3 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/HttpRequest.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/HttpRequest.cpp
index ff8fa32c2e..af8eb5f5c5 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/HttpRequest.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/HttpRequest.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public:
   explicit Impl(std::chrono::milliseconds timeout_ms, ProgressCallback callback);
 
   bool IsValid() const;
+  void SetCookies(const std::string& cookies);
   Response Fetch(const std::string& url, Method method, const Headers& headers, const u8* payload,
                  size_t size);
 
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ bool HttpRequest::IsValid() const
   return m_impl->IsValid();
 }
 
+void HttpRequest::SetCookies(const std::string& cookies)
+{
+  m_impl->SetCookies(cookies);
+}
+
 HttpRequest::Response HttpRequest::Get(const std::string& url, const Headers& headers)
 {
   return m_impl->Fetch(url, Impl::Method::GET, headers, nullptr, 0);
@@ -125,6 +131,11 @@ bool HttpRequest::Impl::IsValid() const
   return m_curl != nullptr;
 }
 
+void HttpRequest::Impl::SetCookies(const std::string& cookies)
+{
+  curl_easy_setopt(m_curl.get(), CURLOPT_COOKIE, cookies.c_str());
+}
+
 static size_t CurlWriteCallback(char* data, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* userdata)
 {
   auto* buffer = static_cast<std::vector<u8>*>(userdata);
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/HttpRequest.h b/Source/Core/Common/HttpRequest.h
index 92bae2307e..fefb54c784 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/HttpRequest.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/HttpRequest.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public:
 
   using Response = std::optional<std::vector<u8>>;
   using Headers = std::map<std::string, std::optional<std::string>>;
+
+  void SetCookies(const std::string& cookies);
   Response Get(const std::string& url, const Headers& headers = {});
   Response Post(const std::string& url, const std::vector<u8>& payload,
                 const Headers& headers = {});
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/GeckoCodeConfig.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/GeckoCodeConfig.cpp
index df62768acd..8810aee3b1 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/GeckoCodeConfig.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/GeckoCodeConfig.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ std::vector<GeckoCode> DownloadCodes(std::string gameid, bool* succeeded)
 
   std::string endpoint{"http://geckocodes.org/txt.php?txt=" + gameid};
   Common::HttpRequest http;
+
+  // Circumvent high-tech DDOS protection
+  http.SetCookies("challenge=BitMitigate.com;");
+
   const Common::HttpRequest::Response response = http.Get(endpoint);
   *succeeded = response.has_value();
   if (!response)