Rate limiting
from DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 01:46
https://sh.itjust.works/post/56346845

I run a SearXNG instance and rate limiting has never been a issue until now. so i wanted to ask what the cheapest and most privacy respecting vpn/proxys are to use.

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shrek_is_love@lemmy.ml on 06 Mar 05:53 next collapse

Take this with a grain of salt since I haven’t done much scraping (yet; I have a project I just started planning)

I’ve heard you’re more likely to get blocked for using a VPN since some sites will block requests originating from data centers, which is less likely to happen coming from a residential IP address. (Although if you’re already using a VPS, the right proxy may help)

This might be useless advice, but it might just be best to increase (and randomize) the amount of time between requests.

And to answer your question, Mullvad is what I use, and it’s what I see reccomended (from both Reddit, and The Wirecutter) the most often because they store so little of your data, and you can even pay in cash.

DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works on 07 Mar 00:41 collapse

i use a vps so ill see if somthing like mullvad could work thanks.

Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu on 06 Mar 09:14 next collapse

Keep it private only to yourself? I do this, and never been rate limited.

DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works on 06 Mar 20:24 collapse

i want to keep it public is the thing

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz on 06 Mar 20:30 next collapse

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx Popular HTTP server

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sem@piefed.blahaj.zone on 07 Mar 00:57 collapse

So like, if you passed on the rate limiting to your users, would you get less rate limited from the search providers that SearXNG uses?