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incith:google :)

2009-11-18T18:02:05-04:00

I suggest speechles' unofficial google these days, http://forum.egghelp.org/viewtopic.php?t=13586

It has basically become the new official google as I've given him permission to upload it to the Tcl repository.

Statistics: Posted by incith — Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:02 pm

incith:google :)

2009-11-18T16:55:10-04:00

Thanks for this great script.

I can confirm the above error;

[09:49] Tcl error [incith::google::public_message]: can't read "w3": no such variable

Cheers!

Statistics: Posted by cg — Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:55 pm

incith:google :)

2009-11-18T00:59:55-04:00

It seems that google broke the !g weather location function today or a few days ago: also in the partyline of the eggdrop i get this error when i try doing it:

[05:52] Tcl error [incith::google::public_message]: can't read "w1": no such variable

Worked nice a few days ago. Does anyone have a fix for this one?

Statistics: Posted by propster — Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:59 am

incith:google :)

2009-07-18T10:20:00-04:00

Great work!

Perhaps add support for Google's custom search elements? The bot owner would just need to specify their custom search id somewhere in the script.

Here's an example:

query: test
custom search id: 011538683408976045884:-1z36bss20g

Result URL: http://www.google.com/cse?cx=0115386834 ... F-8&q=test

Statistics: Posted by jeffco — Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:20 am

incith:google :)

2008-12-31T01:03:44-04:00

If you mean, the unofficial version of this script see here. I've corrected the behaviors. Madwoota/Incith please feel free to borrow any code from the unofficial to correct the behavior in the official script.

speechles, i was using the official script up til now, thank you so much for this <3

Statistics: Posted by random4t4x14 — Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:03 am

Re: Google Local is broken

2008-12-25T12:00:49-04:00

I've been using your script since the original release by incith, this is the best google script evar! That said, I've been having problems with the !local feature of the script. I have double checked and I am not sorried by google, but when I search for anything using the !local command, I get no results:

[19:22] <&random4t4x14> !local pizza near asheville, bc
[19:22] <+severyn> Did you mean: Asheville, NC ?
[19:23] <&random4t4x14> !local pizza near asheville, nc
[19:23] <+severyn> Sorry, no search results were found.
[19:45] <&random4t4x14> !local movie theater near asheville, nc
[19:45] <+severyn> Sorry, no search results were found.

I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction to fix this.

If you mean, the unofficial version of this script see here. I've corrected the behaviors. Madwoota/Incith please feel free to borrow any code from the unofficial to correct the behavior in the official script.

Statistics: Posted by speechles — Thu Dec 25, 2008 12:00 pm

Google Local is broken

2008-12-22T20:49:17-04:00

I've been using your script since the original release by incith, this is the best google script evar! That said, I've been having problems with the !local feature of the script. I have double checked and I am not sorried by google, but when I search for anything using the !local command, I get no results:

[19:22] <&random4t4x14> !local pizza near asheville, bc
[19:22] <+severyn> Did you mean: Asheville, NC ?
[19:23] <&random4t4x14> !local pizza near asheville, nc
[19:23] <+severyn> Sorry, no search results were found.
[19:45] <&random4t4x14> !local movie theater near asheville, nc
[19:45] <+severyn> Sorry, no search results were found.

I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction to fix this.

Statistics: Posted by random4t4x14 — Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:49 pm

incith:google :)

2008-09-17T18:56:08-04:00

I suppose my question was more of how to fix this problem from the bot's end...
If my bot is being sorried, does this mean that the script altogether is no longer useful? And if others are still getting it to work, where is the discripancy?

I will look at the link you referenced. Maybe I can find my answer there.

The problem is not the script, and it is not your bot. The problem is the IP used to make the query. There are potentially hundreds upon thousands of others experiencing the same issue as you.

Below is merely a teaspoon full of others having the same problem:
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/ ... s-sor.html
http://groups.google.com/group/Google_W ... 1648fbd316
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/10/gu ... le-is.html
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/11/2 ... gle-error/
http://digg.com/security/Google_s_Sorry_You_re_Infected

Basically, Google in it's infinite wisdom, has assumed (either by lack of cookie sessions, lack of referrer, lack of headers passed, etc, etc) that the IP source contributing the query (your bot) appears to be scripted/automated. There is very little to do. Google will issue a captcha based picture depending on the session id passed within the query when it initially redirects the query (302). After which, the captcha is visible. Once entry of the captcha is done, it is checked against the hash passed at the end of the redirected query session. The only way to have this work would be to have users use their 'links' browser to generate a valid session id and cookie on the machine the bot is on. Then use the data contained within that cookie to validate google searches with the script. This is not as easy to do as it sounds as the cookie sessions will expire. To renew them would require doing the browser thing again, generating the cookie again. Very very tedious...

You can read about it here, this is Google's official statement on the matter:
http://www.google.com/support/bin/answe ... swer=86640

If you have never witnessed a google sorry page, well, there are major flaws within google's sorry policy...

1) Our query below is simply forum topic and we start at the first page. This google will allow:
http://www.google.com/search?&q=forum+topic&start=1

2) Now we will keep the same forum topic query but instead, let's go straight to page 18 (10 results per page, 10 x 18 = 180):
http://www.google.com/search?&q=forum+topic&start=180

For 1, most everyone should be able to easily see the results in any browser. For 2, everybody should see that Google sorry page and without a captcha. This is how your treated when things go awry. Google hasn't even issued a captcha to allow the query to be fulfilled, for anyone. If this isn't censorship than what is? Basically Google has censored out anyone from seeing beyond the 17th page for 'forum topic'.

