AdultDvDEmpire and HotMovies scrapers failing on Network Error: Could not load the requested resource

[Shades6666]

Scrapers that don't work:

• IMDb
• TMDb
• TmdbConcert
• TvTunes
• AEBN
• AdultDvDEmpire
• HotMovies
• VideoBuster

Details which are wrong / not loaded:
Both AdultDvDEmpire and HotMovies fail with "Network Error: Could not load the requested resource". All other scrapers working correctly.
Checking the logs, both appear to be getting stuck on age verification pages:

[AdultDvdEmpireApi] Network Error: "Insecure redirect" for URL QUrl("http://www.adultdvdempire.com:80/AgeConfirmation?url2=/allsearch/search?view=list&q=Searched Movie")

[HotMoviesApi] Network Error: "Insecure redirect" for URL QUrl("http://www.hotmovies.com:80/AgeConfirmation?url2=/adult-movies/search?q=Searched Movie")

MediaElch Version:

• 2.12.1-dev (nightly)
• 2.12.0 (stable)
• 2.10.7-dev (nightly) -- I also tried an old nightly that I still had and it failed with the same error.

Operating System:

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux (distribution: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS (noble) using appImage)

Additional context:

[bugwelle]

Hi,

thanks for reporting! Sorry for the delay. See #1710 for details.

I can confirm the issue. I also found the root cause and am working on a fix.

Regards,
Andre

[bugwelle]

This may take a bit longer: The pages now have an age restriction. Settings a cookie alone does not seem to work properly.

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Notes:

function ageConfirmationClicked() {
	$.ajax({
		url: "Account/AgeConfirmation",
		data: ({
			ageConfirmationClicked: true
		}),
		success: function () {
					
			window.location = $(ageConfirmationButton).attr('data-url');
					   
		}
	});
}

[bugwelle]

Thanks again for reporting. I've fixed this in #1816. The next Nightly version should work. :)