btglibsys / ezproxy-db

Database of URLs from institutions using proxy servers, like EZproxy.

Library Proxy URL Database

• Author: Tom Wambold [email protected]
• Copyright © 2022 Tom Wambold
• URL: https://libproxy-db.org/

Collection of proxy URLs from various libraries and institutions using software, like EZproxy. Can be used with the Google Chrome Extension or Mozilla Firefox Extension.

This database is also accessible in JSON format. Also, the code for the browser extensions is available on GitHub.

Contributing

To contribute your institution's proxy URL, or to update an existing entry, edit the database and create a pull request. Any questions or comments can be posted on the discussions board.

What Changed?

This used to be a Python app hosted on Google App Engine. The code for that is available on the appengine branch. I decided to simplify this and just generate a static site with Hugo. The database is also just a single static JSON file. This makes the site super-easy to host anywhere, and can be served quickly.

Also, will be easier to use GitHub's collaboration features to track and vet changes to the database and add co-maintainers, without having to implement that with code. Users can use GitHub's built-in editor to edit the database and submit a pull request, without using Git directly.