[OSM-talk] Overpass XAPI URL Status

[mmd]

Hi!


Am 14.09.2016 um 09:30 schrieb Bryce Nesbitt:
> I help support a large company that uses OSM data, pulled via a specific
> query at  xxxx://www.overpass-api.de/api/xapi
> <http://www.overpass-api.de/api/xapi>. This query runs about once a month.

xapi endpoint is the only service that is blocked right now. That's due
to one particular mobile app firing off excessive amounts of queries.
Details are also known to the OSMF board.

You basically have two options at this time:

a) Use xapi_meta instead of xapi endpoint
b) Migrate your xapi query to Overpass XML / QL, see [1]

> 
> It recently stopped working apparently because of a hack and because of
> bogus querys:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/status

There was no hack in the first place. Reinstalling the server was rather
a precautionary measure.

> The comment is "I'll restore /api/xapi when this problematic access
> pattern has ceased."

The situation was last described in this ticket:

https://github.com/drolbr/Overpass-API/issues/313

I assume Roland will restore access to the xapi endpoint once that
particular app ceases to send significant amounts of queries.

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[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/XAPI_Compatibility_Layer