Notepad++ Cloudflare protected. Download still possible?

[Guest schossel]

Hi,

I downloaded Notepad++ from https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ for a while now but they changed to a Cloudflare protection some days ago. I'm now no more able to load the page in Ketarin and I can't download anymore. Is there any possibility using a different referrer or any other method to usw Cloudflare protected sites?

I can't find any useful other sites to download the file. Filehippo only has older versions.

Thanks for the help!

[shawn]

With Cloudflare you're pretty well stuck unless you can find a consistent pattern for the download files since the downloads themselves are rarely behind Cloudflare. In this case there is a pattern so you're good. 

You can get the current version number from this using this pattern:

>v([^'"]+)</

You can then construct the download URL by inserting the version numbers in these patterns:

http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/{version:split:.:0}.x/{version}/npp.{version}.Installer.x64.exe
http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/{version:split:.:0}.x/{version}/npp.{version}.Installer.exe

The download URL does not support HTTPS, but will download once you've injected the version numbers (and major version number in the first field).

[schossel]

Thanks a lot!
I tried something similar but it seems I wasn't able to pick the right download URL.

[shawn]

Here's a working template for the x86 version (the only one that reliably supports TextFX):

 

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<Jobs>
  <ApplicationJob xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" Guid="071dc699-15b5-4a76-8296-d1d9b91d2449">
    <Category>Editors</Category>
    <WebsiteUrl>https://notepad-plus-plus.org/</WebsiteUrl>
    <UserAgent>wget</UserAgent>
    <UserNotes />
    <LastFileSize>3982472</LastFileSize>
    <LastFileDate>2019-11-03T11:08:19.2683762</LastFileDate>
    <IgnoreFileInformation>false</IgnoreFileInformation>
    <DownloadBeta>Default</DownloadBeta>
    <DownloadDate>2009-03-29T18:49:42</DownloadDate>
    <CheckForUpdatesOnly>false</CheckForUpdatesOnly>
    <VariableChangeIndicator>version</VariableChangeIndicator>
    <HashVariable />
    <HashType>None</HashType>
    <CanBeShared>true</CanBeShared>
    <ShareApplication>false</ShareApplication>
    <ExclusiveDownload>false</ExclusiveDownload>
    <HttpReferer />
    <SetupInstructions />
    <Variables>
      <item>
        <key>
          <string>version</string>
        </key>
        <value>
          <UrlVariable>
            <RegexRightToLeft>false</RegexRightToLeft>
            <VariableType>RegularExpression</VariableType>
            <Regex>&gt;v([\d\.]+)&lt;</Regex>
            <Url>https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus.svg</Url>
            <Name>version</Name>
          </UrlVariable>
        </value>
      </item>
      <item>
        <key>
          <string>sdownload</string>
        </key>
        <value>
          <UrlVariable>
            <RegexRightToLeft>false</RegexRightToLeft>
            <VariableType>Textual</VariableType>
            <Regex />
            <TextualContent>http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/{version:split:.:0}.x/{version}/npp.{version}.Installer.x64.exe</TextualContent>
            <Name>sdownload</Name>
          </UrlVariable>
        </value>
      </item>
    </Variables>
    <ExecuteCommand />
    <ExecutePreCommand />
    <ExecuteCommandType>Batch</ExecuteCommandType>
    <ExecutePreCommandType>Batch</ExecutePreCommandType>
    <SourceType>FixedUrl</SourceType>
    <DeletePreviousFile>true</DeletePreviousFile>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <FileHippoId />
    <LastUpdated>2019-11-03T11:08:19.2683762</LastUpdated>
    <TargetPath>..\{category}\{appname:regexreplace:([\s\t\r\n\-\&amp;]+):_}-{version}.{url:ext}</TargetPath>
    <FixedDownloadUrl>{sdownload}</FixedDownloadUrl>
    <Name>Notepad++ (x86)</Name>
  </ApplicationJob>
</Jobs>

 

[shawn]

They changed their downloads to use AWS via Github now. Download pattern is now:

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v{version}/npp.{version}.Installer.exe

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v{version}/npp.{version}.Installer.x64.exe