Centennial State Geocaching Podcast

CSG Show #22 - Web Scraping and Terms of Service


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Because Dan of
Dan_n_Stef, YOU ASKED FOR IT!!

Art and Karen run afoul
of Groundspeak Terms of Service
Letter from Groundspeak
Dear
Team_CSG,

It
has come to our attention that you are using an automated data
retrieval program that is causing an excessive burden on
geocaching.com.  As this goes against the Terms of Use for the
website which you agreed to when you signed up for your account, we are
hereby requesting that you immediately refrain from using such
programs.  You may review the Terms of Use you agreed to here:

http://www.geocaching.com/about/termsofuse.aspx

If
we continue to receive automated excessive traffic from your account in
the future, you account privileges may be revoked or modified.

If
you’re unsure of what may be causing this issue, please let me know
what programs you are using with the geocaching.com website and we may
be able to help you trouble shoot this issue.

Please
let me know if you have any questions.



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