electricitymaps/electricitymaps-contrib

[Data Issue]: Data not available for IQ (Iraq) parser?

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jayaddison commented

When did this happen?

Observed locally attempting to run the IQ (Iraq) parser and access the dashboard URL referenced in the corresponding code.

What zones are affected?

IQ, IQ-KUR

What is the problem?

I've been examining the status of various parsers for #6135, and as part of that process, began reading the IQ (Iraq) parser code.

Although the relevant website is still online, the URL retrieved by the parser ( https://www.gdoco.org/vueips.php ) does not appear to return relevant generation/dispatch data at the moment.

I also checked a previous dashboard API IP address used previously ( until b54f446 ) and confirmed that that it remains non-functional.

VIKTORVAV99 commented

There really isn't much we can do about this if we don't have access to the data. It's very unfortunate but not something we'll be able to fix if the page don't exist anymore (and the rest of er website seems to be behind a login).

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jayaddison commented

Thanks @VIKTORVAV99 - I've been considering creating a pull request to archive the scraper - would that make sense?

jayaddison commented

cc @alixunderplatz @systemcatch @byronwilliams as contributors to this zone's parsing - possibly to-be-archived unless we can revive it with an alternative datasource. I couldn't find one initially from a browse of the MOELC website.

VIKTORVAV99 commented

Thanks @VIKTORVAV99 - I've been considering creating a pull request to archive the scraper - would that make sense?

We usually only archive parsers if we remove the zone or if they have been replaced but if there is no way to fix it I guess it makes sense to archive it.

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