Request to block ActionApi client (based on a specific user agent header)
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	fwunderl
	Jan 28 2020, 8:02 PM

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Hello,

in 2016 I wrote a small Android app, that is making use of the Wikipedia ActionApi to search for articles at the current location of a user.
Due to legal considerations I am currently trying to take down the app.
It’s not available any more in the Google PlayStore, but there are still installations out there.
That’s why I want to make these installations unusable by deactivating all backend services, that the app is using.
Unfortunately the app is (partially) directly communicating with wikipedia servers and not via a proxy under my control.
The app sends a special User-Agent HTTP header with every request to identify itself:

tagorama/v1.0.0.283-release (http://tagorama.rocks/; info@tagorama.rocks)

Is there any way for you to block requests from this app?
Who would I contact?

Thanks for your help,
Frank Wunderlich

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fwunderl created this task.Jan 28 2020, 8:02 PM

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Aklapper renamed this task from Request to block ActionApi-Client to Request to block ActionApi client (based on a specific user agent header).Jan 28 2020, 9:59 PM

jijiki triaged this task as Medium priority.Jan 29 2020, 11:30 AM

Dzahn added a project: serviceops.May 10 2023, 12:15 AM

I am gonna close this as declined. While we do have the ability to block requests based on user-agent, we don't do that on request.

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