No problem Jeremy :-) Maybe Adam can confirm that an API key is enough because the response time is really slow - or at least slower than before.
Thx On Feb 18, 1:43 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I didn't think about that when I posted that comment. Sorry! > > Jeremy R. Geerdes > Effective website design & development > Des Moines, IA > > For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com > [email protected] > > If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan > Church! > > On Feb 18, 2010, at 4:09 AM, Fitzchev wrote: > > > As I'm using Flex to do the API call, using user_ip won't help as it > > would be a different one depending on the user. And if I'm correct > > it's not easy to pass http_referer in Flash... > > > Cyril > > > On Feb 16, 5:27 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You'll probably also want to include the userip parameter. > > >> Jeremy R. Geerdes > >> Effective website design & development > >> Des Moines, IA > > >> For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com > >> [email protected] > > >> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan > >> Church! > > >> On Feb 16, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Fitzchev wrote: > > >>> I knew that something happened when users start to complain few days > >>> ago :-) > > >>> Just to be sure, I'm using the languageDetection API to detect (and > >>> validate) the language of Word documents: to do so I'm extracting the > >>> text and send several requests (using Flex/Flash) to the API and > >>> compute the result. Using Firebug, I can see that now my requests are > >>> blocked for a certain amount of time (from few ms to several seconds!) > >>> before being "released". So I added an API key today to get around > >>> this problem. Is it the correct way or am I missing something? > > >>> Thanks in advance, > >>> Cyril > > >>> On Jan 19, 10:24 pm, Adam Feldman <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Over the last several years, you've helped make Google's AJAX APIs > >>>> incredibly successful. Not surprisingly, however, there are some > >>>> people who try to take advantage of these free APIs by using them in > >>>> ways that they were not designed for, abuse which is prohibited by the > >>>> Terms of Use (http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/terms.html). > >>>> Specifically, some servers are making countless requests - requests > >>>> not made on the behalf of an end-user - in an attempt to scrape data > >>>> from the API. > > >>>> To help us discourage this behavior without impacting legitimate > >>>> developers, we're adding a new parameter to the RESTful interface, > >>>> userip. With this parameter, developers have the option of supplying > >>>> the IP address of the end-user on whose behalf they are making the API > >>>> request. Doing so will help us distinguish this legitimate server- > >>>> side traffic from the more abusive scraping in which there are no end- > >>>> users. > > >>>> Use of this new parameter is *not* required. However, if it is not > >>>> included with server-side requests, those requests are more likely to > >>>> be interpreted and automatically blocked as abuse, especially in > >>>> situations where a server is sending a high volume of traffic to the > >>>> API. Additional safeguards you can take include setting setting a > >>>> valid HTTP referer (as required by our Terms of Use) and using an API > >>>> key (http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/signup.html). These > >>>> additional measures will help us contact you in case there are > >>>> problems with your website or application (sometimes a programming > >>>> error results in massive traffic, forcing us to block your access if > >>>> we are unable to contact you). In choosing to utilize this parameter, > >>>> please be sure that you're in compliance with any local laws, > >>>> including any laws relating to disclosure of personal information > >>>> being sent. > > >>>> Check the documentation for usage of the new > >>>> parameter:http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/reference.html#_... > > >>>> And don't hesitate to send us your feedback in this group. > > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Adam Feldman > >>>> Product Manager > >>>> Google Developer Team > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>> "Google AJAX APIs" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to > >>> [email protected]. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected]. > >>> For more options, visit this group > >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. 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