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Re:Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP... by arshxyz on Thursday January 02, 2025 @06:19AM (#42573533)
I was able repackage it for macOS. I can help you test it too. Shot you an email at [email protected]
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Re:Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP... by sumedh on Friday January 03, 2025 @07:16AM (#42584987)
How were you able to do without the source code?
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Re:Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP... by arshxyz on Saturday January 04, 2025 @12:18AM (#42592638)
I extracted the zip, found the electron build folder, replaced a string in the minified code to launch Chrome on macOS correctly and ran electron-packager with the target being macos.

Patching electron apps is fairly common. You can take a look at Spicetify or BetterDiscord to see the process in more detail

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Re:Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP... by sumedh on Saturday January 04, 2025 @12:58AM (#42592784)
Oh wow, didn't know that was possible. Thanks for sharing.
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