WiozenQueryBot

User agent

The bot identifies itself with the same name on every request:

WiozenQueryBot/1.0 (+https://query.wiozen.com/bot)

It never pretends to be another browser or program.

What it reads

Only the outage, earthquake, weather and duty lists of the connected sources on the data sources list. The domains each source may be requested from are registered in advance; if a redirect leads to an unregistered domain, the bot does not follow it.

It never logs in. If an agency's outage list only comes back through a province or date form, the bot submits that form and no other.

Speed

• One request at a time per domain, with at least 1.5 seconds between requests.
• Each request waits at most 25 seconds, and response size is capped.
• Frequency depends on the source: AFAD most often, once a minute. Most power and water sources every 5 minutes to 1 hour, some twice a day.
• For weather, api.met.no is asked about 1,054 points on a 6-hour cycle, roughly one request every 20 seconds; unchanged responses are not downloaded again.
• If a site returns errors five times in a row, that source's interval is multiplied by four.

Limits it respects

• It does not get past CAPTCHAs, Cloudflare Turnstile or similar bot checks. A source behind such protection is not connected.
• It does not use endpoints that need an access token, or keys and user names embedded in a site's scripts.
• We read a site's robots.txt before connecting it and do not connect a disallowed path.
• It does not read a source whose terms explicitly forbid republishing until permission is granted.
• It never queries by meter, subscriber or ID number. Personal fields in a response, such as employee names, are not stored.

Stopping it, or getting in touch

If you do not want us to read your site, or want a different frequency, write to [email protected] with your site's address. We switch the source off the same day, and no further requests go to it.

We apply any rule you add for WiozenQueryBot in your robots.txt when we review the source. If you need it to stop right away, send an email.