# hoax.ly documentation

## hoax.ly documentation

- [Hoax.ly Documentation](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/master.md)
- [User Documentation](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/en-user-documentation.md): English user documentation.
- [About](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/en-user-documentation/about.md)
- [General FAQs](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/en-user-documentation/general-faqs.md)
- [Using the hoaxlybot](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/en-user-documentation/using-the-hoax.ly-chatbots.md)
- [Using the hoax.ly Browser Extension](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/en-user-documentation/using-the-hoax.ly-browser-extension.md)
- [Using debunkCMS](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/en-user-documentation/using-debunkcms.md)
- [Terms of Use](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/en-user-documentation/terms-of-use.md)
- [Data Privacy](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/en-user-documentation/data-privacy.md)
- [Developer Documentation](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation.md): This documentation is currently only available in English.
- [hoax.ly technical architecture](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation/hoax.ly-technical-architecture.md)
- [Using the hoax.ly API](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation/using-the-hoax.ly-api.md)
- [Adding new sites to the database](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation/adding-new-sites-to-the-database.md)
- [Normalizing ratings](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation/adding-new-sites-to-the-database/normalizing-ratings.md)
- [Criteria for adding new sources](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation/adding-new-sites-to-the-database/sources-assessments.md)
- [Technical steps to create spiders](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation/adding-new-sites-to-the-database/technical-steps-to-create-spiders.md)
- [1. Setup environment](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation/adding-new-sites-to-the-database/technical-steps-to-create-spiders/setup-environment.md): Author: Luis Rosenstrauch
- [2. Create spider](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation/adding-new-sites-to-the-database/technical-steps-to-create-spiders/2.-create-spider.md): Author: Luis Rosenstrauch
- [3. Run a spider using the hoaxly-scraping-container](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation/adding-new-sites-to-the-database/technical-steps-to-create-spiders/3.-run-a-spider-using-the-hoaxly-scraping-container.md): Author: Luis Rosenstrauch
- [4. Deploy spiders](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation/adding-new-sites-to-the-database/technical-steps-to-create-spiders/4.-deploy-spiders.md): Author: Luis Rosenstrauch
- [Developing/Updating debunkCMS](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation/updating-debunkcms.md)
- [Contributions](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-documentation/contributions.md)
- [Polite scraping](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/polite-scraping.md): This documentation is currently only available in English.
- [Benutzerdokumentation](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/benutzerdokumentation.md): Deutsche Version der Benutzerdokumentation.
- [Über hoax.ly](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/benutzerdokumentation/ueber-hoax.ly.md)
- [FAQs](https://hoaxly.gitbook.io/documentation/benutzerdokumentation/faqs.md)


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