HappUpon’s event bot

Our user agent

whaleshark-bot/1.0 (+https://happupon.com/bot)

What we collect

We collect event facts only: titles, dates and times, venues or addresses, cost, and registration details. Listings credit the organization and link to its event page. We do not republish descriptions or marketing copy.

How often we visit

We read each calendar about once a day, with at least 60 seconds between requests to the same host. We wait longer when robots.txt asks us to.

How to opt out

To stop the bot, add this rule to your robots.txt file. It takes effect at our next robots.txt recheck. You can also email [email protected] to stop collection and request removal of your listings.

User-agent: whaleshark-bot
Disallow: /

We also honor robots.txt rules for our former name, whaleshark-scraper, so existing opt-outs still apply.

Contact HappUpon

For questions, corrections, or opt-out requests, email us: [email protected]