Feature request: Web sites banning EPF client

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Fluff546
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Feature request: Web sites banning EPF client

Post by Fluff546 » 08 Aug 2013, 20:45

It seems some web sites can detect when you're downloading files automatically via EPF rather than manually, even if you set EPF to use only 1 thread and set your User Agent string to emulate a regular web browser. When these restrictive web servers detect you're not downloading files manually, they ban your IP for a few minutes/hours. To be compatible with such strict web sites, it would be useful to implement an option where EPF inserts a 1 second delay in-between each request, so the web server won't blacklist it. It would be even more flexible to implement a delay of a variable number of seconds, configurable via project's settings. Sure it would be slow, but at least the project could run to completion rather than stalling mid-way.

Is it possible to add this feature, please?

Maksym
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Re: Feature request: Web sites banning EPF client

Post by Maksym » 10 Aug 2013, 17:44

Yeah, this feature is already in the to-do list. We'll implement it eventually.

Fluff546
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Re: Feature request: Web sites banning EPF client

Post by Fluff546 » 16 Aug 2013, 19:24

After conversing with Maxim about this feature, he supplied me with a test build which implements it by allowing a variable timeout setting in the program's options to slow down the requests to target web servers. After setting a 1-2 second delay and limiting the program to use only 2-3 worker threads, EPF now works with restrictive web sites beautifully without getting banned. You are truly amazingly responsive to customer feedback, I'm floored by the level of support you're putting behind this already excellent product. Thank you so much!

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Re: Feature request: Web sites banning EPF client

Post by Maksym » 20 Aug 2013, 16:15

Extreme Picture Finder 3.20 was released to public today with this feature included.

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