Translator for pages with login

stefanie.gooren

Hi everybody,

Is there any easy possibility to attach a snapshot for web pages with login?

Grabbing the page using „save Zotero snapshot from current page“ works just fine. However using the translator, the login page is attached to the item.

Thanks!
Stefanie

adamsmith

example? Many translators make an additional request for the page - that might not always be necessary, so we can have a look. On the other hand, it seems strange that the site wouldn't remember your login via cookie.

stefanie.gooren

It is a moodle webpage...
... requiring a login. I am of course still logged in when using the translator.

Can you maybe point me to a translator making such an additonal request?

adamsmith

see e.g. here:
https://github.com/zotero/translators/blob/master/Die%20Zeit.js
and here:
https://github.com/zotero/translators/blob/master/The%20Atlantic.js
for translators that make an additional request - in those cases that makes sense, because they get the print version of the page, but I'm sure there are a bunch of translators that just retrieve the document again from the same URL to attach it (which, needless to say, is neither necessary nor efficient.)

aurimas

Are you using Zotero for Firefox or Zotero Standalone (and which browser)?

stefanie.gooren

I am using Zotero Standalone with Chrome Browser/Connector

aurimas

AFAIK, this is a general problem with the way connectors function. You'll probably have better luck with this using Zotero for Firefox for now.

stefanie.gooren

I searched the code...
... the cookie seems to be submitted but for some reasons the CookieSandbox delivers 'CookieSandbox: Not touching channel for...'.

If I understand it correctly the cookie is not applied even though submitted.

Any suggestions?

stefanie.gooren

That is really unfortunate.
Nevertheless, thanks Adam and aurimas!