Add curl-impersonate for ani-cli v5

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.50.0 - 2026-08-01
+
+- Added `curl-impersonate` to Docker images using the maintained `lexiforest/curl-impersonate` image so `ani-cli` v5 can use browser-like curl wrappers before falling back to plain `curl`.
+- Exposed `curl-impersonate` availability in the Config page dependency status.
+- Updated Docker/runtime documentation for the new `ani-cli` v5 Cloudflare workaround.
+
 ## 0.49.9 - 2026-07-26
 
 - Changed the Config page `ani-cli` version probe to run with `ANI_CLI_PLAYER=download`, avoiding false missing-player failures on headless installs without `mpv` or `vlc`.

Dockerfile

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+FROM lexiforest/curl-impersonate:latest AS curl-impersonate
+
 FROM python:3.12-slim-bookworm
 
 ARG ANI_CLI=https://github.com/pystardust/ani-cli.git
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         aria2 \
+        bash \
         botan \
         ca-certificates \
         curl \
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
         grep \
         libxml2-dev \
         libxslt1-dev \
+        libstdc++6 \
         openssl \
         patch \
         python3.11 \
@@ -41,6 +45,11 @@ RUN apt-get update \
         util-linux \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+COPY --from=curl-impersonate /usr/local /usr/local
+
+RUN curl_firefox135 --version \
+    && curl_chrome136 --version
+
 RUN git clone --depth 1 --branch "${ANI_CLI_BRANCH}" "${ANI_CLI}" /tmp/ani-cli-src \
     && install -m 0755 /tmp/ani-cli-src/ani-cli /usr/local/bin/ani-cli \
     && ani_cli_raw_repo="$(printf '%s' "${ANI_CLI}" | sed -E 's#^https://github.com/##; s#\\.git$##')" \

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Local web UI for a system-wide `ani-cli` install.
 
-Current version: `0.49.9`
+Current version: `0.50.0`
 
 ## What it does
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Requirements:
 
 - `ani-cli` installed and available in `PATH`
 - Optional: `anipy-cli` and/or `animdl` installed and available in `PATH` if you want automatic fallback retries outside Docker
-- Common runtime tools used by `ani-cli`, especially `curl`, `ffmpeg`, `fzf`, `grep`, `openssl`, `sed`, `aria2c`, `botan`, and `yt-dlp`
+- Common runtime tools used by `ani-cli`, especially `curl` or `curl-impersonate`, `ffmpeg`, `fzf`, `grep`, `openssl`, `sed`, `aria2c`, `botan`, and `yt-dlp`
 
 Run locally:
 
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ Docker notes:
 - `USER_UID` and `USER_GID` help keep mounted files owned by your host user
 - `UPDATE_ON_START=true` runs `ani-cli --update` before startup
 - `ANI_CLI_WEB_JOB_STDOUT=true` mirrors download job output to container stdout for log collectors; set it to `false` to keep job output only in the Queue page
+- `curl-impersonate` is installed inside the container and exposes the browser wrapper commands used by `ani-cli` v5, such as `curl_firefox135` and `curl_chrome136`, so provider requests can avoid Cloudflare blocks that affect plain `curl`
 - `botan` is installed inside the container for providers or scripts that need Botan cryptography tooling
 - `anipy-cli` and `animdl` are installed systemwide inside the container at `/usr/local/bin`, linked from `/usr/bin`, and included in the runtime `PATH`; `animdl` is isolated in a Python 3.11 virtualenv so its pinned dependencies stay executable
 
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ Docker notes:
 - Checked methods are tried in this order: `ani-cli`, `anipy-cli`, then `animdl`
 - Selecting one method disables fallback retry; selecting multiple methods makes later methods automatic fallbacks
 - Queue `ani-cli` downloads explicitly run with `ANI_CLI_PLAYER=download` so headless Docker installs do not need `mpv` or `vlc` just to save files
+- Docker images include `curl-impersonate` wrappers before plain `curl` on `PATH`, matching the preference order used by `ani-cli` v5
 - Fallback retries keep the queued episode numbers when fallback downloader filenames are renumbered from `1`
 - Docker images install `anipy-cli` and `animdl` automatically; non-Docker installs should provide the selected tools in `PATH` themselves
 

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.49.9
+0.50.0

http_handler.py

@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ def build_handler_class(context):
 def dependency_status():
     checks = ["curl", "sed", "grep", "openssl", "fzf", "aria2c", "ffmpeg", "yt-dlp"]
     result = {name: bool(shutil.which(name)) for name in checks}
+    result["curl-impersonate"] = cli_executable_exists_any(
+        "curl_firefox135",
+        "curl_chrome136",
+        "curl_chrome116",
+        "curl_ff117",
+    )
     result["ani-cli"] = cli_executable_exists(ANI_CLI)
     result["anipy-cli"] = cli_executable_exists_any(
         ANIPY_CLI,

test_app.py

@@ -3340,6 +3340,7 @@ class HandlerRouteTests(unittest.TestCase):
         handler = DummyHandler("/api/dependencies")
         APP.Handler.do_GET(handler)
         self.assertEqual(handler.json_status, HTTPStatus.OK)
+        self.assertIn("curl-impersonate", handler.json_payload)
         self.assertIn("anipy-cli", handler.json_payload)
         self.assertIn("animdl", handler.json_payload)
 
@@ -3350,6 +3351,12 @@ class HandlerRouteTests(unittest.TestCase):
             status = http_handler.dependency_status()
 
         self.assertTrue(status["animdl"])
+        exists_any.assert_any_call(
+            "curl_firefox135",
+            "curl_chrome136",
+            "curl_chrome116",
+            "curl_ff117",
+        )
         exists_any.assert_any_call(
             http_handler.ANIMDL,
             "animdl",