API access via Tor exit nodes restricted by Cloudflare challenge about cobalt HOT 5 CLOSED

i'm ok with cloudflare serving a challenge to tor users, because:

• if you are using it in the browser, then it will be able to (eventually.. :/) solve it, and then you can access the API
• otherwise, if you need to use it via command line tools, it might indicate that you are automating something to some degree, and it might beg the question whether using Tor for it is a good idea
• from our perspective, by using tor you effectively gain access to a pool of around 7000 IPs for free, which, had it not been for the cloudflare challenge, could be used to DDoS cobalt trivially

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works for me, there were no challenges or anything

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also, what do you need to use tor for

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@ihatespawn Access to the main instance's API through command line over Tor is blocked. Not through Tor Browser Bundle.

Issue title changed to make it more obvious.

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tor through command line is suspicious enough for cloudflare to block it, and i kind of understand why. i will not do any changes to security level to prevent abuse, but i'll wait for @dumbmoron's opinion before closing the issue.

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