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== TCP API (private) ==
== TCP API (private) ==


The TCP API is a special, '''private''' API which provides access to full copies of the AniDB database for offline use.
The TCP API is a special, '''private''' API which provides access to full copies of the AniDB database for off-line use.
Access to the TCP API is only provided on request and with restrictions. Please contact EXP on AniDB for additional information.
Access to the TCP API is only provided on request and with restrictions. Please contact EXP on AniDB for additional information.
Currently the only available TCP API Client is AOM.
Currently the only available TCP API Client is AOM.
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== Mylist Export ==
== Mylist Export ==


A user can export his entire mylist in different formats. Among the supported formats is an XML export. This approach can be used to retrieve and import a large amount of data on files, episodes and animes which are part of the anime collection of a specific user. This is therefore a very good first step to obtain a local data set which can then be used for further work.
A user can export his entire mylist in different formats. Among the supported formats is an XML export. This approach can be used to retrieve and import a large amount of data on files, episodes and anime which are part of the anime collection of a specific user. This is therefore a very good first step to obtain a local data set which can then be used for further work.


see: [[Mylist_export]]
see: [[Mylist_export]]
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= Screen Scraping =
= Screen Scraping =


We would like to ask you not to parse the AniDB html data directly for data extraction pourposes. If your requirements are not covered by the APIs and resources available so far, please feel free to contact us directly.
We would like to ask you not to parse the AniDB html data directly for data extraction purposes. If your requirements are not covered by the APIs and resources available so far, please feel free to contact us directly.


{{eyecatch|Warning:| Issuing too many HTTP requests might get you banned.}}
{{eyecatch|Warning:| Issuing too many HTTP requests might get you banned.}}
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