[tor-relays] Script to get top relays, AS and countries weights

[delber]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:10:42PM +0200, Karsten Loesing wrote:
> Yes, we should put this script in a Git repository.  How about we put it
> in metrics-tasks.git for now?  The script is related to #6329, so we
> could create a new directory task-6329/ and put the script and a README
> in there.  I can do that, or you can clone metrics-tasks.git, make a
> commit, and tell me from where to pull.

Please pull from <git://repo.or.cz/tor-metrics-tasks/delber.git>.

> I'd like to add a link to the script to Onionoo's project page as an
> example for useful applications using its data.  Do you mind if I do that?

Not at all! :)
 
> Here are two suggestions for tweaking the script a bit:
> 
>  - Would it make sense to add a COUNT parameter to all outputs with a
> default of, say, 10?  Also, should results be sorted in descending
> order?  I guess most people are interested in countries/ASes/relays that
> are picked by clients most often.  Maybe the "top" option should then be
> renamed to "relays" when all options have a COUNT parameter.
> 
>  - Instead of downloading the full /details file, you could use this
> link: https://onionoo.torproject.org/details?type=relay&running=true.
> You're only interested in running relays anyway, and this cuts down the
> download from 5.8M to 2.8M.  Maybe add the curl command to the usage
> output, too, for the lazy people who don't open source files.

Sound suggestions. All implemented.

-- 
delber
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