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Medium Paywall Bypass

绕过Medium付费墙

Overview

概述

Fetch paywalled Medium articles using free mirror services. Try services in order until one works.

使用免费镜像服务获取受付费墙限制的Medium文章。按顺序尝试各个服务，直到找到可用的为止。

Service Priority

服务优先级

Service	URL Pattern	WebFetch	curl	Notes
Freedium	`https://freedium.cfd/{encoded_url}`	Yes	Yes	Best option, returns content directly
Archive.today	`https://archive.today/latest/{raw_url}`	No	Maybe	Often requires captcha
RemovePaywalls	`https://removepaywalls.com/{raw_url}`	No	No	Redirect page only, needs browser
ReadMedium	`https://readmedium.com/en/{encoded_url}`	No	No	Returns 403 programmatically

```
{encoded_url}
```
= URL-encoded (slashes become %2F, @ becomes %40, etc.)
```
{raw_url}
```
= Original URL as-is

For Claude Code: Use Freedium via WebFetch. Other services require browser interaction.

服务	URL格式	WebFetch支持	curl支持	说明
Freedium	`https://freedium.cfd/{encoded_url}`	是	是	最佳选择，直接返回内容
Archive.today	`https://archive.today/latest/{raw_url}`	否	可能	通常需要验证码
RemovePaywalls	`https://removepaywalls.com/{raw_url}`	否	否	仅提供重定向页面，需要浏览器
ReadMedium	`https://readmedium.com/en/{encoded_url}`	否	否	程序化请求会返回403错误

```
{encoded_url}
```
= URL编码（斜杠变为%2F，@变为%40等）
```
{raw_url}
```
= 原始URL保持不变

**对于Claude Code：通过WebFetch使用Freedium。**其他服务需要浏览器交互。

Workflow

工作流程

1. User provides Medium URL
2. Try Freedium first via WebFetch
3. If blocked/empty, try next service
4. Extract and present article content

1. 用户提供Medium URL
2. 首先通过WebFetch尝试Freedium
3. 如果被阻止/返回空内容，尝试下一个服务
4. 提取并展示文章内容

Example Usage

使用示例

Given:

https://medium.com/@user/some-article-abc123

WebFetch (recommended):

URL: https://freedium.cfd/https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40user%2Fsome-article-abc123
Prompt: Extract the full article content

curl fallback:

bash

curl -sL "https://freedium.cfd/https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40user%2Fsome-article-abc123"

给定：

https://medium.com/@user/some-article-abc123

WebFetch（推荐）：

URL: https://freedium.cfd/https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40user%2Fsome-article-abc123
提示：提取完整文章内容

curl备选方案：

bash

curl -sL "https://freedium.cfd/https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40user%2Fsome-article-abc123"

Medium-Hosted Domains

Medium托管的域名

These domains use Medium's paywall system:

```
medium.com
```
,
```
*.medium.com
```
```
towardsdatascience.com
```
```
betterprogramming.pub
```
```
levelup.gitconnected.com
```
```
javascript.plainenglish.io
```
```
uxdesign.cc
```
```
hackernoon.com
```
```
codeburst.io
```
```
itnext.io
```
```
proandroiddev.com
```
```
infosecwriteups.com
```

这些域名使用Medium的付费墙系统：

```
medium.com
```
,
```
*.medium.com
```
```
towardsdatascience.com
```
```
betterprogramming.pub
```
```
levelup.gitconnected.com
```
```
javascript.plainenglish.io
```
```
uxdesign.cc
```
```
hackernoon.com
```
```
codeburst.io
```
```
itnext.io
```
```
proandroiddev.com
```
```
infosecwriteups.com
```

Common Issues

常见问题

Problem	Solution
Freedium down	Try alternative mirror: `freedium-mirror.cfd`
Article not found	Article may be too new to be cached
Garbled HTML	Use WebFetch with prompt: "Extract the article text and format as markdown"
403/blocked	Try curl with `dangerouslyDisableSandbox: true`

问题	解决方案
Freedium无法访问	尝试备用镜像： `freedium-mirror.cfd`
文章未找到	文章可能太新，尚未被缓存
HTML内容混乱	使用WebFetch并附带提示："提取文章文本并格式化为markdown"
返回403/被阻止	尝试添加 `dangerouslyDisableSandbox: true` 参数的curl请求

Quick Reference

快速参考

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URL encoding in Python

Python中的URL编码

from urllib.parse import quote encoded = quote(url, safe='')

For WebFetch tool

用于WebFetch工具

freedium_url = f"https://freedium.cfd/{quote(medium_url, safe='')}"

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freedium_url = f"https://freedium.cfd/{quote(medium_url, safe='')}"

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