From 68ff39e1645ced9f6d7ef33e87792696689b2230 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph <VerifiedJoseph@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:55:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [TheFarSideBridge] Remove hotlink protection bypass (#4492)

---
 bridges/TheFarSideBridge.php | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bridges/TheFarSideBridge.php b/bridges/TheFarSideBridge.php
index cd3ad9ae..67db2256 100644
--- a/bridges/TheFarSideBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/TheFarSideBridge.php
@@ -26,21 +26,16 @@ class TheFarSideBridge extends BridgeAbstract
             $image = $card->find('img', 0);
             $imageUrl = $image->attr['data-src'];
 
-            // Images are downloaded to bypass the hotlink protection.
-            $image = getContents($imageUrl, ['Referer: ' . self::URI]);
-
-            // Encode image as base64
-            $imageBase64 = base64_encode($image);
-
             $caption = '';
 
             if ($card->find('figcaption', 0)) {
                 $caption = $card->find('figcaption', 0)->innertext;
             }
 
+            $item['enclosures'][] = $imageUrl;
             $item['content'] .= <<<EOD
 <figure>
-	<img title="{$caption}" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,{$imageBase64}"/>
+	<img title="{$caption}" src="{$imageUrl}"/>
 	<figcaption>{$caption}</figcaption>
 </figure>
 <br/>