I was trying to use some Wikipedia images for a Python script, but I came across an error: Error: 403 Client Error: Forbidden. Please comply with the User-Agent policy: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy for url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Orange-Fruit-Pieces.jpg When I googled it, I found this post (Downloading images from wikipedia gives forbidden error due to User Agent policy) that mentioned I need to be sending some user agent. Is there a way for me to anonymize my email address from wikipedia or is it a requirement for me if I want to use their images from a link? def fetch_image_from_url(url): headers = {"User-Agent": AppleProject/1.0 (github link and email)"} response = requests.get(url, headers=headers) response.raise_for_status() return Image.open(BytesIO(response.content)) I'm mostly trying to figure out if there's a way around their header requirements and not have my email address stored in my github repo. Continue reading...
