when scraping 2 api key are being used

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when scraping 2 api key are being used

Opened this issue 8 years ago · 7 comments

I'm not sure where the 2nd api key is coming from when there only a single line option in comic vine scraper but according to the site my key got ban for using 2 keys at the same time. has anybody had this issue?

Answer 1 · 2016-10-05T13:11:25.000Z

The default scraper code is definitely not using two keys... Is there any chance you are swapping between multiple keys? I know the idea behind the keys is to limit how much scraping each individual does, so they must have done way to try to detect when a single person is using multiple keys. That said, ComicVine is not infallible. They might have just made a mistake, too.

Answer 2 · 2016-10-05T13:16:26.000Z

I'm assuming that you're on the latest version of the scraper. Is it possible you're on a VPN or some other shared IP address?

Answer 3 · 2016-10-05T16:18:05.000Z

i don't mind the limitations but I kind figure out my own problem. it was as simple as restarting the machine.

Answer 4 · 2016-10-08T21:25:42.000Z

Ok I'm back after doing a fresh install of comic rack and the comic vine scraper I'm still getting same error message on the comic vine website of using multiple keys.

Answer 5 · 2016-10-08T22:49:45.000Z

As I mentioned earlier, I'm quite sure that the Scraper is not actually using two API keys... It only has access to the one key that you provided in the settings dialog. So I don't really know why Comic Vine had decided to ban your API key (and probably they also banned whatever second key they think you're using.)

Your best bet is to go to the Comic Vine (not Comic Rack) website and try to take this up with them. They are the only ones who would know why they are banning your API key. Maybe you could convince them to issue you a new key?

The only other bit of useful information I can offer is that, so far, you are the only person I know of who is experiencing this problem, which means it is not very widespread.

Answer 6 · 2016-10-30T19:07:57.000Z

Melengx78 commented 8 years ago

Answer 7 · 2016-10-31T14:34:09.000Z

You should ask them (on their forums?) how exactly they are determining that you are using more than one API key, because if you really aren't doing that, then they've got a bug.

I would guess that they are looking at your IP address (your computer's address on the internet). Somehow, they are seeing two different keys being used from that same address.