Thegamesdb scraper not working i feel thats where the issue is but i just dont know how to fix it this xml i get lost on the <path> and stuff i still got to learn whats the right thing that need to be writen in the gamelist. thegamedb. Just me or is anyone else having this issue? Mar 27, 2019 · Pi Model or other hardware: B+ Power Supply used: Official Power Supply RetroPie Version Used 4. With TheGamesDB, you get 1000 scrapes per month. xml for a game that doesn't have an image, it will get skipped by the scraper when you run it again. It just needs more testing and I can submit a PR for review. Is there a good scraper that works a little better? The scraper I used in the past still uses the old API so it does not work anymore and I don‘t like the others. On most occasions you want to use ScreenScraper and not TheGamesDB. They said "at the moment" which was *checks calendar* a little over a year ago. They change it quite often, which means that even my implementation keeps breaking. Almost forgot. If you have a new public project, please provide a link to it so we can highlight cool new applications! I decided to run Scraper that was built in just to see what it could do and it ended up mislabeling a lot of the games. Is "thegamesdb" currently not working or did i do something im not aware of (Unselected something in the settings or toggled something off) Apologies if this is on the wrong subred. Feb 28, 2020 · Wondering if others are having issues with the scraper not grabbing everything for Mame? I did a test of Attract Mode on a PC at the office, then I took a Dell micro PC and installed Manjaro Linux with mame and attract mode with the intention of hooking it into my TV at home. In the scraper menu, you can set your main scraper source. I'm not sure about TGDB source, they had an outage near the end of last year and they've changed their site and the way artwork is searched and downloaded, probably that's why it doesn't work. So, as the author of a scraper, I've been implementing this new language / API, and it works again! But, the API is not only new, it is also unstable. Someone with this problem? Dec 17, 2024 · What software are you using to scrape game data? We're curious to see how new projects use TGDB API. We just provide information via our API and not responsible for apps based on it. Key requests of this nature will be removed in the interest of more efficiently handling project requests. I've used a mixture of ARRM and Skraper on my PC. New comments cannot be posted. Due to heavy traffic (especially during the Holiday season) their servers go offline quite often. net now requires registered API keys and the legacy API has been shut down. If you have a new public project, please provide a link to it so we can highlight cool new applications! You don't necessarily need a PC to be a member of the PCMR. If you have a new public project, please provide a link to it so we can highlight cool new applications! Jun 2, 2019 · It's because of the way TheGamesDB stores the information about platforms (consoles/systems). The roms only work if they have a specific name, and won't work if I try to change it. cpp Apr 2, 2020 · @gokuh306 nope, worked perfectly before and now it does not. net has been implemented, but the final change on the 3rd of July has broken the legacy. @keithk2581 Try removing any files from ~/. Scraping allows you to make the games look "pretty" with coverarts, icons, discimages and more. There are more or less 4 scrapers: Skyscraper EmulationStation built-in scraper Glad you got it working! Screenscraper is just one of several scrapers on there. But it won't "undo" what you already scraped by deleting files you have already scraped. Jun 24, 2019 · TheGamesDB. @mitu currently im running an older build for windows, tried multiple builds each had its issues, those who had the scrapper working would scrap the info save it but the xml file (gameslist) keeps getting overwritten not showing the scraped info/images. xml of the system i scrape . Unfortunately ES' built in Scraper doesn't allow for switching which database you scrape from. thegamesdb is not usable anymore over net, so only solution to login there and transfer manually. This means the site gets loads of traffic but it can't handle it so the site goes down Unofficially, I know some debugging has been ongoing, but how (or even if) this is related is not yet clear. you can use other scrapers to scrape for media . Both functions will return a Promise. Select a single game you want to scrape, Edit the games metadata, select scrape. Skraper needs an account and it should all work by default. The scraper filters the ROM search by Platform=Sega Mega Drive (and rightly so, since the same game is also available on NES/SNES and GameBoy), however the games are in platform=Sega