Difference between revisions of "Patch.com"
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=== Current status === | === Current status === | ||
In progress. Warrior integration coming soon. | |||
=== Patch.com will rate-limit you across all sites === | |||
Patch.com institutes a rate-limit (some unknown hundreds of requests/hour) across all sites. If you exceed this, all of your requests will be met with HTTP 420s. | |||
If the patch-grab script detects these, it hard-aborts. A kinder solution would be to sleep for some period of time (an hour?) and try again; suggestions appreciated. | |||
Revision as of 17:03, 19 August 2013
| Patch.com | |
 Your neighborhood. Your news. | |
| URL | http://www.patch.com/ |
| Status | Closing |
| Archiving status | In progress... |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| Project source | https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/patch-grab |
| Project tracker | here |
| IRC channel | #cabbagepatch (on hackint) |
Patch.com is a "hyperlocal" news community which is being downsized from its current ~900 sites to ~500.
Current status
In progress. Warrior integration coming soon.
Patch.com will rate-limit you across all sites
Patch.com institutes a rate-limit (some unknown hundreds of requests/hour) across all sites. If you exceed this, all of your requests will be met with HTTP 420s.
If the patch-grab script detects these, it hard-aborts. A kinder solution would be to sleep for some period of time (an hour?) and try again; suggestions appreciated.