I just realized that Overdrive (online public library thing) leaks nearly every page of the digital magazines they offer.

https://tln.overdrive.com/library/magazines/browse#format=magazine

If you go here, click on a title and then click the "read a sample", in dev tools you can see it loading each individual page as a high-resolution image. The pages are (mostly) numbered sequentially, so even if it only lets you see page 4, you paste that whole url back into a second browser tab, url-hack it to page 67, and page 67 shows. To see the front cover, instead of 1, you use "Cover". (And if you copy-pasta-ed the wrong url that has "thumbnails" in it, replace that with "pages"...)

But I can't figure out what in the hell the dumb back cover uses. It's not simply the last page number plus one. It's not "back/Back/BackCover/etc" that I can guess. And when I signed up for "instant digital access" for my own public library, apparently they're not subscribing to the magazine feeds. Wtf. Can anyone who has access to this, or can get access (instant digital access, need a mobile number that is local to your library) tell me what in the hell the back cover's or last page's filename string is? I've got some javascript monkey patches cooked up and I'll share if someone wants it.

do you know if there's any specific magazine in this site that offers full access for free? maybe it may be worth exploring it there's at least one. i assume this library access is us only so i'm not going to try.

>>1530782
I don't know of any title like that. There are hundreds (most of those are those one-off titles you see today on the few newsstands still out there). But if someone were (in the US) were to check sign up on their local library for free and check, it wouldn't even take 20 minutes, I don't think. I know need any login or sensitive information, all I need is that string (it'll end up being something dumb like "cover_2" or whatever, I'd bet money).