I spoke with Worf again just now in their IRC channel ( #[email protected] <irc://irc.synirc.org/anidb> ). This is what he said:
+++ Griffith_User set to mode +ix!lemming !help !rules | http://anidb.net-=- AniDB -=- 7548 anime, 133984 eps, 1017870 files (267894 GB), 52173 characters, 35453 creators, 57761 songs, 5611 collections, 10817 groups, 574683 users, 7003 reviews | AVDUMP2: http://static.anidb.net/client/avdump2/avdump2_6525.rarTopic set by DerIdiot on Fri Feb 15 2013 14:50:47 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)<Griffith_User>: Is worf in atm?<worf>: you got yourself banned again?<Griffith_User>: as an example yes<Griffith_User>: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/griffith-user/_IA43S2Wyg0<Griffith_User>: I brought up a topic on the API matter and the reply was "we fixed that in 2011".<Griffith_User>: Obviously not. Or at least not to AniDB's satisfaction anyways.<worf>: i told you last time that something tried accessing the main page using python<worf>: telling them that would probably help them a lot with finding the issue<Griffith_User>: And they say they've been using the HTTP API since Sept. 2011. I installed griffith on a new machine 2 days ago<worf>: my best guess without having looked at any of the code is that they are "pinging" anidb by checking if the main page is there<worf>: which is just plain stupid and retarded if thats really the case<Griffith_User>: 2013-02-18T14:49:09: INFO: Griffith(PluginMovieAniDB:195): downloading title list from http://anidb.net/api/animetitles.xml.gz<Griffith_User>: that seems to be the first (and only) thing it does.<worf>: its lying<Griffith_User>: but anyways, mainly I just wanted to let you know where the thread was if you wanted to let them know anything<worf>: as simple as that<worf>: i'm not going to tell them anything. if they want something from us they can come here<worf>: or you can deliver them what i/we said Does the information Worf provided help any? On Monday, February 18, 2013 10:52:25 AM UTC-6, asterisk20xx wrote: > > AniDB is currently banning Griffith users who try to import data from > their website. I spoke with some of the AniDB team in their IRC channel > about it.The reason is that the operators do not approve of scraping the > website, because there are dedicated APIs for retrieving data from AniDB in > more efficient manners. Those APIs are detailed at: > > http://wiki.anidb.net/w/API > > AniDB would greatly appreciate proper access of their data by one of the > APIs, and I'm sure Griffith users would also like to be able to use AniDB > as a resource again. Please consider updating this plugin to use their APIs > as soon as is reasonable. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Griffith" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
