openvibers/openvibe.sources Commits

Seed lowendspirit-offers (LowEndSpirit's Offers board RSS, robots and rules read 2026-10-18); LowEndTalk's and LowEndBox's feeds answer 403 to the production host's network, so their notes say they stay off (#77)

OP OpenVibers committed 26 days ago · 51f11bb104 · 1 file, +20 −2

Changes

ddiff --git a/seeds/sources.json b/seeds/sources.json
iindex 50618ff..5a6d802 100644
---- a/seeds/sources.json
++++ b/seeds/sources.json
@@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@
"category": "hosting",
"homepage_url": "https://lowendtalk.com/categories/offers",
"endpoints": ["https://lowendtalk.com/categories/offers/feed.rss"],
-- "robots_note": "robots.txt checked 2026-10-14: User-agent * Disallow /entry/ and /search/ only, so /categories/offers/feed.rss is allowed. The fetcher re-checks it on every run.",
++ "robots_note": "robots.txt checked 2026-10-14: User-agent * Disallow /entry/ and /search/ only, so /categories/offers/feed.rss is allowed. The fetcher re-checks it on every run. 2026-10-18: the feed and every page answer 403 to the production host (a data-center network) whatever the user agent, so the source stays off; it is never fetched through another network.",
"terms_note": "The feed is LowEndTalk's own RSS of its Offers board, where hosting providers post their offers (the poster is the provider's account). No terms page answers to a non-browser client (discussion pages answer 403 outside a browser; the feed answers 200). OpenVibe.Host shows only each post's headline, poster, date and link, plus the price the headline (or the post's opening) states, and links every offer to its post; no post text is republished. Re-verify before enabling.",
"license_note": "Posts are their authors' (hosting providers'); LowEndTalk hosts them. Headlines and links only, attributed to LowEndTalk and the poster.",
"min_interval_ms": 60000,
@@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@
"category": "hosting",
"homepage_url": "https://lowendbox.com/",
"endpoints": ["https://lowendbox.com/feed/"],
-- "robots_note": "robots.txt checked 2026-10-14: User-agent * Disallow /wp-admin/, /readme.html and /refer/ only, so /feed/ is allowed. The fetcher re-checks it on every run.",
++ "robots_note": "robots.txt checked 2026-10-14: User-agent * Disallow /wp-admin/, /readme.html and /refer/ only, so /feed/ is allowed. The fetcher re-checks it on every run. 2026-10-18: the feed answers 403 to the production host (a data-center network) whatever the user agent, so the source stays off; it is never fetched through another network.",
"terms_note": "lowendbox.com publishes no terms of service page (only /privacy-policy/). The feed mixes editorials, giveaways and offers; OpenVibe.Host keeps only the offers (posts filed under 'Low End …', or whose headline states a price and that are not giveaways), showing each headline, author, date and link plus the price the headline states, linked to the post; no post text is republished. Re-verify before enabling.",
"license_note": "LowEndBox's posts are its authors'. Headlines and links only, attributed to LowEndBox.",
"min_interval_ms": 60000,
@@@ -1203,6 +1203,24 @@
"sensitivity": "none",
"default_indexability": "noindex"
},
++ {
++ "key": "lowendspirit-offers",
++ "name": "LowEndSpirit: the Offers board",
++ "type": "rss",
++ "category": "hosting",
++ "homepage_url": "https://lowendspirit.com/categories/offers",
++ "endpoints": ["https://lowendspirit.com/categories/offers/feed.rss"],
++ "robots_note": "robots.txt checked 2026-10-18: User-agent * Allow / with only /dashboard/* disallowed, so /categories/offers/feed.rss is allowed. The feed answers 200 to the production host. The fetcher re-checks robots.txt on every run.",
++ "terms_note": "The feed is LowEndSpirit's own RSS of its Offers board, where hosting providers post their offers (the poster is the provider's account). The forum publishes rules (https://lowendspirit.com/page/rules, read 2026-10-18) for posting and provider tags, with nothing on automated reading, feeds or reposting, and no separate terms page (/page/terms, /terms and /page/tos answer 404). OpenVibe.Host shows only each post's headline, poster, date and link, plus the price the headline (or the post's opening) states, and links every offer to its post; no post text is republished.",
++ "license_note": "Posts are their authors' (hosting providers'); LowEndSpirit hosts them. Headlines and links only, attributed to LowEndSpirit and the poster.",
++ "min_interval_ms": 60000,
++ "poll_interval_sec": 3600,
++ "max_items": 100,
++ "enabled": false,
++ "review_required": true,
++ "sensitivity": "none",
++ "default_indexability": "noindex"
++ },
{
"key": "dealnews-coupon-codes",
"name": "DealNews: coupon codes its deals state",