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  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) It's more complicated than that, because the PDFs are stored by the 7 digit LEGO number, not the set number. Basically I scan the header of all files in a certain range (about 1 million), and if it is a PDF I check against my database, (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Hm. given what you're talking about, it doesn't seem terribly likely that they'd shut down your IP based on that alone-- unless your polls are REALLY hitting them hard. But I'm assuming you're doing something like: for each set in the Lugnet (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) To put a number on it, I have received 22329 requests to my page since April. That's total requests, including non-search, and failed search requests. I have no way to tell how many requests that generated for lego.com, and besides, blocking (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) I poll from Australia, roughly once a month. (...) that URL. Which either means they are blocking the same IPs on that server too, or it is a temporary cache and it has been flushed (in which case it is useless for polling). (...) I do not (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Negligible. I would guess LEGO's own instruction download page probably generates significantly more. ROSCO (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)


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