IMDB API

[Tango]

One of my sites uses alexa API. Until yesterday it returned Global Rank, now even alexa toolbar wont always show results.

The old Free API, doesn't show global rank

http://data.alexa.com/data?cli=10&url=wjunction.com

I tried scraping alexa.com for the info but they block everything tells you to goto

https://aws.amazon.com/alexa/

I signed up, sorted API etc. but there example script doesn't always return Global Rank

Action=UrlInfo&Count=10&ResponseGroup=Rank%2CContactInfo%2CLinksInCount&SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256&SignatureVersion=2&Start=1&Timestamp=2016-03-12T00%3A16%3A56.000Z&Url=dirtywarez.org Phone Number: Owner Name: Email: Street: City: State: Postal Code: Country: Links In Count: 58 Rank: 


.

https://aws.amazon.com/code/AWIS
Has anyone got Alexa info working since yesterday?

 

[MWT]

First I think you should correct the object

Our server read Alexa data daily and currently is working fine.
We have made a vb.net app which download and parse the data.
You have to use the webclient object to download it and, then, parse the page.
Here is a fast example of the webclient object:

Dim t_Alexa As String = t_site_url.Replace("http://", "").Replace("https://", "").Replace("www.", "")

If t_Alexa.Contains("/") Then
t_Alexa = Strings.Left(t_Alexa, Strings.InStr(t_Alexa, "/") - 1)
End If

t_alexa_url = "http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/" & t_Alexa

Try
Dim t_WebClient As WebClient = New WebClient()
Dim t_Buffer As String = Nothing

t_Buffer = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(t_WebClient.DownloadData(t_alexa_url))

Else
label_errmsg.Text = " | Cannot download Alexa data"
End If
Catch ex As Exception
label_errmsg.Text = " | Cannot download Alexa data: " & ex.Message
End Try

The get the rank, just search for:
data-cat="globalRank"
class=""metrics-data

the rank is between ">" and "<"

 

[Tango]

I contacted alexa, they confirmed they had a outage.

 

[Ranchvapour]

Please change the thread title.