I have read the Terms of Use carefully, and this parts in particular:
11. The use of bots, scripts, auto-refreshers, or third party software designed to play the game for you in any way is not permitted. (Updated 6/19/2013)
12. The use of bots, scripts, or third party software that shortcut or alter site functions to run or appear in ways that are not intended by site design is not permitted. (Updated 11/26/2013)
13. The use of bots, scripts, or third party software that generate an excessive amount of concurrent connections or potentially damage site stability is not permitted. This can fall under the realm of using browser functions, add-ons, extensions, etc. to hit Company or Services’ server infrastructure in repetitive or disproportionate ways. These incidents will be reviewed thoroughly on a case-by-case basis. (Updated 5/25/2018)
Would a parser that reads a lair or individual dragon's page and puts the info in a spreadsheet be considered a bot that plays the game for us or generate too many connections??
Like one that just looks at lair and dragon pages as I cycle through them, so wouldn't demand more bandwidth than a user. Doing nothing more than taking a look at the HTML and putting things in a spreadsheet.
What if I made an offline parser myself, and I copy-paste the HTML into it to get information? Or use screenshots of dragon's pages? Is that also not permitted?
I'm just a curious software engineer and if this idea is against the terms of use i won't even try it
11. The use of bots, scripts, auto-refreshers, or third party software designed to play the game for you in any way is not permitted. (Updated 6/19/2013)
12. The use of bots, scripts, or third party software that shortcut or alter site functions to run or appear in ways that are not intended by site design is not permitted. (Updated 11/26/2013)
13. The use of bots, scripts, or third party software that generate an excessive amount of concurrent connections or potentially damage site stability is not permitted. This can fall under the realm of using browser functions, add-ons, extensions, etc. to hit Company or Services’ server infrastructure in repetitive or disproportionate ways. These incidents will be reviewed thoroughly on a case-by-case basis. (Updated 5/25/2018)
Would a parser that reads a lair or individual dragon's page and puts the info in a spreadsheet be considered a bot that plays the game for us or generate too many connections??
Like one that just looks at lair and dragon pages as I cycle through them, so wouldn't demand more bandwidth than a user. Doing nothing more than taking a look at the HTML and putting things in a spreadsheet.
What if I made an offline parser myself, and I copy-paste the HTML into it to get information? Or use screenshots of dragon's pages? Is that also not permitted?
I'm just a curious software engineer and if this idea is against the terms of use i won't even try it
