Ladbrokes bot workaround

[doris_day]

Ladbrokes are now aggressively blocking IP addresses for anything which they consider to be a bot. I use one to get their live prices every 5 seconds and they've blocked all my IP addresses. I've asked them to unblock them and they tell me there is an 'IP skip' in place for me and that I should contact my ISP. That's a load of twaddle. I've used a VPN but that's now blocked, so I wonder if anyone has a workaround for this.

They're obviously concerned about bots now they're preparing for their exchange and I'm wondering if someone has created a site where the Lads can be accessed without being blocked. Oddschecker is too slow at updating close to the off, so they're no good. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

[boycee]

Can I ask how you were getting the live prices?

Also are the Sporting Life live show prices not a useful replacement for you?

[doris_day]

I was scraping their site. Osknows coded a clever workround for me. And, no, SL are not a substitute.

Have fun.

[boycee]

Do you think it was the frequency of your "scrapes" that caused them to block you DD?

I was looking to scrape live prices just around 15-30 secs before the off. Do you think that would get me blocked as well?

Good that you got a workaround.

boycee

[doris_day]

It wasn't a high frequency, just once every 10 secs.