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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug Safari Project
From:       Ben Bonacci <ben () benbonacci ! com>
Date:       2023-07-23 7:38:38
Message-ID: ee2de791-0351-8067-e647-397dca50b6bb () benbonacci ! com
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Hi Ben,

Thanks for the suggestion! Now after each request the script will wait 
1-5 seconds before making the next request.

Regards,

Ben

On 22/7/23 22:30, Ben Cooksley wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 12:18 AM Ben Bonacci <ben@benbonacci.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone!
> 
> 
> Hi Ben,
> 
> 
> For the past few days I've been working on Bug Safari, which is a
> Python
> script that gets statistics for Plasma bugs and sends a report to the
> #plasma room on Matrix, which is one of the dot points for KDE's
> Automation goal.
> 
> I've now got the script uploaded to Invent at
> https://invent.kde.org/bbonacci/bug-safari for anyone to look
> over, make
> improvements or implement.
> 
> 
> Thanks for this, I have just had a quick look over the code and it 
> overall looks pretty reasonable, and also follows best practice of 
> setting it's own user agent.
> 
> One small suggestion would be to add some small sleeps in to ensure 
> that the server endpoints don't get hammered by your requests.
> While the script by itself is fairly innocent, if similar scripts were 
> added for a series of other channels and they all ran at the same 
> time, this could result in a rush on the server that could make it 
> inaccessible to normal users (or at the very least impact responsiveness).
> 
> Adding some sleeps (ideally for a random number of seconds as people 
> tend to pick the same cron times to run stuff on) will ensure this 
> doesn't become an issue.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ben
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ben Bonacci
> https://benbonacci.com
> C0A9 E67F 8CDC B1A1 0860 1807 E018 065C C7DF 3976
> 
> Quote of the Day: "What's the good of living if you don't try a
> few things?" - Charles M. Schulz
> 
-- 
Ben Bonacci
https://benbonacci.com
C0A9 E67F 8CDC B1A1 0860 1807 E018 065C C7DF 3976

Quote of the Day: "If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can \
only think what everyone else is thinking." - Haruki Murakami


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    <p>Hi Ben,</p>
    <p>Thanks for the suggestion! Now after each request the script will
      wait 1-5 seconds before making the next request.</p>
    <p>Regards,</p>
    <p>Ben<br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22/7/23 22:30, Ben Cooksley wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 12:18 AM Ben Bonacci &lt;<a
            href="mailto:ben@benbonacci.com" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">ben@benbonacci.com</a>&gt;
          wrote:<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi  everyone!<br>
          </blockquote>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Hi Ben,</div>
          <div> </div>
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">  <br>
            For the past few days I've been working on Bug Safari, which
            is a Python <br>
            script that gets statistics for Plasma bugs and sends a
            report to the <br>
            #plasma room on Matrix, which is one of the dot points for
            KDE's <br>
            Automation goal.<br>
            <br>
            I've now got the script uploaded to Invent at <br>
            <a href="https://invent.kde.org/bbonacci/bug-safari"
              rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
              class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://invent.kde.org/bbonacci/bug-safari</a>
  for anyone to look over, make <br>
            improvements or implement.<br>
          </blockquote>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Thanks for this, I have just had a quick look over the
            code and it overall looks pretty reasonable, and also
            follows best practice of setting it's own user agent.</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>One small suggestion would be to add some small sleeps in
            to ensure that the server endpoints don't get hammered by
            your requests.</div>
          <div>While the script by itself is fairly innocent, if similar
            scripts were added for a series of other channels and they
            all ran at the same time, this could result in a rush on the
            server that could make it inaccessible to normal users (or
            at the very least impact responsiveness).</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Adding some sleeps (ideally for a random number of
            seconds as people tend to pick the same cron times to run
            stuff on) will ensure this doesn't become an issue.</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>  Regards,<br>
            <br>
            Ben<br>
          </blockquote>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Cheers,</div>
          <div>Ben</div>
          <div> </div>
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">  <br>
            -- <br>
            Ben Bonacci<br>
            <a href="https://benbonacci.com" rel="noreferrer"
              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
              class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://benbonacci.com</a><br>
            C0A9 E67F 8CDC B1A1 0860 1807 E018 065C C7DF 3976<br>
            <br>
            Quote of the Day: "What's the good of living if you don't
            try a few things?" - Charles M. Schulz<br>
            <br>
          </blockquote>
        </div>
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    </blockquote>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Ben Bonacci
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" \
href="https://benbonacci.com">https://benbonacci.com</a> C0A9 E67F 8CDC B1A1 0860 \
1807 E018 065C C7DF 3976

Quote of the Day: "If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can \
only think what everyone else is thinking." - Haruki Murakami </pre>
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