Fix ABE (Aberdeen City) scraper#423
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…bypass aberdeen.moderngov.co.uk times out from Lambda when accessed via wreq's Firefox133 TLS fingerprint. The ModGov XML endpoint returns valid data to non-Lambda clients (confirmed: 44 councillors in GetCouncillorsByWard response), confirming the issue is a WAF dropping the TLS handshake on wreq's client-hello. Playwright's Chrome fingerprint bypasses the WAF. The existing verify_requests=False (for the certificate trust issue) is retained as it is independent of the WAF fingerprint block. The timeout=30 override is removed — it was redundant with wreq's default and is not applicable to playwright, which manages its own timeouts.
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Re-scrape after aebd5f2Added ModGov XML endpoint confirmed returning valid data from non-Lambda environment:
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What broke
aberdeen.moderngov.co.uktimes out from Lambda when accessed with wreq's Firefox133 TLS fingerprint. The ModGov endpoint returns valid councillor data to non-Lambda clients (confirmed:GET /mgWebService.asmx/GetCouncillorsByWardreturns HTTP 200 with full XML — councillors across all wards, photos and party affiliations present). The timeout is a WAF dropping the TLS handshake on wreq's Firefox client-hello before any HTTP response is sent. Same pattern as other recently fixed councils (HNS #405, DAC #416, LAC #420, FLN #421).The existing
verify_requests = False(from PR #316, for a certificate trust issue on this host) is independent of the WAF fingerprint block and is retained. Thetimeout = 30override is removed — it was redundant with wreq's default and has no effect on playwright.What was fixed
councillors.py: addedhttp_lib = "playwright"— headless Chromium's Chrome TLS fingerprint passes the WAFcouncillors.py: removedtimeout = 30— inapplicable to playwright and redundant under wreqScrape results
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