Thank you very much, Léa and Lucas! It is something that I have to apply to my bot and the nifty toolforge library seems very useful to simplify this issue.
Regards, Iván
On 4/7/19 15:32, Lucas Werkmeister wrote:
Python tools can also use the nifty toolforge library https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Legoktm/toolforge_library to generate a suitable user agent automatically.
Cheers, Lucas
Am Do., 4. Juli 2019 um 15:54 Uhr schrieb Léa Lacroix <lea.lacroix@wikimedia.de mailto:lea.lacroix@wikimedia.de>:
Hello all, Since we recently received several messages about tools unable to access the Query Service, I wanted to remind you about this email from Guillaume, and especially this part: "As a reminder, any bot should use a user agent that allows to identify it: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy." If you're a tool builder and encountering issues with WDQS at the moment, please check that your tool is compliant with those guidelines. Thanks for your understanding, Léa ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: *Guillaume Lederrey* <glederrey@wikimedia.org <mailto:glederrey@wikimedia.org>> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 19:53 Subject: [Wikidata] Overload of query.wikidata.org <http://query.wikidata.org> To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project. <wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org>> Hello all! We are currently dealing with a bot overloading the Wikidata Query Service. This bot does not look actively malicious, but does create enough load to disrupt the service. As a stop gap measure, we had to deny access to all bots using python-request user agent. As a reminder, any bot should use a user agent that allows to identify it [1]. If you have trouble accessing WDQS, please check that you are following those guidelines. More information and a proper incident report will be communicated as soon as we are on top of things again. Thanks for your understanding! Guillaume [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy -- Guillaume Lederrey Engineering Manager, Search Platform Wikimedia Foundation UTC+2 / CEST _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata -- Léa Lacroix Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de <http://www.wikimedia.de> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
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