Well, I view this as a technical question. I have no intention to use the code for automated querying and this is for my experiment of the HttpClient. Google happens to be the URL i choose. There could be another host that does similar things as google, but does not enforce similar terms. And the issue would still be there right? I am asking a technical question here, but your points are taken.
Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Sutton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Commons HttpClient Project" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 2:25 AM Subject: Re: Cannot use HttpClient to search google > <html><head><title>403 Forbidden</title>.... > <blockquote><H1>Forbidden</H1>Your client does not have permission to > get URL <code>/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=sql+server+trace</code> > from this server. (Client IP address: xx.xx.xx.xx)<br><br>Please see > Google's Terms of Service posted at > http://www.google.com/terms_of_service.html > .... > > I guess the main reason is google uses akamai's network to distribute > loads. No it means you should read the terms of service, specifically the part about not using "screen-scraping" techniques to programatically perform searches (which is what you're trying to do). You should use the Google SOAP search service instead as it will make your life a lot easier. It would not be appropriate to discuss ways around the technical limitations Google uses to enforce their terms of service on an Apache Software Foundation mailing list. The particular section of the Google ToS that I believe applies here is listed under the "Personal Use Only" and "No Automated Querying" headings. Information on Google's SOAP APIs is available at http://www.google.com.au/apis/ (note they also have terms of service) Finally, sorry if this seems abrupt, it is important for the ASF to clearly not support use of their products in any way that may cause legal trouble. If you feel you are following the terms of services for Google and I've missed something then my apologies. Regards, Adrian Sutton. ---------------------------------------------- Intencha "tomorrow's technology today" Ph: 38478913 0422236329 Suite 8/29 Oatland Crescent Holland Park West 4121 Australia QLD www.intencha.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
