Changelog of AmputatorBot

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmputatorBot/comments/ch9fxp/changelog_of_amputatorbot/

created by Killed_Mufasa on 24/07/2019 at 15:13 UTC*

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1: https://github.com/KilledMufasa/AmputatorBot#readme

4.1.3 (25/06/2023)

• I've rewritten the FAQ, About & Why for better readability. I removed images and videos because I have to edit the post in markdown now (I think it's a bug with the fancy pants editor)
• I've stopped taking crypto donations for environmental reasons. If you still want to donate crypto, donate it to our friends in Ukraine[2] instead.

4.1.2 (29/05/2023)

• AmputatorBot on Twitter is no longer in use: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmputatorBot/comments/13uciia/amputatorbot%5C_saluting%5C_1k%5C_members%5C_and%5C_waving%5C_off/[3][4]

4.1.1 (10/04/2022)

• Fixed: Some domains like `bandcamp.com`, `progonlymusic.com` , `spotify.com` and `youtube.com` would produce false positives *exclusively*. These domains are no longer getting incorrectly marked as AMP links.

4.1.0 (03/04/2022)

• AmputatorBot is now active site-wide instead of in a select number of subreddits (should reduce the need for mentions)

4.0.2 (18/11/2021)

• Fixed: When being summoned to an item to an item with a faulty or redundant link, DMs will now be correctly send again

4.0.1 (16/11/2021)

• Fixed: Contributor statuses will now be correctly registered
• Fixed: Invalid transactions will now be rollbacked when using database caching
• Fixed: Redundant spacing in comment footer

4.0 (08/11/2021)

• See announcement post[5]
• Added API-support
• Enabled database-caching and back-up for finding canonicals
• By default, meta-redirect, guess-and-check and database canonical finding methods will now only run if other methods fail to find the canonical in the first run
• Refactored a lot of stuff under-the-hood to be more clean, maintainable and accurate

3.5 (29/10/2021)

• Automatically collect subs with approved/contributor status
• Use these statuses to select additional subs to run the bot in
• Updated README.md & added a requirement list of Python packages

3.4 (26/10/2021)

• Added a new canonical method 'meta-redirect' for certain ampproject links

3.3 (26/11/2020)

• Added a new option online: Redirect, which automatically redirects the user to the first found canonical
• Made canonicals clickable and stand-out more

3.2.1 (10/11/2020)

• Did a rework of the FAQ
• Made AmputatorBot Lite (Twitter) run 24/7

3.2 (03/11/2020)

• Added a new option on AmputatorBot.com[6] to generate and copy comments similar to the ones from AmputatorBot, so that you can post them yourselves. More info here[7].
• Made it possible to set options as parameters the URL
• The parameters will be updated once the form gets submitted
• Changes DM templates to add info about this new feature and a quick link to use it
• Made some minor changes to the design

3.1 (22/08/2020)

• Added support for AmputatorBot's new API and Tweets (both WIP) (discontinued)
• Refined some logic, variables and other stuff

3.0.2 (04/08/2020)

• Made AMP-canonicals exclusive to cached AMP pages
• Changed DM templates

3.0.1 (03/08/2020)

• Tweaked some colours and fixed layout issues on AmputatorBot.com[8]
• Changed order of comment template
• Fixed bug that caused not all cached AMP pages to be recognized as such
• Simplified who/what assigner
• Fixed bug that caused opt-out and opt-back-in actions to fail
• Moved some things from .gitignore to .git/info/exclude

3.0 (01/08/2020)

• A major rewrite of AmputatorBot, check out the entire changelog here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmputatorBot/comments/i1wruh/amputatorbot%5C_v30%5C_better%5C_bot/[9][10]

2.1 (20/06/2020)

• When you summon the bot or online for a domain that AmputatorBot doesn't work with (e.g. because it's blocking bots), you'll now receive a more detailed error message to reflect this
• Minor changes and bugfixes

2.0.1 (06/05/2020)

• Did a major rewrite of the about AMP part of the FAQ

2.0.0 (21/04/2020)

• Changed servers from EU to US to reduce geo-blocking errors
• Added database logging (logs the time of the conversion, amp_url, canonical_url and source) for debugging purposes
• Removed optional setting of AmputatorBot.com to choose a version

1.9.4 (19/04/2020)

• Added an optional setting on AmputatorBot.com to use the 2.0 BETA version of AmputatorBot (only back-end changes)

1.9.3 (15/04/2020)

• AmputatorBot may now interact with subreddits with anti-bot-bots if the subreddit gets added to the allowed_subreddits list (only with moderator approval)

1.9.2 (09/03/2020)

• When summoned in a subreddit moderated by an anti-bot-bot, no comment will be made, you'll receive a DM with the canonical URL instead
• Fixed underflow bug

1.9.1 (07/02/2020)

• Launched a new method to get more canonicals (both bot and website)
• Fixed bugs & other small stuff
• Changed "This page is even entirely hosted on Google's servers (!)" to "This page is even fully hosted by Google (!)"

