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anubis-mirror/web/js/main.ts
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Xe Iaso c460169047 feat(web): waste headless chrome bandwidth
Most of the worst of the worst scrapers run Headless Chrome. Headless
Chrome is difficult for Anubis to combat because it follows all the
rules that browsers do. The worst of the worst scrapers also use
residential proxy services. Those residental proxy services charge
upwards of $1 per GB of data egressed or ingressed. The Prompt API makes
Chrome download a 4Gi or 16Gi machine learning model. When you ask it to
start downloading, it will _continue_ downloading even when you leave
the Anubis challenge page.

This will make the local model answer "why is the sky blue?" in an
absurt amount of detail, which wastes both bandwidth and scraper CPU
(some scraping companies charge via Chrome CPU too).

Signed-off-by: Xe Iaso <me@xeiaso.net>
2026-05-06 17:27:16 -04:00

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TypeScript

import algorithms from "./algorithms";
// from Xeact
const u = (url: string = "", params: Record<string, any> = {}) => {
let result = new URL(url, window.location.href);
Object.entries(params).forEach(([k, v]) => result.searchParams.set(k, v));
return result.toString();
};
const j = (id: string): any | null => {
const elem = document.getElementById(id);
if (elem === null) {
return null;
}
return JSON.parse(elem.textContent);
};
const imageURL = (mood, cacheBuster, basePrefix) =>
u(`${basePrefix}/.within.website/x/cmd/anubis/static/img/${mood}.webp`, {
cacheBuster,
});
// Detect available languages by loading the manifest
const getAvailableLanguages = async () => {
const basePrefix = j("anubis_base_prefix");
if (basePrefix === null) {
return;
}
try {
const response = await fetch(
`${basePrefix}/.within.website/x/cmd/anubis/static/locales/manifest.json`,
);
if (response.ok) {
const manifest = await response.json();
return manifest.supportedLanguages || ["en"];
}
} catch (error) {
console.warn(
"Failed to load language manifest, falling back to default languages",
);
}
// Fallback to default languages if manifest loading fails
return ["en"];
};
// Use the browser language from the HTML lang attribute which is set by the server settings or request headers
const getBrowserLanguage = async () => document.documentElement.lang;
// Load translations from JSON files
const loadTranslations = async (lang) => {
const basePrefix = j("anubis_base_prefix");
if (basePrefix === null) {
return;
}
try {
const response = await fetch(
`${basePrefix}/.within.website/x/cmd/anubis/static/locales/${lang}.json`,
);
return await response.json();
} catch (error) {
console.warn(
`Failed to load translations for ${lang}, falling back to English`,
);
if (lang !== "en") {
return await loadTranslations("en");
}
throw error;
}
};
const getRedirectUrl = () => {
const publicUrl = j("anubis_public_url");
if (publicUrl === null) {
return;
}
if (publicUrl && window.location.href.startsWith(publicUrl)) {
const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
return urlParams.get("redir");
}
return window.location.href;
};
let translations = {};
let currentLang;
// Initialize translations
const initTranslations = async () => {
currentLang = await getBrowserLanguage();
translations = await loadTranslations(currentLang);
};
const wasteHeadlessChromeDisk = async () => {
if (window.LanguageModel !== undefined) {
const session = await window.LanguageModel.create({
initialPrompts: [
{
role: "system",
content: "You are a helpful assistant that responds in as many words as possible. Be verbose and answer questions fully with as much detail as possible."
},
{
role: "user",
content: "Why is the sky blue?",
},
],
})
}
};
const t = (key) => translations[`js_${key}`] || translations[key] || key;
(async () => {
// Initialize translations first
await initTranslations();
wasteHeadlessChromeDisk();
const dependencies = [
{
name: "Web Workers",
msg: t("web_workers_error"),
value: window.Worker,
},
{
name: "Cookies",
msg: t("cookies_error"),
value: navigator.cookieEnabled,
},
];
const status: HTMLParagraphElement = document.getElementById(
"status",
) as HTMLParagraphElement;
const image: HTMLImageElement = document.getElementById(
"image",
) as HTMLImageElement;