Genesis, which is different (has a different identifier). xml file form the rom directory and leave it as is. I was trying to grab some images for my retro game collection, but the current release of Steven Selph's Scraper does not work correctly with thegamesdb. that would be awesome! Apr 17, 2021 · @pmdci said in TheGamesDB down again, Scraper not working: EDIT: This is because ScreenScraper no longer seems to work for unregistered users, which has been covered here. RetroPie’s scraper has been using the old xml api which have been marked for offlining 6 moths ago Reply reply Apr 13, 2019 · Fixed in the Stable release (Update)Fix dpad not working out-of-the-box in Mame2003-plusImprove pad/keyboard compatibility in Amiberry (Amiga)Fix Atari 800 . Quick tips. fr website and made an account with login and password, for what that's worth. net, I was told to use the new API on api. Scraper. TheGamesDB is fixed in the dev version of EmulationStation, the changes just haven't made it to the stable version yet. zip files or . " Log file states All games were ignored even with the gamelist. The Personal Computer. I would not like to use Steven Selph's scraper because it takes so long time to scrape the games and i don't really care much about the video snaps. With Steven Selph's scraper not working at all, or at best really slowly (due to thegamesdb being slow as all hell). Scraper not working on Project Lunar I'm trying to add some new games on a freshly hacked Genesis mini, but for some reason, the scraper won't find the info for none of the games I'm adding. Using Skyscraper with THEGAMESDB does not cause this issue however, but does not have the videos to go with the game. If you intend on scrapping this volume, though, you should really just donate $10 to ScreenScraper. Apr 17, 2021 · TheGamesDB is not down, scraping works fine from EmulationStation. I'm still connected to the internet, it's as if screenscraper and ThegamesDB just stopped working but they did about half of the library. I have 12. Jul 3, 2018 · RaspberryPi 3 B+ Running: Retopie V 4. If you have a new public project, please provide a link to it so we can highlight cool new applications! Jul 6, 2018 · Before I do, I would like to ask you about your stance towards automated scrapers. The RetroPie scraper can be accessed from the main menu under the option labeled “Scraper”. As I've discussed with you a while back, for automated scrapers to work, the limit would have to have been implemented on a user level and not on a dev key level. What are people using at the moment to scrape? The built in ES scraper is pretty slow and bad and I'm looking for an easier way to scrape a full roms list for multiple systems. May 26, 2020 · Hello. 1 I am extremely new to the RaspberryPi concept and therefore I am unable to troubleshoot an issue I am having with the scraper in the EmulationStation running on the latest version of Retropie. fr) etc. Reload to refresh your session. 4? If you start with the 4. On closer inspection it seems that it is because some of the games are registered on the site as genesis games and not under both systems. search Jun 12, 2018 · @mitu. Runs through the entire game list and returns "No Games scraped. xml present. I navigated screenscraper. Is there a way to enter this somewhere for the es scraper to use? And if not, how do I get the other Scraper programs to work with it? Jul 14, 2018 · Please do not request keys as end users of another project, as those projects should request and properly implement their own keys. It won't scrape RetroPie when you have it set to Roms folder. I'm not sure this project is actually still maintained, but a good place to start would be modifying the request path in GamesDBScraper. Some game names aren't really close to what I'm searching for (like Jurassic Park on Megadrive is just named "Jurassic" but there are surprising titles that aren't found like "Road Runner" on the SNES (guess it should be "Road Runner's Death Valley Rally"?) or "Duke Nukem 3D" on the PSX, as well as several other I tried the 2 scrapers that are in emulation station on RPI and neither was able to find most of my games. That's why most scrapers are currently broken. net scraper is not working. You can install emulationstation-dev from the Experimental packages section of retropie-setup if you really want to get it working. I feel shocked that you would consider my suggestions veiled threats. This is the source that will always be used when you scrape for several (or even all) games at the same time. Sep 29, 2023 · One of the easiest scrapers to use with RetroPie is already built in to the system. Apr 9, 2021 · ScreenScraper is often overloaded and scraping will not work at the time - you can check on their site. If you have a new public project, please provide a link to it so we can highlight cool new applications! There is no issue with the Scrapers but rather the Metadata database you are using. It's a Metadata Database the scrapers pull the info from. Scraping is no longer possible. Mar 28, 2020 · ScreenScraper at the moment is not working for non-registered users, so that won't work. Would anyone here know why thats happened? Ill give the below mentioned SkyScraper a try in the meantime but its so strange how this could just stop working like that. So that was another I did manually. 