Adam H. Sparks

Not just you, I've confirmed it locally as well.

Just to clarify, are you using _bomrang_ in your codebase?

I just tested. using the current version of _bomrang_'s user agent string: ```r options(HTTPUserAgent = paste0("{bomrang} R package (", utils::packageVersion("bomrang"), ") https://github.com/ropensci/bomrang")) ``` returns a "Error 403 forbidden" using: ```r...

@rensa and I are discussing some options. That's certainly one. We also discussed caching the station lists as the other functions do as well.

The historical resource URLs are all HTTP requests as well, now that I look further.

Since it's just HTTP requests, so far, that are being blocked in the package by BOM. I wonder, is there some statement that we've missed that this isn't allowable by...

OK, there is this: >You are entitled to use material on Bureau websites in accordance with the applicable terms above, noting that material such as Water Data is generally available...

Ah, OK, well I guess that's good to know that bit of added information. We're not seeing that with the R requests, only that it's forbidden suddenly with no warning...

I'm with @deanmarchiori on both items, @jonocarroll, what say ye about the modification to `get_historical()`? It all sounds like a nice addition. We're happy to have PRs here. That's basically...

I've worked with Peter (one of the _cropgrowdays_ authors), nice to see that _bomrang_ was acknowledged. I was thinking that _bomrang_ already exists and ~~has~~ had facilities for fetching historical...