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If you leave it with the default, you will be joining a pool of people who also left it default, and together may pose a DDoS threat. This is why I auto ban curl/python/wget any any other popular tool. | If you leave it with the default, you will be joining a pool of people who also left it default, and together may pose a DDoS threat. This is why I auto ban curl/python/wget any any other popular tool. | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 20 January 2021
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Current API Tools
How Not To Get Banned
First, you need to set a HTTP_USER_AGENT for the tool you will be accessing ACDB from.
You will get errors like ( 402 Payment Required ) if Python,Perl,etc is in your user agent.
If you leave it with the default, you will be joining a pool of people who also left it default, and together may pose a DDoS threat. This is why I auto ban curl/python/wget any any other popular tool.
To safely check your user agent, visit this page: https://www.animecharactersdatabase.com/vars.php
Second, you need to rate limit your requests.
30 pages in 3 seconds will trigger a DoS ban. ( 429 Too Many Requests ) 100 pages in 100 seconds will trigger a day ban ( 503 Service Unavailable ) 3000 pages in day will trigger a day ban ( 503 Service Unavailable )