2. It's not about the hardware in your rig, but the software in your heart! Join us in celebrating and promoting tech, knowledge, and the best gaming, study, and work platform there exists. Do I need API for this? @keithk2581 Try removing any files from ~/. Jun 27, 2017 · I just burned the latest version of CSO available (retropie-4. It doesn't matter if I try to scrape everything or just a single system, what DB I choose, etc. The issue is that thegamesdb finally took offline their legacy server. emulationstation/scrapers. It does say SCRAPE FROM THEGAMESDB. By default, the ROMs will be synchronized with metadata from TheGamesDB. If the scraper isn't working either you are not connected to the Internet or source site may be down or overloaded and in that case you'll just have to wait until it comes back up. fr is the best Metadata database for retro games. Scraping from TheGamesDB only working manually, game by game? Error: "FAILED code 403 status: invalid API was provided" EDIT: updating to the 2021-08-24 beta (v32-dev) fixed the issue for me. net Error: None of the configured system identifier (s) are recognized by thegamesdb. Jun 2, 2019 · @MrJordaaany said in EmulationStation Scraper NOT Working: However when setting up new units for mates or whatever, the built in EmulationStation scraper should be good right off the bat on 4. Thegamesdb also has the issue of being a database for all generations of gaming. But back to my point: What I took note of is that you call it "Games Database scraper" and "the other scraper (Screen scraper)". Under Defeat Platform: Sega Dreamcast Region: NTSC-J No overview is currently available for this title, please feel free to add one. You'd need to be able to hash the file inside the archive. Good to know. 4. If the scraper isn't working either you are not connected to the Internet or thegamesdb. Apr 17, 2021 · @pmdci said in TheGamesDB down again, Scraper not working: EDIT: This is because ScreenScraper no longer seems to work for unregistered users, which has been covered here. Currently using the public key with a 1000 monthly request limit (as my app key seems to have stopped working, which had a 3000 request limit), so be aware that 'thegamesdb' is ONLY suitable for very small scrapings. Sometimes it might have a dash or a comma, or something weird that you don't realize so you can just type the first word or two. I tryed using Steven Selph's Scraper from setup menu (menu 3)and didint work . Well that explains a lot. Anyway i think it's TheGamesDB fault and their servers. If you're using an old version of attactmode it won't connect to thegamesdb. Like for "new super mario EmulationStation Scraper NOT Working. 0 released using the new API. register Hello All. Read up on the ES-DE userguide on scraping here: ES-DE Scraper guide. Have a ES-DE scrapes a hell of a lot more data than Steam ROM Manager, including videos so it will take longer per game. Look into UXS (universal XML Scraper) and/or Sselph Scraper. New version available. By default, ScreenScraper will be selected. They are not scrapers. xex - zipped files not supported)Fix string garbage in netplay hashesFix key=value with empty value in all config filesFix a crash in internal scraperReplaced Well EmulationStation has only supported ZIP/7Z by passing it directly to the emulator, so it didn't really do anything with it. Also, assure that you have working rom sets. @keithk2581 What Scraper are you using ? There are 2 choices for the internal ES scraper - TheGamesDB or ScreenScraper. thats the good question mate. Hi men, how to do change the thegamesdb. 