1.9 (28/02/2020)

• AmputatorBot can now find amp links in text-based submissions too
• DMs will now include a direct link to the reply made by AmputatorBot (if it made one)

1.8.1 (16/02/2020)

• In some subreddits, the NP (No-Participation) subdomain will now be used
• Fixed a bug that would prevent DMs from being send (sorry!)
• Improved some code
• Changed README.txt on GitHub

1.8 (09/02/2020)

• Major rewrite[11] of code stuff (code is now much more dynamic and easier maintained)
• Switched to comment stream instead of limit (should reduce issues with rate limits, I'll be monitoring the result carefully)
• Upped 'depth' of scraping by one (to find more canonical urls)

1.7.5 (28/01/2020)

• Changed comment template to be less intrusive (~~is a major threat~~ -> is threatening)
• Changed "you shared a Google AMP link" to "you shared an Amp link"
• Added note: " This page is even entirely hosted on Google's servers (!). " if the Amp link is either from `google.com/amp` or `ampproject.org`.
• With the above changes, I hope to prevent the spread of misinformation and encourage a discussion based on facts instead of gut feelings
• Added and removed subreddits

1.7.4 (15/01/2020)

• Further improvements to the code to be able to do this:
• If you summon the bot in a subreddit where it's banned, you'll receive a DM with the canonical URL(s) you requested.

1.7.3 (12/01/2020)

• If the canonical url uses amp as well, the canonical url of the canonical url is used
• Changed a lot of stuff under the hood to improve the readability, the maintainability and the trustworthiness or AmputatorBot.

1.7.2 (11/01/2020)

• Added another way to get the canonical link (scanning for `a class='amp-canurl'`, this fixes frequent errors with `google.com/amp` URLs
• Changed the user-agents to mobile Chrome ones to prevent redirects when scraping the AMP page

1.7.1 (08/01/2020)

• Cleaned up a lot of code to be less spaghetti-ish
• Fixed a bug where links stacked with comma's would cause erros
• Improved debug-info and added additional error info in DMs

1.7 (01/01/2020)

• Added the option to convert AMPs like this: https://www.amputatorbot.com/?https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1064856[12][13]
• When mentioned, the bot's DM will now include custom links like the one above so that you can convert (or try) it again, with more debug-info.
• Fixed a bug where submitting non-AMP URLs to AmputatorBot.com[14] would show 500-errors
• Fixed a recursion bug if an error was raised when using a custom link
• Changed markdown of the canonical URLs from `**amp.example.com**` to `**[amp.example.com](amp.example.com)**` to fix markdown bugs in 3rd-party apps

1.6 (16/12/2019)

• www.AmputatorBot.com[15] is live! See the announcement post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmputatorBot/comments/eb6uwi/introducing%5C_wwwamputatorbotcom%5C_remove%5C_amp%5C_in%5C_just/[16][17]
• Changed the comment template based on user feedback
• Removed and added subreddits

1.5 (26/09/2019)

• You can now opt out! (And opt back in if you regret doing so)
• Cleaned up the code

1.4 (01/09/2019)

• Under the hood stuff:
• Now using the Pylint guidelines
• Tabs are now Spaces!
• Debugging is now done using logging()
• The filenames have been changed
• The user-agents have been hidden
• And much more (just see the commit here[18])
• Slightly different comment and PM templates
• Made the 'summoned by' part bold. Because you beautiful people deserve recognition your good work.

1.3.5 (11/08/2019)

• FIXED: Bug that would cause 403-errors (especially when getting summoned)
• Switched from Urllib to Requests
• Changed headers and implemented randomization of user-agents
• Slightly different PM templates

1.3.4 (01/08/2019)

• Changes to the way AmputatorBot handles summons[19]
• The bot will now reply directly to the comment or submission containing the AMP link when summoned
• This reply will contain a backlink to the comment where the bot was summoned
• The bot will send you a personal message if the bot did it's job successfully
• The bot will also send you a personal message if the bot could - for whatever reason - not deliver
• Slightly different sign-off

1.3.3 (28/07/2019)

• Under the hood: bugfixes, performance upgrades, better code readability
• Removed the public list of allowed and forbidden subreddits to prevent doxing and act in accordance to the robotrules

1.3.2 (24/07/2019)

• Amp pages using `=amp` and `amp=` in the url are now recognized as such
• The default reply has been reduced by 111 characters (less spam-ish)
• Made some tweaks to the subreddit for a better overview

1.3.1 (20/07/2019)

• Updated the subreddits
• Amp pages using `?amp` and `amp?` in the url are now recognized as such

1.3.0 (16/07/2019)

• AmputatorBot now works with multiple urls[20]!

1.2.0 (12/07/2019)

• You can now summon the bot, check out how[21]!

1.1.0 (09/07/2019)

• Cleaned up the code a lot
• Hooray: AmputatorBot is now open source[22]! Make sure to check this post[23] before you run anything!

1.0.2 (08/07/2019)

• Updated the subreddits
• FIXED: Bug that would cause the bot to reply multiple times (sorry for the spam!)

1.0.1 (07/07/2019)

• Updated the subreddits
• Decreased the 'sleeping time' with another 60 seconds to make sure no comments are skipped over

1.0.0 (03/07/2019)

• Updated the subreddits
• Submissions are now being scanned
• Top-level comments are being posted
• The bot has migrated to PythonAnywhere[24] and is now running 24/7!

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