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--- task_boiler [2023/05/03 16:40] – [find depth of a file or directory] admin
+++ task_boiler [2024/01/22 22:59] – [Issue] raju
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 Start the first heading with "====="
-===== find depth =====
+===== blocked by barrons =====
-==== find depth of a file or directory ====
+==== Issue ====
+barrons.com is giving the following error.
 <code>
-import os
+You have been blocked.
-def get_depth(file_or_dir_path):
-    abs_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(file_or_dir_path))
-    depth = os.path.normpath(abs_path).count(os.sep)
-    return depth
-</code>
-Examples:
+Why?
-<code>
+Something about the behaviour of the browser has caught our
-In [2]:
+attention.
-os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser('~'))
-Out[2]:
-'/home/rajulocal'
-In [3]:
+There are various possible explanations for this:
-get_depth('~')
+* You are browsing and clicking at a speed much faster than
-Out[3]:
+  expected of a human being.
+* Something is preventing JavaScript from working on your
+  computer.
+* There is a robot on the same network (IP WW.XX.YY.ZZ) as you.
-In [4]:
+Having problems accessing the site? Submit feedback.
-get_depth('/home/rajulocal')
+ID: a-b-c-d-e
-Out[4]:
-In [5]:
-get_depth('/home/rajulocal/')
-Out[5]:
-In [6]:
-get_depth('/home/rajulocal/foo')
-Out[6]:
-In [7]:
-get_depth('/')
-Out[7]:
-In [8]:
-get_depth('/home')
-Out[8]:
 </code>
-Using Python 3.10.6, Ipython 8.6.0
+==== Solution ====
+Click on the extensions button in the top right
+-> Bypass Paywalls Clean -> settings button -> Options
+-> scroll down to "BPC settings" section
+-> check "Barron's - no Googlebot (http error 500)" option
+-> Save
-tags | measure the depth of a file system path
+==== System Information ====
+  * bypass paywalls clean extension version: 3.5.2.1 (latest asof 2024-01-22)
-See also:
+  * google chrome: 120.0.6099.200
-  * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31528199/how-to-measure-the-depth-of-a-file-system-path - shows how to do it with various command line tools.
+  * OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
-  * https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.path.html
-==== depth of a directory relative to a parent directory ====
-<code>
-import os
-def dir_depth_relative(child, parent):
-    child = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(child))
-    parent = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(parent))
-    assert child.startswith(parent), "child parent relation violated. parent = " + parent + ', child = ' + child
-    name_space = os.path.relpath(child, parent)
-    level = os.path.normpath(name_space).count(os.sep) + 1 if name_space != '.' else 0
-    return level
-</code>
-Examples:
-<code>
-In [2]:
-[dir_depth_relative('~', '~'), dir_depth_relative('~', '~/'),
- dir_depth_relative('~/work', '~'), dir_depth_relative('~/work.txt', '~'),
- dir_depth_relative('/tmp/foo', '/tmp'), dir_depth_relative('/tmp', '/tmp'),
- dir_depth_relative('/tmp/foo/bar', '/tmp')]
-Out[2]:
-[0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 2]
-In [3]:
-dir_depth_relative('/tmp', '/tmp/foo')
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-AssertionError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
-Cell In [3], line 1
-----> 1 dir_depth_relative('/tmp', '/tmp/foo')
-Cell In [1], line 6, in dir_depth_relative(child, parent)
-child = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(child))
-parent = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(parent))
-----> 6 assert child.startswith(parent), "child parent relation violated. parent = " + parent + ', child = ' + child
-name_space = os.path.relpath(child, parent)
-level = os.path.normpath(name_space).count(os.sep) + 1 if name_space != '.' else 0
-AssertionError: child parent relation violated. parent = /tmp/foo, child = /tmp
-</code>