7. My scraper always worked absolutely fine (The default TheGamesDB scraper) - All of a sudden its just stopped working, it pulls no results from any search. Similarly, TheGamesDB has limits on the number of scraping requests per user - they have a monthly quota. No info on any game once I start up ES again. If you have a new public project, please provide a link to it so we can highlight cool new applications! I was going along happily scraping my new Pi4 and all of a sudden it just stopped scraping. Scraping is a way to get metadata and boxart for your games from the internet. If you have a new public project, please provide a link to it so we can highlight cool new applications! So as a follow up to another post where I found that Phantasy Star IV had scraped as II and that is why I couldn't find it, I'm discovering that the scraper isn't returning results properly. You switched accounts on another tab or window. TheGamesDB scraper will download some files there on Jul 16, 2018 · It's just this scraper that has this issue. Usually if it's one that isn't found, just type the game name. Jan 3, 2020 · The weird thing for me is that I did try thegamesdb scraper and that didn't work even though you said only screenscraper wasn't functional No, it's the other way around. You just have to love PCs. Skyscraper - screenscraper, thegamesdb, openretro, any other sources not finding games Is anyone having an issue when scraping for sega genesis/mega drive games? I've run this in the past and have had no issue scraping for NES and SNES but suddenly when trying to scrape genesis games I'm not having any luck whatsoever. net to legacy. thegamesdb. We're curious to see how new projects use TGDB API. I know the scraper might not work every time you click it, but switching to TheGamesDB or pressing it multiple times eventually worked before, but now it never works using either. Jul 3, 2018 · @bufferoverflow said in EmulationStation Scraper NOT Working:. (thegamesdb) doesnt work too and says like invalid API key; the third one (hfsdb) seems to work but is absurdly slow, like 20/5000 TheGamesDB. Possible solutions/test options my work around was to download nginx and use it as a proxy_pass from thegamesdb. It won't let me change it so I take it that's why it won't work. If this is the case track down the special XP version mentioned in #3. If it's overloaded ScreenScraper returns nothing to un-registered users and it also has a 10000 requests (?) limit per day. Weird That earlier in the morning it worked great and suddenly it stopped working 🤔 i scraped one system at a time. If you have a new public project, please provide a link to it so we can highlight cool new applications! Jul 3, 2018 · @bufferoverflow said in EmulationStation Scraper NOT Working:. scraper -add_not_found -append -download_images=false -img_format=[jpg/png] This also useful if the scraper missed some and you want to use it to insert the ones it missed. 7z, othersnot so much. The scraper will seem unresponsive for a very short period of time - depending on the download speed - but after the necessary information is downloaded and Apr 22, 2018 · 2. xex files (use uncompressed . If you have a new public project, please provide a link to it so we can highlight cool new applications! 2. To synchronize your ROM list, choose “Scrape Now”. if your scraping for gameinfo only other scraper that can do it is skyskraper but there is no support for a windows version only real supported version is the linux and thus pi version but You probably found it in the menu, but as you may have noticed, the default scraper does not work (at least it never works for me). This is a problem if the emulator does not support ZIP or 7Z. So, I will show you how to do this successfully. At least one of them should have returned a result. , But I get an error. Not sure I need an API but I would like to scrape a retropie collection of games. That's why (most) scrapers do not work currently. "No the scraper will only scrape what you have selected in the options. Scraping is used for downloading metadata and media files (images, videos, maps, pad-to-key settings and manuals) for games in your collection. And miximages will always be displayed in the gamelist view if they exist as that is a limitation of the fixed layout theme engine of RetroPie ES" If you're using ScreenScraper and you haven't created an account on their website (and manually added your credentials to the scraper), then you might not get anything back. TheGamesDB scraper will download some files there on the 1st scrape, you'll have to wait a bit Mar 6, 2019 · @BillyH said in Screenscraper not finding all games:. I've installed Steven Selph's scraper without issue, but every time I try to run it it just very quickly finishes, says "all ROMs scraped", but then it has not actually scraped anything. The build in scraper will work after you update it from binary (just did this yesterday). Their API is a bit similar to the TheGamesDB's API, so it's simple to re-use the existing code and add a new scraper. With ARRM I've had to use theGamesDB rather than Screenscraper (unless you have an account) I've found Skraper pretty good at scraping whole systems but it unhides any games/bios you have manually hidden so if I add a new game I use ARRM to just scrap that single game. . I even implemented an entire caching system within my scraper to avoid rescraping from the sources, so it pulls in the data from the local cache instead whenever a user rescrapes the same rom twice. The new dev api request limit seems designed to block automated scrapers. Screenscraper. thegamesdb database is known to constantly go down. Scraper settings¶ To set up the scraper, press Start to get to the main menu and select Scraper to bring up the scraper menu. Thanks. Jun 16, 2020 · gamesdb has a request limit which is not that high . 