- Updated OpenCollective to use status_code detection (previously used message detection)
- Added Realmeye with message detection
Both sites were previously removed due to false positives but have been verified to work correctly now:
- OpenCollective: Returns 200 for existing profiles, 404 for non-existent
- Realmeye: Shows 'Sorry, but we either:' error message for non-existent players
Tested with known usernames:
- OpenCollective: sindresorhus
- Realmeye: rotmg
Note: PowerShell Gallery was initially included but removed after discovering their /profiles/ endpoint no longer works.
- Added BoardGameGeek back using the new API endpoint suggested by @ppfeister
- Uses https://api.geekdo.com/api/accounts/validate/username?username={} for detection
- errorMsg checks for '"isValid":true' to detect valid usernames
- This approach avoids the previous issues with:
* HTML parsing returning false positives
* User API returning JSON with '[]' substrings that caused detection problems
- Successfully tested with both valid (blue) and invalid usernames
Thanks @ppfeister for the API suggestion and @akh7177 for the initial guidance
Threads was showing false positives for non-existent users because
the error message detection was incorrect.
Updated errorMsg:
- Old: "<title>Threads</title>" (generic, matches valid pages too)
- New: "<title>Threads • Log in</title>" (specific to non-existent users)
When a user doesn't exist, Threads redirects to a login page with the
title "Threads • Log in". Valid user profiles have titles like
"Username (@username) • Threads, Say more".
Tested with:
- Invalid user (impossibleuser12345): Correctly not found
- Valid user (zuck): Correctly found
This fixes the false positive issue where non-existent Threads profiles
were being reported as found.
BoardGameGeek cannot be reliably detected with Sherlock's current capabilities:
- Original HTML detection: Returns false positives
- API endpoint approach: The API returns status 200 for both valid and invalid users
- Invalid user: Returns exactly '[]'
- Valid user: Returns JSON containing '[]' substrings (e.g., "adminBadges":[])
Since Sherlock's 'message' errorType uses substring matching, it incorrectly
identifies valid users as "not found" when checking for '[]' in the response.
The site's API response format is fundamentally incompatible with Sherlock's
detection methods (message/status_code/response_url), so removal is the only
viable solution to prevent false positives and false negatives.
Addresses false positive issue originally reported in testing.
Using the API endpoint suggested by akh7177:
https://api.geekdo.com/api/users?username={}
However, there's an edge case where valid users contain empty arrays
in their JSON response (adminBadges[], userMicrobadges[], supportYears[])
which causes Sherlock's substring matching to incorrectly flag them
as 'not found' when looking for the '[]' error pattern.
The API correctly returns:
- Valid user: JSON object with user data (but contains [] substrings)
- Invalid user: Exactly '[]' (2 characters total)
This needs further refinement to distinguish between the exact '[]'
response vs JSON containing '[]' substrings.
BoardGameGeek returns identical pages for both existing and non-existing
users, making reliable username detection impossible with HTTP-based
methods. The site likely uses JavaScript to load user-specific content
dynamically.
BoardGameGeek changed from /user/{} to /profile/{} URL structure.
Also updated from message to status_code detection as the site
no longer returns clear error messages for non-existent users.
This PR adds AWS Skills Profile to Sherlock’s supported sites in data.json. The configuration uses a unique substring (`shareProfileAccepted":false`) for reliable detection of non-existent usernames, addressing the challenge of JavaScript-rendered error messages.
- Site details and detection logic follow Sherlock’s contributing guidelines and Code of Conduct.
- No changes to core logic; only a new site entry.
- Reviewed for schema compliance and duplicate key cleanup as noted.
Edmond Major III
Paul Pfeister
nour
Debanuj Roy
Faizan Habib
Fandroid745
Dhanush Sugganahalli
Aryan Jain
Matheus Felipe
vivekgaddam
sctech
Derick Kunz
Abhyuday K Hegde
paul_kniaz
Aniket
Manjush Shetty
Manjush S
shreyasNaik0101
manjushsh
dollaransh17
obiwan04kanobi
JongMyeong HAN
Ethan Zhang
JongMyeong HAN