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(a)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(a)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(a)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
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