000 items and I did an auto scrape 12 hours ago. Note: during the first scraping session using TheGamesDB as scraping source, Emulationstation will download additional information (list of publishers, developers, genres) from TheGamesDB. It seems like using Selph's scraper fixes the issue but as far as I can tell, there isn't any tutorial on how to use it on Windows (there also isn't any tutorial to do gosh dang anything on windows but that's for another thread). Went to TheGamesDB discord and they said it wasn't on there end. fr and TheGamesDB. Unofficially, I know some debugging has been ongoing, but how (or even if) this is related is not yet clear. if anyone is interested i can make a short "how to" on my work around. net (when I actually get time to work on it). so if your scraping a lot it will fail at some point. Nov 2, 2020 · As I'm currently building my own setup from a stock retropie image, what I noticed in regards to megadrive games is that some games, which totally have images on thegamesdb are showing up with no entries. They often won't start on the RetroPie's emulators. Though it got stuck in a loop trying to get info for NEOGEO games. 1. But hey, at least everyone is having the same issue, EmulationStation also still uses the old API. Was trying to use a retropie scraper or skyscraper (without emulation station being on) and I cannot do that. Few things to note that the keys will most likely be reset once the beta is finished, the current beta database is kept separate from the main site as such it will not be up to date, currently the api is subject to change, as for example filters work by table fields name which is a bit inconsistent when it comes to naming, as such will be changed Oct 7, 2022 · The default Scraper database is set to Screenscraper (in the correct game scraper flow, it shouldn't matter, see the steps below) Issue not related to the games be also available in others databases, the focus here is the Screenscraper and why it's not working for those systems (I know that thegamesdb and hfsdb are a way to find scrapers for Jul 20, 2020 · Set thegamesdb as the scraper; Select the systems you want to scrape; Scrape now; OR. Jul 14, 2018 · Hi there, I'm currently maintaining TheGamesDB new site and API and would like to give you a quick update in that regard, the new API (and site) is a complete overhaul with nothing but the database from the old site, as such it won't be a simple url change, the new api return is now json with changed field names and data layout. The scrapers RetroPie uses pull primarily from thegamesdb. Problem: Up until Saturday the 18th I was getting results from thegamesdb. For now my scraper will be for personal use only, but maybe I will publish it later, if I think it‘s good enough. Oct 23, 2018 · @otaolafr hi I’m having same problem my ES scrapper for herb fargus portable game station stopped working I added the new jrassa updated build the first one on the releases page released 11 days ago and now it kinda wants to work trying to scrape but still doesn’t work how can I make it work and another issue is how do I update retroarch Unofficially, I know some debugging has been ongoing, but how (or even if) this is related is not yet clear. login. This is a scraping source issue, not an issue with the scrapers. @bufferoverflow said in EmulationStation Scraper NOT Working:. I'd like to requesta API Key if it was OK. TheGamesDb. Example, there are NES roms out there with no headers and some will not be scraped since the hash and header data was changed on the file itself. 1 (09/12/2018) little makeover of the interface bug fix on erasing dos and daphne rom when creating a mix, if an image (box, screen, marquee) is not found, ARRM searches in the images_downloaded directory for images previous scrap on Thegamesdb, Screenscraper or another scraper. What should i do? --scraping thegamesdb. The name can be anything you search for, the platform must be any of the names listed here. So is that one completely done? But as for TheGamesDB. Maybe the names you have for the files are not recognized by the scraping site - what's the name of your ROMs, can you give some examples ? Jul 3, 2018 · @bufferoverflow said in EmulationStation Scraper NOT Working:. json sibling to your config. Skyscraper WAS compliant with batch queuing (which would easily cover that many requests), though I've absolutely no idea if that's still the case. Scraping is a way to get metadata, boxart and video previews (snapshots) for your games from the internet. When they're overloaded, scraping from non-registered members is not working. Can you Help v40 Scraper not working . thegamesdb. When your in RetroPie and you bring up MAIN MENU / SCRAPER that does not work anymore. Now, TheGamesDB stopped working but the other scraper that comes with RetroPie does work. It has been an invaluable Apr 21, 2020 · Using the last official build of ES installed on Windows 10. version 1. 