official Android client.

Just in case someone wants to try with the same fingerprints:

IPv6:
JA3 Fingerprint: 771,4865,4866,4867,49195,49196,52393,49199,49200,52392,49171,49172,156,157,47,53,, Hash: 59fad7e58fa57d3f0545624f6814de3a

IPv4:
JA3 Fingerprint: 771,4865,4866,4867,49195,49196,52393,49199,49200,52392,49161,49162,49171,49172,156,157,47,53,, Hash: aef0bb248d17ef28d4dee53e4f0485c7

IPv4 is slightly different.

[rickyspanish8]

not working for me. :(

[fedeD84]

not working for me. :(

have you change all files?

[rickyspanish8]

Yes I did. Do I need to reinstall after that? with sudo python3 setup.py install?

[notavailable-1]

Yes I did. Do I need to reinstall after that? with sudo python3 setup.py install?

nope.
do you have curl_cffi installed? pip install curl_cffi

wich version did you use?
wich changes have you applied?

[rickyspanish8]

im using the last version, pulled from github.

my utils/audiobook.py file https://pastebin.com/k5C1g1s9
my sources/source init.py https://pastebin.com/qzw05BfT
and my sources/storytel.py https://pastebin.com/KGgXiyL4

I did install curl_cffi and Im using the command audiobook-dl -c <here I put the name of the cookies file that its in the same directory of audiobook-dl> <and here I paste the url from storytel>
I have no idea what can I be doing wrong.

[iamthehoot]

All releases of audiobook-dl since version 0.7.3 still say version 0.7.3, which is very annoying when you have issues allegedly resolved in more recent versions.

In anyhoot, I tried to follow your suggestion @dev-O-T, but to no avail.

%AppData%\..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\source\__init__.py

8:#import requests
9:import curl_cffi

[...]

196: def create_session(self, options: Any) -> curl_cffi.requests.Session:
197: session = curl_cffi.requests.Session()
198:# ssl_context: SSLContext = self.create_ssl_context(options)
199: # session.adapters.pop("https://", None)
200:# session.mount("https://", CustomSSLContextHTTPAdapter(ssl_context))
201: return session

%AppData%\..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\storytel.py

1:#from requests.models import Response
2:from curl_cffi.requests.models import Response

%AppData%\..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\utils\audiobook.py

2:#import requests
3:from curl_cffi import requests

Installed the new requirement: pip install curl_cffi

But I get the same error message:

DEBUG audiobook-dl 0.7.3
DEBUG python 3.12.8 (tags/v3.12.8:2dc476b, Dec 3 2024, 19:30:04) [MSC v.1942 64 bit (AMD64)]
INFO Finding compatible source
INFO Authenticating with storytel
DEBUG Logging in
ERROR: Access blocked by Cloudflare

Traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl_main_.py", line 33, in main process_url(url, options, config)
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl_main_.py", line 53, in process_url authenticate(url, source, options, config)
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl_main_.py", line 143, in authenticate login(url, source, options, source_config)
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl_main_.py", line 123, in login source.login(url, **login_data)
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\source_init_.py", line 96, in login self._login(url, **kwargs)
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\storytel.py", line 171, in _login self._do_login()
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\storytel.py", line 190, in _do_login self.check_cloudflare_blocked(resp)
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\storytel.py", line 160, in check_cloudflare_blocked raise CloudflareBlocked audiobookdl.exceptions.CloudflareBlocked

Thank you for trying to help.

Edit: I am on Windows, and I need to run audiobook from python with the -m flag to run the module as a script, or it won't work.

Full CLI command: python -m audiobookdl -d -- username <email> --password <password> <audiobook url>

[notavailable-1]

im using the last version, pulled from github.

my utils/audiobook.py file https://pastebin.com/k5C1g1s9 my sources/source init.py https://pastebin.com/qzw05BfT and my sources/storytel.py https://pastebin.com/KGgXiyL4

I did install curl_cffi and Im using the command audiobook-dl -c <here I put the name of the cookies file that its in the same directory of audiobook-dl> <and here I paste the url from storytel> I have no idea what can I be doing wrong.

did you get any error message?

[notavailable-1]

All releases of audiobook-dl since version 0.7.3 still say version 0.7.3, which is very annoying when you have issues allegedly resolved in more recent versions.

