4 files changed, 46 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/paper2remarkable/providers/html.py b/paper2remarkable/providers/html.py
index 20185fd..d0d55f4 100644
--- a/paper2remarkable/providers/html.py
+++ b/paper2remarkable/providers/html.py
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ import weasyprint.fonts
 from ._base import Provider
 from ._info import Informer
 
-from ..utils import clean_string, get_page_with_retry
+from ..utils import (
+    clean_string,
+    get_page_with_retry,
+    get_content_type_with_retry,
+)
 from ..log import Logger
 
 logger = Logger()
@@ -122,8 +126,12 @@ class HTML(Provider):
         html.write_pdf(filename, stylesheets=[css], font_config=font_config)
 
     def validate(src):
-        try:
-            result = urllib.parse.urlparse(src)
-            return all([result.scheme, result.netloc, result.path])
-        except:
+        # first check if it is a valid url
+        parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(src)
+        if not all([parsed.scheme, parsed.netloc, parsed.path]):
             return False
+        # next, get the header and check the content type
+        ct = get_content_type_with_retry(src)
+        if ct is None:
+            return False
+        return ct.startswith("text/html")
diff --git a/paper2remarkable/providers/pdf_url.py b/paper2remarkable/providers/pdf_url.py
index 5314ec7..77accc9 100644
--- a/paper2remarkable/providers/pdf_url.py
+++ b/paper2remarkable/providers/pdf_url.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import urllib
 from ._base import Provider
 from ._info import Informer
 from ..exceptions import FilenameMissingError
+from ..utils import get_content_type_with_retry
 
 
 class PdfUrlInformer(Informer):
@@ -30,8 +31,12 @@ class PdfUrl(Provider):
         return (None, url)
 
     def validate(src):
-        try:
-            result = urllib.parse.urlparse(src)
-            return all([result.scheme, result.netloc, result.path])
-        except:
+        # first check if it is a valid url
+        parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(src)
+        if not all([parsed.scheme, parsed.netloc, parsed.path]):
             return False
+        # next, get the header and check the content type
+        ct = get_content_type_with_retry(src)
+        if ct is None:
+            return False
+        return ct.startswith("application/pdf")
diff --git a/paper2remarkable/ui.py b/paper2remarkable/ui.py
index 50ccad9..9b5dd42 100644
--- a/paper2remarkable/ui.py
+++ b/paper2remarkable/ui.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import sys
 
 from . import __version__, GITHUB_URL
 
-from .providers import providers, LocalFile, HTML
+from .providers import providers, LocalFile
 from .utils import follow_redirects, is_url
 
 
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ def parse_args():
         description="Paper2reMarkable version %s" % __version__
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        '-t', "--html",
-        help="URL is to a HTML article instead of a PDF",
-        action="store_true",
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
         "-b",
         "--blank",
         help="Add a blank page after every page of the PDF",
@@ -111,11 +106,7 @@ def main():
     args = parse_args()
     cookiejar = None
 
-    if args.html and is_url(args.input):
-        # input is a url
-        url, cookiejar = follow_redirects(args.input)
-        provider = HTML
-    elif LocalFile.validate(args.input):
+    if LocalFile.validate(args.input):
         # input is a local file
         provider = LocalFile
     elif is_url(args.input):
diff --git a/paper2remarkable/utils.py b/paper2remarkable/utils.py
index d4e5075..52c2a38 100644
--- a/paper2remarkable/utils.py
+++ b/paper2remarkable/utils.py
@@ -87,6 +87,28 @@ def get_page_with_retry(url, tries=5, cookiejar=None, return_text=False):
         return res.content
 
 
+def get_content_type_with_retry(url, tries=5, cookiejar=None):
+    count = 0
+    jar = {} if cookiejar is None else cookiejar
+    while count < tries:
+        count += 1
+        error = False
+        try:
+            res = requests.head(url, headers=HEADERS, cookies=jar, 
+                    allow_redirects=True)
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+            error = True
+        if error or not res.ok:
+            logger.warning(
+                "(%i/%i) Error getting headers for %s. Retrying in 5 seconds."
+                % (count, tries, url)
+            )
+            time.sleep(5)
+            continue
+        print("res.headers = %r" % res.headers)
+        return res.headers.get("Content-Type", None)
+
+
 def follow_redirects(url):
     """Follow redirects from the URL (at most 100)"""
     it = 0