11 I dont know if it is down but im not able to scrape games from your database. Using TheGamesDB is much faster, but their database is not as good and they don't provide all media types. I don't know about the state of the other scrapers. This is the first problem you might have. skyskraper, skraper (uses screenscraper. Any response would be greatly appreciated. i need to find out if is right or wrong but i just dont know like i said when i scrape from the pi "thegamesDB" the images shows Jul 3, 2018 · @bufferoverflow said in EmulationStation Scraper NOT Working:. You can ask its developers. 3 – How to use the built in Scraper. Raspberry Pi 4 RetroPie 4. fr. search and TheGamesDb. The data the example calls above return can be seen here: Results for TheGamesDb. getGame will take 2 optional parameters, the name of the game and and the platform's name. Screenscraper is down for anyone without a login. Use the default scrapers. Jul 7, 2018 · The Emulationstation built-in scraper has been updated when the 1st change on thegamesdb. You signed out in another tab or window. Apr 3, 2016 · Any one having issues with scraper? I tryed to run scraper from emustation, and it didint work. net is down (which happens quite frequently) and in that case you'll just have to wait until it comes back up. Locked post. Assistance may be available upon contact for projects experiencing issues utilizing the current API. net properly. Apr 22, 2018 · Hi muldjord, please check you PM for your key. However, I recently started exploring Neo Geo, and I'm having issues. The fact that you were getting nothing at all kind of indicated a networking issue, which it was! Aaand yeah I'm not really sure which of the two projects that bug would fall under. So much so that it was easier to just delete the gameslist. ScreenScraper might occasionally not work due to their over-capacity messages. I found that the scraper did not pull all of the video, wheels, etc. That's not so much a "no longer" issue as it is a "sometimes" issue. net. If you have a new public project, please provide a link to it so we can highlight cool new applications! Unofficially, I know some debugging has been ongoing, but how (or even if) this is related is not yet clear. You can switch to the other scraping site (TheGamesDB. By default, two scrape sources are available: TheGamesDB; ScreenScraper I have a small problem. I used emulationstation but it seems to sometimes work and sometimes not. I just want to clarify that I'm not the only one encountering this problem. It never adds any Is "thegamesdb" currently not working or did i do something im not aware of (Unselected something in the settings or toggled something off) Locked post. I would like to especially scrapes creenshots and video. 4. A little over a year ago, I set up an ElasticSearch server for TGDB, in an attempt to get rid of some of the many issues with the existing MySQL-based searching, but I never actually got around to updating the API to use it. What ROMs are you trying to scrape - system/game ? Jul 3, 2018 · @bufferoverflow said in EmulationStation Scraper NOT Working:. @keithk2581 I don't know why it's not working for you, I just tried a few Megdrive games and they work fine when scraping from TheGamesDB. Not only that, but it completely misses Tomb Raider II and causes it to not show in the games list at all after being scraped. 4-rpi2_rpi3-wifi_CSO_CM3_20181003-070618) and I can not get the Scraper from thegamesdb to work. As of the 18th I get no results for any game. At first I thought maybe it was because a few of them were hacks, but then not even normal games like "Streets Of Rage 3" or "Mega Turrican" would show up Normally if the scraper doesn't recognize a game (I scrape from thegamesdb. Hide my online status this session. ini; Media support: cover, screenshot, wheel, marquee; Example use: Skyscraper -p snes -s thegamesdb; For newer games there's no way around Groundfloor offers a unique product for individual investors that allows non-accredited and accredited investors to participate directly in real estate investment loans on a fractional basis: short-term, high-yield returns backed by real estate. 