In anyhoot, I tried to follow your suggestion @dev-O-T, but to no avail.

%AppData%\..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\source\__init__.py

8:#import requests
9:import curl_cffi

[...]

196: def create_session(self, options: Any) -> curl_cffi.requests.Session:
197: session = curl_cffi.requests.Session()
198:# ssl_context: SSLContext = self.create_ssl_context(options)
199: # session.adapters.pop("https://", None)
200:# session.mount("https://", CustomSSLContextHTTPAdapter(ssl_context))
201: return session

%AppData%\..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\storytel.py

1:#from requests.models import Response
2:from curl_cffi.requests.models import Response

%AppData%\..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\utils\audiobook.py

2:#import requests
3:from curl_cffi import requests

Installed the new requirement: pip install curl_cffi

But I get the same error message:

DEBUG audiobook-dl 0.7.3
DEBUG python 3.12.8 (tags/v3.12.8:2dc476b, Dec 3 2024, 19:30:04) [MSC v.1942 64 bit (AMD64)]
INFO Finding compatible source
INFO Authenticating with storytel
DEBUG Logging in
ERROR: Access blocked by Cloudflare

Traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl__main__.py", line 33, in main process_url(url, options, config)
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl__main__.py", line 53, in process_url authenticate(url, source, options, config)
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl__main__.py", line 143, in authenticate login(url, source, options, source_config)
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl__main__.py", line 123, in login source.login(url, **login_data)
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\source__init__.py", line 96, in login self._login(url, **kwargs)
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\storytel.py", line 171, in _login self._do_login()
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\storytel.py", line 190, in _do_login self.check_cloudflare_blocked(resp)
File "%AppData%..\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\storytel.py", line 160, in check_cloudflare_blocked raise CloudflareBlocked audiobookdl.exceptions.CloudflareBlocked

Thank you for trying to help.

Edit: I am on Windows, and I need to run audiobook from python with the -m flag to run the module as a script, or it won't work.

Full CLI command: python -m audiobookdl -d -- username <email> --password <password> <audiobook url>

dou you have installed the lasted version of audiobook? if you cant check this - just delete the actual modul and install the latest version with 0.7.7.

maybe add the tip from dev>

storytel.py line 167:
"User-Agent": "Storytel/24.52 (Android 14; Google Pixel 8 Pro) Release/2288809",

[dev-O-T]

I did install curl_cffi and Im using the command audiobook-dl -c <here I put the name of the cookies file that its in the same directory of audiobook-dl> <and here I paste the url from storytel> I have no idea what can I be doing wrong.

Have you tried to use username and password instead of cookies?

[dev-O-T]

I did my own fork, if someone want to skip the manual edits.

Perhaps the source changes can be cherry picked to this original repo too.

[rickyspanish8]

I did install curl_cffi and Im using the command audiobook-dl -c <here I put the name of the cookies file that its in the same directory of audiobook-dl> <and here I paste the url from storytel> I have no idea what can I be doing wrong.

Have you tried to use username and password instead of cookies?

just tried. didn't work.

[iamthehoot]

For me, changing the user-agent did the trick.

Thank you for pointing this out @notavailable-1

[dev-O-T]

maybe add the tip from dev>

storytel.py line 167: "User-Agent": "Storytel/24.52 (Android 14; Google Pixel 8 Pro) Release/2288809",

I did some trials, and figured out, it's the release number that matters. Not the version number in User-Agent string.

At the moment there is some rule: Release > 2288629
(I downgraded my android app installation to 24.22 (2288629) and it works. So the rule seems to affect only to us.)

Release/2288630 is the first working number in my trials.

I can put arbitrary number as version. Even Storytel/00.01 works.

Actually, the User-Agent string can be reduced to minimal like this, and it still works:
"User-Agent": "Release/2288630",
or
"User-Agent": "Release/999999999999999999",
so only Release number is checked, and there is no upper limit.

Previous android app version was: 24.52 (2288809)
Currently the latest is: 25.1 (2288810), so there was major version.

[mrrepel]

I did my own fork, if someone want to skip the manual edits.

Perhaps the source changes can be cherry picked to this original repo too.

Sir, you have won the internet for today, it works like a charm!