Statistics: Posted by speechles — Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:56 pm

incith:google :)

2008-09-17T12:22:52-04:00

I suppose my question was more of how to fix this problem from the bot's end...
If my bot is being sorried, does this mean that the script altogether is no longer useful? And if others are still getting it to work, where is the discripancy?

I will look at the link you referenced. Maybe I can find my answer there.

Statistics: Posted by Alphacarbon — Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:22 pm

incith:google :)

2008-09-17T07:49:21-04:00

I've had this script on my bot for about a year now and it's been working superbly well until recently. For some reason some of the functions stopped working, particularly those that start with !google. I even installed the latest version of the script (august 22) and I still get the same problem. I have included below what the bot returns in response to various prompts, hoping it would help someone point out to me what the problem might be. Thank you in advance for any help you may offer.
[01:08] !google 1 cm in ft
[01:09] Sorry, no search results were found.
[01:09] http://sorry.google.com/sorry/?continue ... %2Bin%2Bft

See here this describes your problem perfectly. You have been sorried. Google knows your using a script or bot to access their services and has become upset with you. They redirect you to that sorry.google.com page because this forces captcha requirements otherwise google sends back that same 'sorry' html. This is your problem. If you see the captcha, the url has been entered in full. If you see the 'sorry' page without a captcha, the url is not complete it has been truncated somehow. Have you actually tried clicking on that url your bot gave you? It explains this as well...

Statistics: Posted by speechles — Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:49 am

incith:google :)

2008-09-17T01:12:47-04:00

I've had this script on my bot for about a year now and it's been working superbly well until recently. For some reason some of the functions stopped working, particularly those that start with !google. I even installed the latest version of the script (august 22) and I still get the same problem. I have included below what the bot returns in response to various prompts, hoping it would help someone point out to me what the problem might be. Thank you in advance for any help you may offer.

[01:05] !google 3 + 3
[01:05] Sorry, no search results were found.
[01:05] http://sorry.google.com/sorry/?continue ... %2B%2B%2B3

[01:06] !google molecule
[01:06] Sorry, no search results were found.
[01:06] http://sorry.google.com/sorry/?continue ... 3Dmolecule

[01:06] !video LHC
[01:06] end of the world ? , the Large Hadron Collider ( LHC ) @ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 9687787769 | CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) @ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 8269393498 | Large Hadron Rap @ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 9406749997 | CERN LHC ATLAS @ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1595081721

[01:07] !image cat
[01:07] http://homepages.cwi.nl/~steven/julian/choclet/cat.jpg | http://www.catfacts.org/cat-picture-full.jpg | http://www.iacuc.arizona.edu/training/c ... loseup.jpg | http://visual.merriam-webster.com/image ... breeds.jpg[01:07] !fight cat vs dog
[01:07] By results on Google: cat ties with dog on 0!

[01:07] !books Dawkins
[01:07] The Selfish Gene @ http://books.google.com/books?id=WkHO9H ... frontcover | The God Delusion @ http://books.google.com/books?id=XcQnAQAACAAJ | The Ancestor's Tale: a pilgrimage to the dawn of evolution @ http://books.google.com/books?id=ZicUat ... frontcover | The Blind Watchmaker @ http://books.google.com/books?id=C9YwHAAACAAJ

[01:08] !google define: google
[01:08] Google, a popular search engine, is a tool for finding resources on the World Wide Web. Google scans web pages to find instances of the keywords ... @ http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/manuscripts/glossary/ ( http://www.google.com/search?hl=all&q=define:%20google )

[01:08] !google weather 33136
[01:08] Sorry, no search results were found.
[01:08] http://sorry.google.com/sorry/?continue ... er%2B33136

[01:08] !google weather Miami
[01:08] Sorry, no search results were found.
[01:08] http://sorry.google.com/sorry/?continue ... er%2BMiami

[01:08] !google 1 cm in ft
[01:09] Sorry, no search results were found.
[01:09] http://sorry.google.com/sorry/?continue ... %2Bin%2Bft

Statistics: Posted by Alphacarbon — Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:12 am

incith:google :)

2008-06-27T15:07:53-04:00

Seems madwoota is fixing this. I was going to suggest some changes, but checking against his official version... Well, it seems like by looking at the modified date and the script itself appears it was fixed today 6/27/2008..

Statistics: Posted by speechles — Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:07 pm

incith:google :)

2008-06-27T12:20:54-04:00

(@xxx) !g 30 usd to aud
(+xxx) 1

Started happening today, I tried to fix it myself using some regsub's, but it ended up clearing up the whole top bit and just showing normal search results. Anyone point me on the right path?

Statistics: Posted by Neeq — Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:20 pm

incith:google :)

2008-05-29T04:50:57-04:00

yes thanks you, i used the party line! thanks again!

Statistics: Posted by xiownthispla — Thu May 29, 2008 4:50 am

incith:google :)

2008-05-28T21:29:42-04:00

In the party line...either DCC to your bot, or use a telnet client to connect.
Check the ##### BOTNET/DCC/TELNET ##### section in your config, among other things.

Statistics: Posted by Renegade — Wed May 28, 2008 9:29 pm