Re:Ad blocking with Raspberry Pi and Pi-hole
by css on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:52PM
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I have an iOS shortcut that hits the disable endpoint, so they have a button on their phone they tap that will disable it for 30 minutes at a time.
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Yeah, I found and tweaked this for my needs: https://routinehub.co/shortcut/5005
Works great, even if I dont invoke Siri to trigger it.
Clever!
They would still have to know that the site isn't working because of blocking, but I suppose developing the habit of "website doesn't work, press the magic button and try again" isn't so bad.
If I do PiHole just for myself I think I'll add this button. Thanks!
Re:Ad blocking with Raspberry Pi and Pi-hole
by LynxInLA on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:57PM
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Any chance you can share that shortcut? I currently have a bookmark that my roommate can hit, but a shortcut would be better.
I use a modified version of this with hard coded times so there is no user input: https://routinehub.co/shortcut/2904
Re:Ad blocking with Raspberry Pi and Pi-hole
by christian_fei on Monday May 04, 2020 @07:05PM
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thank you for sharing
Re:Ad blocking with Raspberry Pi and Pi-hole
by illnewsthat on Monday May 04, 2020 @08:40PM
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I do the same and use the shortcut at least once a day for things I don't want to permanently unblock but might need occasionally. I set it via a shortlink on bit.ly so it's easy for people to remember/bookmark.
It points to ..../admin/api.php?disable=300&auth=authkey
300: Time in seconds to disable it.
Auth key: You need to have a password set for the Pi-hole installation, and the API key is the salted version of that password. You can find it as the value for the key WEBPASSWORD in your /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf file.
Re:Ad blocking with Raspberry Pi and Pi-hole
by christian_fei on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:53PM
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what an automation!