Fix MDW (Medway) scraper#428
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democracy.medway.gov.uk times out from Lambda with wreq's Firefox133 TLS fingerprint. The existing verify_requests=False addresses a certificate issue but does not bypass the WAF's TLS fingerprint check, which drops the connection before any HTTP response is returned. Adding http_lib="playwright" switches to headless Chromium's Chrome TLS fingerprint, which passes the WAF and allows the ModGov XML endpoint to be reached. Same fix pattern as HNS (#405), LAC (#420), DAC (#416), and other recently fixed ModGov instances.
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Re-scrape after 9f85123Initial PR — added
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What broke
democracy.medway.gov.uktimes out from Lambda with wreq's Firefox133 TLS fingerprint — TCP connection timed out after 110 seconds. The existingverify_requests = Falseaddresses a certificate trust issue on this host but does not bypass the WAF's TLS fingerprint check: the WAF drops the connection during the TLS handshake when it detects wreq's Firefox client-hello, causing a connection timeout. The ModGov XML endpoint is accessible from non-Lambda clients. Same WAF fingerprint block pattern as HNS (#405), LAC (#420), DAC (#416), and other recently fixed ModGov instances.What was fixed
councillors.py: addedhttp_lib = "playwright"— headless Chromium's Chrome TLS fingerprint passes the WAF check, allowing the ModGov XML endpoint (GetCouncillorsByWard) to be reachedverify_requests = Falseretained — the certificate trust issue on this host is independent of the WAF fingerprint blockScrape results
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