On 09/29/2016 09:38 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > > > On 09/29/2016 09:33 AM, Christofer Dutz wrote: >> Well I did have contact with them and as far as I'm informed you have one >> key per event ... that was why I thought I'd ask. And I'm definitely not >> gonna start scrapping stuff tom the site, even if Apache probably provides >> all the tools I would need for that ;-) >> >> > > Oh! I didn't know that. Well, I imagine that changes things. I'll ask > Angela and see what she says. >
LF's response is: My only concern is that his intended use might violate the TOS from Sched - let me get back to you tomorrow with that after I read through things. So, hopefully we'll have word soon. Thanks for pushing on this. --Rich > > >> I would have preferred to access the REST API they provide, but I could also >> work with the CSV Daniel talked about. As long as it contains the >> Information needed ;-) >> >> >> Chris >> >> ________________________________ >> Von: Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> >> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. September 2016 14:06:57 >> An: apachecon-discuss@apache.org >> Betreff: Re: API Key for ApacheConEU 2016 Core and BigData? >> >> >> >> On 09/29/2016 08:05 AM, Sergio Fernández wrote: >>> Scrapping, Christ? >>> >>> You would't start from scratch, Hanneli (CCed) already >>> implemented Sched.org scrapping when organizing TAC slots in Vancouver. >> >> >> Yeah ... and it really sucks to have to do that, and once sites discover >> that they're being scraped, they tend to take countermeasures. :( >> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 09/29/2016 02:34 AM, Christofer Dutz wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I think I started a discussion on this about a year ago, but things have >>>> evolved, so here goes again :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> A few people from the Java User Group Darmstadt initiated a project for >>>> creating an offline-capable mobile conference planning App. As usually WIFI >>>> on conferences sucked greatly. Last year we managed to get a prototype >>>> running and have been working on this since then. The project is called >>>> DukeCon and we're developing it in the open at GitHub ( >>>> https://github.com/dukecon) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Now our app has matured quite a bit and we are currently extending the >>>> server by adding additional conference adapters. Being an Apache addict, I >>>> thought it would be great to implement an adapter so I could add ApacheCon >>>> to the list of supported conferences. I know that we usually have the >>>> schedule hosted at Sched.org. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> They have a REST API, that can be used to query exactly the information >>>> I'm looking for. In order to do that however I would need an API-KEY for >>>> the conference. I guess you guys here will probably know what it is and >>>> could eventually provide me with it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So I am asking: Is there any interest in me supporting ApacheCon in our >>>> conference planner? If yes, what would I have to do in order to get the API >>>> Key for both conferences? >>>> >>>> >>>> I expect that the short answer is, no, we can't do that. >>>> >>>> The longer answer is that the sched account used by ApacheCon isn't >>>> Apache's, it's the Linux Foundation's, and they use that same account to >>>> manage all of their many events. As I understand it, Sched accounts are >>>> insanely expensive. >>>> >>>> I wonder if you might be able to approach Sched directly for some kind >>>> of non-profit API key, in exchange for linking back to their service, or >>>> something. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen >>>> http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen >> http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon >> > > -- Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon
