I am going to Google index this central photo under "garden terrace battlemap" for future searchers
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Wow! That's ambitious!
My intuition is that looking at something open source (like greasemonkey? Or yt-dlp?) would be the most productive way to start. In my experience, getting up to speed on a complex topic is a place where AI is really useful. Maybe pose this question to chat gpt and work from there?
Sorry I don't have something more concrete to provide, but you have set your sights quite high. It's an ongoing cat and mouse game with all of the existing tools, so even if you solve it today, it will require ongoing attention to keep working.
Good luck!
Another commenter mentions this as an xy problem.
I think it's a reasonable point, and take it to mean that you might be jumping to a solution that is convoluted or unnecessary.
What is your actual goal: the problem you care about solving? It's great you've thought about possible solutions, but including the end goal in the problem description will help domain experts share the best possible guidance.
The big issue is that you can't give him what he wants. Even an inch. Add soon as you do you've signaled that you're eligible, and he won't stop.
But if you stand up and directly add you can, or even ignore him, he turns his attention to things that inflate his n-supply