download-gated-pdfs
Download the actual PDF binary from bot-gated sites (taxpolicycenter.org, urban.org, SSRN-hosted mirrors, think-tank/pu…
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Description
Download the actual PDF binary from bot-gated sites (taxpolicycenter.org, urban.org, SSRN-hosted mirrors, think-tank/publisher sites) via the Wayback Machine id_ URL form. Use when: (1) curl/WebFetch of a .pdf URL returns HTML instead of a PDF even with a browser User-Agent, (2) pypdf fails with "invalid pdf header: b'<!DOC'" or "EOF marker not found" on a freshly downloaded file, (3) Firecrawl can parse the PDF to markdown but you need the original file on disk (e.g., filing a reference copy). A reusable SKILL.md agent skill by kennethkhoocy.
Author
kennethkhoocy
Platform
cli
Pricing model
free
Categories
Skills
Tags
skill
claude-skill
github
en
Capabilities
- 1 stars
- SKILL.md package