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As a general rule: yes, for personal use there's no issue with that. Caveats: First & foremost, this is a general rule - if we discover requests or usage that looks like a problem we'll want...
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#2: Post edited
by
ArtOfCode
·
2023-08-09T19:01:54Z (over 1 year ago)
- As a general rule: yes, for personal use there's no issue with that. Caveats:
- * First & foremost, this is a general rule - if we discover requests or usage that looks like a problem we'll want to know what's going on;
- * CloudFlare sits in front of all the public communities and will take issue with anything that looks spammy - we have only limited control over exactly what it blocks or not;
- * Please be a considerate scraper: consider that our poor server has to render every bit of content you request[^1] and limit yourself to no more than a couple of requests per second at _absolute_ maximum;
- * Our frontend HTML can (and does) change frequently and without notice - be aware scraping may break often and require maintenance.
- However, I'd also encourage you (and anyone considering this kind of thing) to get involved - contribute back as much as you can in return, if you're able to:
- * If there are ways in which you'd like to see things (posts, notifications) that aren't yet possible, create or support feature requests for them.
- * If you can _scrape_ frontend code you probably have a decent idea of _writing_ it: consider sending a PR to improve the UI yourself.
- * If you can write Ruby (and if you can write Python, Ruby's not hard to pick up), you might be able to help improve backend code or implement what you're looking for yourself.
[Codidact Collab](https://collab.codidact.org) is available if you'd like to contribute but don't know how to get started; if you're looking to contribute but aren't sure what to work on, there are some [easier issues to start with](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3A%22meta%3A+good+first+issue%22+sort%3Aupdated-desc) and [issues we're looking for contributors for](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3A%22meta%3A+help+wanted%22+sort%3Aupdated-desc) on the repo.
- As a general rule: yes, for personal use there's no issue with that. Caveats:
- * First & foremost, this is a general rule - if we discover requests or usage that looks like a problem we'll want to know what's going on;
- * CloudFlare sits in front of all the public communities and will take issue with anything that looks spammy - we have only limited control over exactly what it blocks or not;
- * Please be a considerate scraper: consider that our poor server has to render every bit of content you request[^1] and limit yourself to no more than a couple of requests per second at _absolute_ maximum;
- * Our frontend HTML can (and does) change frequently and without notice - be aware scraping may break often and require maintenance.
- However, I'd also encourage you (and anyone considering this kind of thing) to get involved - contribute back as much as you can in return, if you're able to:
- * If there are ways in which you'd like to see things (posts, notifications) that aren't yet possible, create or support feature requests for them.
- * If you can _scrape_ frontend code you probably have a decent idea of _writing_ it: consider sending a PR to improve the UI yourself.
- * If you can write Ruby (and if you can write Python, Ruby's not hard to pick up), you might be able to help improve backend code or implement what you're looking for yourself.
- [Codidact Collab](https://collab.codidact.org) is available if you'd like to contribute but don't know how to get started; if you're looking to contribute but aren't sure what to work on, there are some [easier issues to start with](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3A%22meta%3A+good+first+issue%22+sort%3Aupdated-desc) and [issues we're looking for contributors for](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3A%22meta%3A+help+wanted%22+sort%3Aupdated-desc) on the repo.
- [^1]: Yes, yes, API better etc etc. It's on the list.
#1: Initial revision
by
ArtOfCode
·
2023-08-08T18:33:06Z (over 1 year ago)
As a general rule: yes, for personal use there's no issue with that. Caveats: * First & foremost, this is a general rule - if we discover requests or usage that looks like a problem we'll want to know what's going on; * CloudFlare sits in front of all the public communities and will take issue with anything that looks spammy - we have only limited control over exactly what it blocks or not; * Please be a considerate scraper: consider that our poor server has to render every bit of content you request[^1] and limit yourself to no more than a couple of requests per second at _absolute_ maximum; * Our frontend HTML can (and does) change frequently and without notice - be aware scraping may break often and require maintenance. However, I'd also encourage you (and anyone considering this kind of thing) to get involved - contribute back as much as you can in return, if you're able to: * If there are ways in which you'd like to see things (posts, notifications) that aren't yet possible, create or support feature requests for them. * If you can _scrape_ frontend code you probably have a decent idea of _writing_ it: consider sending a PR to improve the UI yourself. * If you can write Ruby (and if you can write Python, Ruby's not hard to pick up), you might be able to help improve backend code or implement what you're looking for yourself. [Codidact Collab](https://collab.codidact.org) is available if you'd like to contribute but don't know how to get started; if you're looking to contribute but aren't sure what to work on, there are some [easier issues to start with](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3A%22meta%3A+good+first+issue%22+sort%3Aupdated-desc) and [issues we're looking for contributors for](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3A%22meta%3A+help+wanted%22+sort%3Aupdated-desc) on the repo.