Can they see the source code?

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A hypothetical situation...
Let's say that YOU are a Huge company, with Lots of available money to pay programmers for Anything.
I am a little guy, and I have a Python script that scrapes data from Your website.
You do Not want me to do that scraping.
Is there a way for You to see the source code of my Python script, as it is running?
(Hypothetically, of course...)
Thanks.
WFmark51
#programming #code #source
  • Sure they can find a way if they really want to.
  • Crap. Not what I wanted to hear, but... Thanks for the reply, Clarity.
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    • No reason to be alarmed Clarity design is wrong. A scraper is NOT like a HTML page. The script can be blocked but it CAN NOT be read.

      Thats like saying because you send an email from an email program like Outlook the receiver can see the source code of the email program.

      There are ways a site can tell if you are using a script but thats because of how the script works NOT because the source code is accessible.

      generally to avoid these red flags your scraper should be able to use different IP proxies, use timers - have the right headers and use the rght browser mode.
      • [ 1 ] Thanks
  • it cannot be read unfortunately
  • The scraper just requests an html from their servers (like a browser) and reads the data.
    They can ban you if they feel that you post too many requests.If they have ways to determine bot like behavior they can ban you.Bot not more than that.
  • I don't think there's any way for them to know. Unless they physically get access to your computer.
  • I actually downloaded my own PHP page one time and I could not see the source code.

    Rick
  • In PHP, there is none thing that can be hidden, if someone really wants to know the source code yet it can't be an easy task for anyone to see the source code neither matter how professional or knowledgeable able he was.
  • With PHP you encode it with IonCube or Zen, but there always ways to decode it. Will work will the normal end user but not with someone who knows what it is doing
  • When I wrote my first ClickBank affiliate script I was very concerned about theft. So I put it in an iframe and then I encrypted the iframe link with JavaScript.

    Now as I've gotten better with PHP I'm not as concerned about security because my scripts keep improving anyway.

    Rick
  • no python code can not be read
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    Can they see the source code?

    A hypothetical situation... Let's say that YOU are a Huge company, with Lots of available money to pay programmers for Anything. I am a little guy, and I have a Python script that scrapes data from Your website.