Accessing the public database?

quantified-uncertainty / metaforecast

Fetch forecasts from prediction markets/forecasting platforms to make them searchable. Integrate these forecasts into other services.

https://metaforecast.org/

MIT License

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Accessing the public database? #105

Open dannnnthemannnn opened 2 months ago

dannnnthemannnn commented 2 months ago

In the README it says:

We also provide a public database, which can be accessed with a script similar to this one. We are also open to integrating our Elasticsearch instance with other trusted services (in addition to Fletcher.)

How does one go about getting access to that? I don't see a link to a public database URL or anything to use with the manualDownload script. Is the best bet to copy this repo and run the data gathering yourself to get the database of forecasting questions? Or is there a way to just read from the public database at a regular interval?

berekuk commented 2 months ago

We've migrated the database to the new cloud provider some time ago and in the new instance the read-only user is not configured yet. Sorry for the outdated docs.

Is it possible for you to use GraphQL API instead?

dannnnthemannnn commented 2 months ago

Yes I can give that a try. I noticed two other things:

It seems like newer polymarket questions are missing at https://metaforecast.org (Ex: https://polymarket.com/event/pavel-durov-leaves-france-by-sep-15?tid=1724974304089)
Have you ever considered capturing open/close/resolution dates and the resolutions? I dont believe those are currently captured.

OAGr commented 2 months ago

Thanks for the thoughts here!

We currently don't have many resources to dedicate to Metaforecast - it's very much a side project from our other things. That said, if it gets more enthusiasm, we'll be keeping it in mind for further development.