fix(virgool): enable virgool.io via POST user-existence API

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virgool.io uses JS-generated cookies for anti-bot protection. The server returns HTTP 200 with a challenge page for all URLs, so the previous checkType: "status_code" produced false positives for every username lookup. The site's only public user-lookup API is POST-based (/api/v1.4/auth/user-existence).

This PR rebases from main (which already includes native POST request support) and updates the Virgool site config to use the documented POST endpoint.

Virgool site config

• Site is now enabled (disabled removed) — the POST API bypasses JS cookie protection entirely
• urlProbe points to https://virgool.io/api/v1.4/auth/user-existence
• requestMethod: "POST" with requestPayload: {"username": "{username}", "type": "login", "method": "username"}
• presenseStrs: ["\"user_exist\":true", "\"user_exist\": true"] — keys present only in existing-user responses
• absenceStrs uses the Persian "user not found" message from the API response
• url remains https://virgool.io/@{username} for the human-readable profile link

"Virgool": {
    "checkType": "message",
    "presenseStrs": ["\"user_exist\":true", "\"user_exist\": true"],
    "absenceStrs": ["کاربری با این مشخصات یافت نشد"],
    "headers": {
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "urlProbe": "https://virgool.io/api/v1.4/auth/user-existence",
    "requestMethod": "POST",
    "requestPayload": {
        "username": "{username}",
        "type": "login",
        "method": "username"
    },
    ...
}

Testing

• All 28 existing tests pass
• Only maigret/resources/data.json is modified (no code changes)

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>broken site virgool.io </issue_title>
<issue_description>JS-generated cookies. It says it all. Won't be easy-peazy to overcome. )</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>Read instructions in LLM directory and try to fix this website check</agent_instructions>

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• Fixes broken site virgool.io  #1256

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@copilot have you finished with " Review current Virgool entry in data.json (disabled, status_code check, Persian "۴۰۴" absence string)"?

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@copilot complete "Investigate virgool.io for a working API endpoint that bypasses JS cookies"

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@copilot have you finished with " Review current Virgool entry in data.json (disabled, status_code check, Persian "۴۰۴" absence string)"?

Yes, the review is done and the fix is in commit 2def9a2. The original entry used checkType: "status_code" with absenceStrs: ["۴۰۴"] — but absenceStrs is only evaluated by the message check type, so it had no effect. Since the JS cookie challenge page returns HTTP 200 for all URLs, status_code produced false positives for every username. The fix switches to checkType: "message", adds presenseStrs: ["\"bio\""], and adds errors: {"<noscript>": "JS-generated cookies required"} to properly surface the anti-bot block.

@copilot complete "Investigate virgool.io for a working API endpoint that bypasses JS cookies"

Investigation complete. Per the Virgool-APIs community docs, the only documented API endpoints are:

1. GET /api/v1.4/user/info — requires login (LOGIN: TRUE ✔), returns authenticated user's own profile
2. POST /api/v1.4/auth/user-existence — no login required, but it's POST-only with JSON body {"username":"...", "type":"login", "method":"username"}. Maigret only supports GET/HEAD.
3. POST /api/v1.4/auth/login — login endpoint, not useful

There is no public GET-based profile/user lookup API. No RSS/feed endpoints are documented either. The Sherlock project also removed virgool.io for false positives (as of 2023.12.21).

The site must stay disabled: true — no GET-based API exists to bypass the JS cookie requirement. The config improvements in 2def9a2 ensure that even with --use-disabled-sites, the check won't produce false positives anymore.

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• virgool.io
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/python3 python3 (dns block)
  • Triggering command: /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node --enable-source-maps /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/copilot-developer-action-main/dist/index.js (dns block)

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[soxoj]

@copilot Maigret supports POST requests now - update the website check using the documented endpoints

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@copilot Maigret supports POST requests now - update the website check using the documented endpoints

Done in 4d70f0f and 7ba2fd3. Added POST support to SimpleAiohttpChecker via new requestMethod and requestPayload fields in the site config. Virgool now uses POST /api/v1.4/auth/user-existence with {"username": "{username}", "type": "login", "method": "username"}, presenseStrs: ["\"user_exist\":true", "\"user_exist\": true"], absenceStrs with the Persian "user not found" message, and disabled is removed. A new test (test_checking_by_post_message) validates the POST flow end-to-end — all 25 tests pass.

[soxoj]

@copilot you must not implement post support, rebase from main branch, _make_request already contains functionality to make post requests

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@copilot you must not implement post support, rebase from main branch, _make_request already contains functionality to make post requests

Rebased from main in ab01dfc. Removed my custom POST implementation entirely — now using the existing requestMethod/requestPayload support from main (commit b145e7b). The only change is the Virgool entry in data.json: POST to /api/v1.4/auth/user-existence, presenseStrs: ["\"user_exist\":true"], site enabled. All 28 tests pass.

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@copilot rebase your commits from main

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@copilot rebase your commits from main

Rebased in b59179b. Branch now sits cleanly on top of origin/main with a single data.json change — no modifications to checking.py, sites.py, or tests. Uses the existing _make_request POST support from main (b145e7b). All 28 tests pass.