Re: Ratings and throttling

Ulrich Klauer <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:33:01 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.musicbrainz.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Joe Martinez wrote:

> So, I'm wondering if there's a better (more efficient) way to retrieve all
> of a user's ratings that wouldn't cause throttling issues.  Is there maybe
> an endpoint that would allow me to grab all of the authenticated user's
> ratings at one time (like the musicbrainz.org/user/<USERNAME>/ratings web
> page, but in XML?  If not, any other ideas?

I don't think there is a better way at the moment, unfortunately. It's  
one of the many deficiencies of the current web service.

There is even a feature request that is four years old:  
http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/MBS-1160 (still refers to ws/1)  
So, the only way would be to implement that ticket.

Ulrich