> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.minorin.io/enma/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.minorin.io/enma/documentation/authentication/nhentai.md).

# NHentai

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**This has become optional since NHentai stopped requiring Cloudflare's cookies**
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Authentication Flow for NHentai Source in Enma When using Enma to access content from NHentai, it's crucial to understand that NHentai employs Cloudflare's anti-bot measures, which necessitate a special authentication flow to ensure seamless access. This process involves retrieving a User-Agent and a CF\_Clearance cookie, which are essential for bypassing Cloudflare's security checks and accessing NHentai's content through the Enma library.

## Retrieving User Agent And CF\_Clearence Cookie

Open your web browser and navigate to the NHentai website. This step is necessary to trigger and pass Cloudflare's anti-bot verification manually.

## Open Developer Tools

* **For Google Chrome**: Right-click on the webpage and select Inspect or simply press Ctrl + Shift + I (or Cmd + Option + I on Mac).&#x20;
* **For Firefox**: Right-click on the webpage and select Inspect Element or press Ctrl + Shift + I (or Cmd + Option + I on Mac).

## Navigate to the Network Tab

In the Developer Tools panel, click on the Network tab. This tab captures all network requests made by the webpage.

## Reload the Page

With the Network tab open, reload the NHentai website by pressing Ctrl + R (or Cmd + R on Mac). This ensures that all network requests are captured.

## Select nhentai.net Request

After reloading, you'll see a list of files on the left side of the Network tab. Click on the first file named nhentai.net. This represents the main request to the NHentai website.

## Find the Request Headers

On the right side, you'll see several tabs like Headers, Preview, Response, etc. Make sure you're on the Headers tab. Scroll down until you find a section named Request Headers.

## Copy User-Agent and CF\_Clearence Tokens

* **user-agent**: This is a string that tells the server which web browser is being used. Look for an entry named User-Agent and copy its value.
* **cf\_clearance**: This is a specific cookie set by CloudFlare for security purposes. Look for an entry named cf\_clearance and copy its value.

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## Setting Enma Up With New Tokens

Once you have obtained the `CF_Clearance` cookie and your `User-Agent`, you need to configure Enma to use these values when making requests to NHentai. This involves setting the `CF_Clearance` cookie and the `User-Agent` in your script or application where you're utilizing Enma to access NHentai.

Here's a general way to set these in Enma:

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```python
from enma import Enma

config = CloudFlareConfig(
    user_agent='Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/117.0.0.0 Safari/537.36',
    cf_clearance=''
)

enma = Enma()
enma.source_manager.set_source('nhentai')
enma.source_manager.source.set_config(config=config)

```

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The user-agent and cf\_clearance values can change over time. If you encounter issues accessing NHentai through the Enma library, you might need to repeat the above steps to get updated values.
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