В Fri, 9 Aug 2024 20:25:51 +0530 Anupam Tyagi <anupty...@gmail.com> пишет:
> I am trying this in Bengaluru, India, using R-studio. I tried > downloading a single variable. It happened fast, in less than 5 > seconds. I tried downloading six variables, it took much longer, but > less than a minute. Tried eight variables and it did not download > even in five minutes. > I checked in the browser using the URL provided in the warning > messages: The World Bank web API gave me the indicator in less than > a second. I think that the fact that this initially works from R but then only works in the browser is clear evidence of Cloudflare "protecting" the World Bank API from you trying to use it in an automated manner. That this mostly defeats the purpose of an API was probably lost on people who set it up. In theory, this should be reported to the people who operate the API. There seems to be a support form at <https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/topics/125589-developer-information>. I don't have a lot of confidence in them fixing anything as a result of such a request. Try to cache all access to the API. Consider getting a proxy in a country less discriminated against by Cloudflare. Maybe petition the WDI maintainer to export a function that parses a JSON file manually downloaded with a browser? -- Best regards, Ivan ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
