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Support HTTP only websites
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Web2Cit assumes that websites are reached through https. However, this assumption may not always work. For example, webpages from http://archivo.lavoz.com.ar/ cannot be translated because the web server does not respond to https requests.

Possibly related to T315020

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Another example found by @Nidiah: http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/may09/may01news2

Note that in that example and in this one (also found by @Nidiah) the error does not seem to be because the server does not respond to https requests, but rather because the certificates are invalid.

PexEric renamed this task from Assuming https does not work for some domains to Support HTTP only websites.Oct 3 2025, 7:21 AM
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Another example: http://www.gamelook.com.cn/2025/09/579639/
Citoid works, but Web2Cit cannot parse the webpage.