hn-api only makes one request when it gets stories or one request when you get a user's karma -- that doesn't seem like too much. I knew there was a velocity check on IPs (and that I was making an unofficial API), so I made it as light on HN as possible.
> It's not like you need karma updates every time you do a request to the API.
Obviously.
When a request is made to get stories from HN, no HackerNewsUser objects are created (and thus, no karma gets updated). hn-api will only update karma when you, the coder, make a HackerNewsUser object or call the HackerNewsUser.refreshKarma() method.
Like I said -- one request when it gets stories or one request when you get a user's karma.
Just my luck. As soon as HN took a little while to load for me, I knew that someone would mention it in this thread.
I made hn-api understanding that scraping HN is frowned upon, but also hoping that programmers wouldn't do dumb things with it. As I [said][1], I minimised the number of requests hn-api makes to HN.
In the readme, I say that hn-api is unofficial and unauthorised. I also tell people to be gentle with making requests to HN. Is there some other action I should take? Ideally I'd like to keep my work up, but if pg tells me to take it down, I will.
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hn-api only makes one request when it gets stories or one request when you get a user's karma -- that doesn't seem like too much. I knew there was a velocity check on IPs (and that I was making an unofficial API), so I made it as light on HN as possible.
Obviously.
When a request is made to get stories from HN, no HackerNewsUser objects are created (and thus, no karma gets updated). hn-api will only update karma when you, the coder, make a HackerNewsUser object or call the HackerNewsUser.refreshKarma() method.
Like I said -- one request when it gets stories or one request when you get a user's karma.
Then you can specify some kind of time-out (say 3 days or so), after which it does get refreshed.
I'll look into it. Or, if some intrepid volunteer would like to contribute to the project, maybe they could.
HN is also running really pretty slow today.
Just my luck. As soon as HN took a little while to load for me, I knew that someone would mention it in this thread.
I made hn-api understanding that scraping HN is frowned upon, but also hoping that programmers wouldn't do dumb things with it. As I [said][1], I minimised the number of requests hn-api makes to HN.
In the readme, I say that hn-api is unofficial and unauthorised. I also tell people to be gentle with making requests to HN. Is there some other action I should take? Ideally I'd like to keep my work up, but if pg tells me to take it down, I will.
Great, now I feel all dirty like The Pirate Bay.
[1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1112267