HTTP

problem

python HTTP web-scraping law-research user-agent client-side-rendering

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Python: HTTP response empty without browser User-Agent header when fetching statute pages from law.lis.virginia.gov

When fetching statute pages from law.lis.virginia.gov using Python scripts or automated reader tools without a browser User-Agent header, the HTTP response is an HTML skeleton containing only JavaScript includes and no actual statute text. The page appears empty to non-browser clients. Viewing the…

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