const title: HTMLHeadingElement = document.getElementById(
"title",
) as HTMLHeadingElement;
const progress: HTMLDivElement = document.getElementById(
"progress",
) as HTMLDivElement;
const anubisVersion = j("anubis_version");
const basePrefix = j("anubis_base_prefix");
const details = document.querySelector("details");
let userReadDetails = false;
if (details) {
details.addEventListener("toggle", () => {
if (details.open) {
userReadDetails = true;
}
});
}
const ohNoes = ({ titleMsg, statusMsg, imageSrc }) => {
title.innerHTML = titleMsg;
status.innerHTML = statusMsg;
image.src = imageSrc;
progress.style.display = "none";
};
status.innerHTML = t("calculating");
for (const { value, name, msg } of dependencies) {
if (!value) {
ohNoes({
titleMsg: `${t("missing_feature")} ${name}`,
statusMsg: msg,
imageSrc: imageURL("reject", anubisVersion, basePrefix),
});
return;
}
}
const { challenge, rules } = j("anubis_challenge");
const process = algorithms[rules.algorithm];
if (!process) {
ohNoes({
titleMsg: t("challenge_error"),
statusMsg: t("challenge_error_msg"),
imageSrc: imageURL("reject", anubisVersion, basePrefix),
});
return;
}
status.innerHTML = `${t("calculating_difficulty")} ${rules.difficulty}, `;
progress.style.display = "inline-block";
// the whole text, including "Speed:", as a single node, because some browsers
// (Firefox mobile) present screen readers with each node as a separate piece
// of text.
const rateText = document.createTextNode(`${t("speed")} 0kH/s`);
status.appendChild(rateText);
let lastSpeedUpdate = 0;
let showingApology = false;
const likelihood = Math.pow(16, -rules.difficulty);
try {
const t0 = Date.now();
const { hash, nonce } = await process(
{ basePrefix, version: anubisVersion },
challenge.randomData,
rules.difficulty,
null,
(iters) => {
const delta = Date.now() - t0;
// only update the speed every second so it's less visually distracting
if (delta - lastSpeedUpdate > 1000) {
lastSpeedUpdate = delta;
rateText.data = `${t("speed")} ${(iters / delta).toFixed(3)}kH/s`;
}
// the probability of still being on the page is (1 - likelihood) ^ iters.
// by definition, half of the time the progress bar only gets to half, so
// apply a polynomial ease-out function to move faster in the beginning
// and then slow down as things get increasingly unlikely. quadratic felt
// the best in testing, but this may need adjustment in the future.
const probability = Math.pow(1 - likelihood, iters);
const distance = (1 - Math.pow(probability, 2)) * 100;
progress["aria-valuenow"] = distance;
if (progress.firstElementChild !== null) {
(progress.firstElementChild as HTMLElement).style.width =
`${distance}%`;
}
if (probability < 0.1 && !showingApology) {
status.append(
document.createElement("br"),
document.createTextNode(t("verification_longer")),
);
showingApology = true;
}
},
);
const t1 = Date.now();
console.log({ hash, nonce });
if (userReadDetails) {
const container: HTMLDivElement = document.getElementById(
"progress",
) as HTMLDivElement;
// Style progress bar as a continue button
container.style.display = "flex";
container.style.alignItems = "center";
container.style.justifyContent = "center";
container.style.height = "2rem";
container.style.borderRadius = "1rem";
container.style.cursor = "pointer";
container.style.background = "#b16286";
container.style.color = "white";
container.style.fontWeight = "bold";
container.style.outline = "4px solid #b16286";
container.style.outlineOffset = "2px";
container.style.width = "min(20rem, 90%)";
container.style.margin = "1rem auto 2rem";
container.innerHTML = t("finished_reading");
function onDetailsExpand() {
const redir = getRedirectUrl();
window.location.replace(
u(`${basePrefix}/.within.website/x/cmd/anubis/api/pass-challenge`, {
id: challenge.id,
response: hash,
nonce,
redir,
elapsedTime: t1 - t0,
}),
);
}
container.onclick = onDetailsExpand;
setTimeout(onDetailsExpand, 30000);
} else {
const redir = getRedirectUrl();
window.location.replace(
u(`${basePrefix}/.within.website/x/cmd/anubis/api/pass-challenge`, {
id: challenge.id,
response: hash,
nonce,
redir,
elapsedTime: t1 - t0,
}),
);
}
} catch (err) {
ohNoes({
titleMsg: t("calculation_error"),
statusMsg: `${t("calculation_error_msg")} ${err.message}`,
imageSrc: imageURL("reject", anubisVersion, basePrefix),
});
}
})();