4 Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website USB Devi ES-DE supports the two scraper services ScreenScraper. net), I can change the name of the rom and make it work the second time around. The ScreenScraper servers are sometimes overloaded as well. net a couple days ago, and everything came back Hash Not Found Apr 22, 2018 · 2. 4 image you'll get the same 2. Are you getting some games to work and not others? Because yea, it has to be named a certain way otherwise it refuses to scrap. Thegamesdb isn't working from ES and 2. They're good for spot checking random titles that ScreenScraper doesn't have. Dec 21, 2024 · I've tried emailing a couple times and through the website but I've been getting 403 server errors on my Odin 2 for maybe 2 weeks maybe a little bit less I haven't scraped that much I don't think to be banned in any way and I didn't do anything wrong I don't know if there is any way somebody can help me or get me able to scrape again but I'm Also, ScreenScraper hasn't worked in Project Lunar at all for me since last year, and others have said the same thing. The thegamsdb API had major changes recently. Jan 6, 2019 · legacy. They are scraping sources used by scrapers. 6RP version, you need to do at least an update after a fresh 4. For example, total football scrapes as NCAA football, but if I do a manual search, I can't find total football. Oct 21, 2020 · Hi. I would rather deal with TheGamesDB since it is more of a cleaner scrape than the other as the other one has the colon as "Game : Title" - TheGamesDB has it as "Game: Title" Jul 6, 2018 · Before I do, I would like to ask you about your stance towards automated scrapers. net) and see if you get better results, if there are games that don't have info then specify the game and platform. Selected TheGamesDB for scraping. Oct 15, 2014 · @nilsbyte @Aloshi Hey, I'm the lead dev over at thegamesdb. 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0 makination last edited by makination You don't necessarily need a PC to be a member of the PCMR. Which is why I started using TheGamesDB because it was the only scraper in PL that would work. The metadata provider might be having issues (For example: I tried scraping my Console Data from thegamesdb. They try to speak to TheGamesDb, but gets nothing usable back. User credential support: Not required; API request limit: Limited to 3000 requests per IP per month; Thread limit: None; Platform support: Link to list or see tgdb_platforms. net changed the way they work a couple of years back. It's a one-time amount and you'll forever have 6 threads to pull in the 20,000 scrapes a day. It's because of the way TheGamesDB stores the information about platforms (consoles/systems). net servers have been disabled. 5. I search a GamesDBScraper but i dont know here is. Nov 18, 2020 · It's not about downtime, but about capacity. If you've been scraping from it recently, you might have reached the monthly request limit (5000 requests if I remember correctly ?). Feb 24, 2023 · It wouldn't be by using the legacy scraper, as far as I know. net API site and triggered the errors in Emulationstation's scraper. Maybe the names you have for the files are not recognized by the scraping site - what's the name of your ROMs, can you give some examples ? Oct 25, 2018 · You signed in with another tab or window. This is not a Scraper issue. Note, though, if there is already an entry in gamelist. It looks like they may have fully depreciated their old API. Some do indeed allow for . Most scrapers default to thegamesdb which is not that great of a resource for retro games. If you have a new public project, please provide a link to it so we can highlight cool new applications! Dec 19, 2020 · I'm trying to scraper from my hegamesdb. Jan 4, 2019 · @mitu said in Scraping no longer working due to old api: @BuZz I have something working with screenscraper. Posted by u/Nestor1924 - 1 vote and 2 comments I understand that scraping is bugged for everyone with the API changes on thegamesdb. Jan 29, 2021 · Unfortunelty, its not an issue i can replicate, however, assuming the url is correct, then the issue is possibly on cdn side, it might be flagging the downloader as DOS attempt, i can only specult as to why, but it could just be due to the used user agent. Nothing is being scraped. But with this hashing feature, it won't work with ZIP or 7Z directly. 4 image for the packages included. Aug 31, 2024 · Please do not request keys as end users of another project, as those projects should request and properly implement their own keys. Jul 8, 2018 · Scraper becomes really a problem, an is not from Recalbox. now the old scraper works fine. Apr 22, 2018 · 2. I set up a RetroPie with a NES Case + the past day and ran into the problem with the scraper not working, I'm not sure why that is, but Steven's scraper worked good enough. net has never been know for reliability. gpvu fftxnfa kqixog keuqt eqnjudpd yplhmnd adhl xdfxgd dgbw txxins