Re: [Tutor] checking for robots on a python script based site

2006-10-21 Thread Kent Johnson
Tsila Hassine wrote: > Hello All! > > I have a site that takes some input from the user and then produces a > dynamic page based on the input. In the last months bots (not only > search engine ones) have been hitting the site pretty heavily, so my sys > admin disabled it. As far as I know there

Re: [Tutor] checking for robots on a python script based site

2006-10-21 Thread Danny Yoo
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006, Tsila Hassine wrote: > 1: write a robots.txt file - but then I'd have to rely on the bots' good > will. > 2: implement a "captcha" mechanism, which I am not sure I want. > > Does Python provide anything to deal with such problems ? I think you're asking the question: "Has a

[Tutor] checking for robots on a python script based site

2006-10-21 Thread Tsila Hassine
Hello All!I have a site that takes some input from the user and then produces a dynamic page based on the input. In the last months bots (not only search engine ones) have been hitting the site pretty heavily, so my sys admin disabled it. As far as I know there are 2 options to fight this : 1: wri