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You will need to update the script. This error is due to Website using TLS 1.2 nowadays and .Net 4.5 that ComicRack is built on doesn't support out of the box. You can fix it by specifying it to use TLS 1.2. I recently did this in my update of the Bedetheque Scrapper 2 script.

You only need to add the following line at line 688 (the space at the beginning are important) of the file in %appdata%\cYo\ComicRack\Scripts\Webcomic Helper\webcomichelper.py. Mare sure to restart ComicRack if it was open.

System.Net.ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = System.Net.SecurityProtocolType.Tls12

But even with that, it really depends on the WebComics in question, it might not work with newer websites. You might need another way to download the comic. Free Manga Downloader2 supports a lot of websites (even none manga ones) and doing a script or requesting one is also an option.

Another option would be using something like the Browser plugin DownThemAll! you can do wildcards add and even specify Batch Downloads, maybe a bit more work, but if all else fails.

Jdownloader2 also support a lot of websites (if not all), but you might need to create the list of links separately with excel or gdocs, and add them to Jdownloader2. You can then use the packagizer to rename the files if needed.

Yes, you would need the download manager on the device which is going to be doing the downloading. It may be a standalone program, or a web browser extension like DownThemAll.

For anyone who wants to download all those PDFs at once get DownloadThemAll for your browser.

Highlight all the links in your browser right click and select "DownloadThemAll" -> "Save with DownloadThemAll". When the window pops up right click one of the links and pick "Select All" then right click again and pick "Check Selected Items" then hit the Download button at the bottom.

You might be able to get them all by choosing "DownloadThemAll" -> "Save Selection with One Click" but I haven't tried it.

Edit: Added link to the DownloadThemAll webpage

https://www.downthemall.org/

Install the browser plugin then go to the ToC and right click. There's some options for how to name the files, I think you can get the same directory structure as the website (which would probably be needed for links to work.) You might also have to separately grab the .css stylesheets. (concernedgnu's command on any of the pages will get that.)

If you pay, there will probably be a similar page, downthemall should get all the PDF's no problem.

It's a feature, not a bug. WebExtensions is garbage brought by Google.

https://github.com/Aris-t2/ClassicThemeRestorer/issues/299

https://www.downthemall.org/re-downthemall-and-webextensions-or-why-why-i-am-done-with-mozilla/

Among most popular extension for downloading used to be DownThemAll! by Nils Maier.

Unfortunately, the switch to WebExtensions deprived it of some of its functionality. Have a look at its dedicated website and see if it is what you're looking for:

Features

If so, here is the installation link.

For redditors who want to form their own opinion, here is the developer's blog post in question:

Re: DownThemAll and WebExtensions … or why why I am done with mozilla

The most relevant quote, without vitriol and swearing:

>The whole story is that DownThemAll! would need a ton of niche APIs that mozilla has neither the resources nor the will to spec, implement and maintain.

>The whole story is that WebExtensions APIs explicitly are supposed to be high level APIs, while tons of add-ons actually want, nay need low level APIs to implement their functionality.

I don't get that it's an improvement to the engine, and a better solution to my issue would be for the add-on creators to re-write the add-ons to comply with the new engine requirements, but in some cases it's actually not possible to do the same things with add-ons as it was in legacy Firefox. It's not a matter of rewriting from the ground up, the functionality from WebExtensions to support some tasks is deliberately not included for user safety. https://www.downthemall.org/re-downthemall-and-webextensions-or-why-why-i-am-done-with-mozilla/

The author of DownThemAll is struggling with the WebExtentsion implementation.

Last update we heard was from December 21, 2017.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bulk-media-downloader/

Before jumping ship to Firefox read Nil Maier’s rant (developer of the popular Firefox extension DownThemAll)