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1. Shard Calculation

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Calculated Shard: 10 (from laksa160)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa010.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://stephenking.com/works/movie/shining.html\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://stephenking.com/works/movie/shining.html\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works\/movie\/shining.html","crawl_time":1775298212,"first_indexed_time":1599811713,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,stephenking!\/works\/movie\/shining.html s443","src_root_hash":"8947942467356614610","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Stephen King | The Shining","meta_descriptions":["The page for Stephen King's Movie: The Shining"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Released\nMay 23rd, 1980\nAvailable Format(s)\nDVD  \/  VHS\nDirector(s)\nStanley Kubrick\nWriter(s)\nStanley Kubrick\nProducer(s)\nWarner Bros. Pictures\nDistributor(s)\nWarner Bros. Pictures\nJack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and their young son Danny (Danny Lloyd) move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired as the winter caretaker. Cut off from civilization for months, Jack hopes to battle alcoholism and uncontrolled rage while writing. Danny's only companion during the long winter is an imaginary friend, Tony (Larry Durkin), who speaks to him and shows him visions of the murdered daughters of a previous caretaker. The hotel's head chef, Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers), warns Danny before he leaves for the winter not to go into Room 237 and explains to Danny that he has the same psychic gift, the \"shining\". The long winter and the evil forces inside the hotel take its toll on Jack with dire consequences when Wendy discovers what Jack has really been working on rather than the novel he claims to have been writing.","attrs_markdown":"[Works](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_4.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_4-dark.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_4-black.png)   [Upcoming](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/upcoming) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_2.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_2-dark.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_2-black.png)   [The Author](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/the-author) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_3.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_3-dark.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_3-black.png)   [News](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/news) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_4.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_4-dark.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_4-black.png)   [FAQ](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/faq) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_9.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_9-dark.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_9-black.png)   [The Dark Tower](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/darktower) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_5.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_5-dark.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_5-black.png)\n\n[Works](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_4.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_4-dark.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_4-black.png)   [Upcoming](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/upcoming) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_2.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_2-dark.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_2-black.png)   [The Author](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/the-author) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_3.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_3-dark.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_3-black.png)   [News](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/news) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_4.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_4-dark.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_4-black.png)   [FAQ](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/faq) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_9.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_9-dark.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_9-black.png)   [The Dark Tower](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/darktower) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_5.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_5-dark.png) ![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/line_5-black.png)\n\n[Works](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works) [Upcoming](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/upcoming) [The Author](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/the-author) [News](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/news) [FAQ](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/faq) [The Dark Tower](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/darktower)\n\nWorks\n\n[Synopsis](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works\/movie\/shining.html#synopsis)[Notes](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works\/movie\/shining.html#notes)[Images](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works\/movie\/shining.html#alt-covers)[Links](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works\/movie\/shining.html#links)[Related Work](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works\/movie\/shining.html#related-works)[Discussion](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works\/movie\/shining.html#discussion)\n\n![The Shining Art](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/us_prop_embed.jpg)\n\n[Works](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works) \/ [Movies](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works\/movie)\n\n# The Shining\n![The Shining Art](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/us_prop_embed.jpg)\n\nReleased\n\nMay 23rd, 1980\n\nAvailable Format(s)\n\nDVD \/ VHS\n\nDirector(s)\n\nStanley Kubrick\n\nWriter(s)\n\nStanley Kubrick\n\nProducer(s)\n\nWarner Bros. Pictures\n\nDistributor(s)\n\nWarner Bros. Pictures\n\nJack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and their young son Danny (Danny Lloyd) move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired as the winter caretaker. Cut off from civilization for months, Jack hopes to battle alcoholism and uncontrolled rage while writing. Danny's only companion during the long winter is an imaginary friend, Tony (Larry Durkin), who speaks to him and shows him visions of the murdered daughters of a previous caretaker. The hotel's head chef, Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers), warns Danny before he leaves for the winter not to go into Room 237 and explains to Danny that he has the same psychic gift, the \"shining\". The long winter and the evil forces inside the hotel take its toll on Jack with dire consequences when Wendy discovers what Jack has really been working on rather than the novel he claims to have been writing.\n\n## Images\n![The Shining Movie](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/us2.jpg)\n\nMovie  \nUS\n\n![The Shining Movie](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/us3.jpg)\n\nMovie  \nUS\n\n![The Shining Movie](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/us4_.jpg)\n\nMovie  \nUS\n\n![The Shining Movie](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/sw.jpg)\n\nMovie  \nSweden\n\n![The Shining Movie](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/ne.jpg)\n\nMovie  \nNetherlands\n\n![The Shining Movie](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/ja.jpg)\n\nMovie  \nJapan\n\n![The Shining Movie](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/es.jpg)\n\nMovie  \nSpanish\n\n![The Shining Movie](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/dn.jpg)\n\nMovie  \nDenmark\n\n![The Shining Movie](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/de.jpg)\n\nMovie  \nGermany\n\n![The Shining Movie](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/au.jpg)\n\nMovie  \nAustralia\n\n![The Shining VHS](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/home_video\/vhs.jpg)\n\nVHS\n\n![The Shining DVD](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/home_video\/dvd.jpg)\n\nDVD\n\n![The Shining DVD](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/home_video\/sp_dvd.jpg)\n\nDVD  \nSpecial Edition\n\n![The Shining Blu-ray](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/home_video\/blu_dvd.jpg)\n\nBlu-ray\n\n![The Shining DVD](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/home_video\/hd_dvd.jpg)\n\nDVD  \nHD DVD\n\n‹\n\n›\n\n## Links\n[![The Shining on IMDB](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/icons\/imdb.png) The IMDB Page for The Shining](http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0081505\/)\n\n## Related Works\n[![Related Work: Novel Shining, The](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/books\/shining\/hardcover_prop_embed.jpg) Shining, The (Novel)](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works\/novel\/shining.html)\n\n‹\n\n›\n\n[The Author](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/the-author)   [News](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/news)   [FAQs](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/faq)   [Contact](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/contact)   [Newsletter](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/?scroll=newsletter-signup)   [Miscellaneous](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/misc)   [The Dark Tower](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/darktower)   [All Works](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works)   [Upcoming](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/upcoming)   [New Releases](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/new-releases)   [Dollar Babies](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/dollar-baby)\n\n© Copyright © 2000 - 2026 Stephen King - All Rights Reserved.\n\n[Privacy Policy](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/privacy)\n\n![](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/piwik\/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1)\n\n[![Toggle Dark Mode Color Scheme](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/assets\/images\/beams.png)](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/works\/movie\/shining.html)\n\n© Copyright © 2000 - 2020 Stephen King - All Rights Reserved.\n\n[Privacy Policy](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/privacy)","attrs_readable_markdown":"![The Shining Art](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/us_prop_embed.jpg)\n\n![The Shining Art](https:\/\/stephenking.com\/images\/movies\/theatrical_movie\/the_shining\/us_prop_embed.jpg) Released May 23rd, 1980 Available Format(s) DVD \/ VHS Director(s) Stanley Kubrick Writer(s) Stanley Kubrick Producer(s) Warner Bros. Pictures Distributor(s) Warner Bros. Pictures\n\nJack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and their young son Danny (Danny Lloyd) move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired as the winter caretaker. Cut off from civilization for months, Jack hopes to battle alcoholism and uncontrolled rage while writing. Danny's only companion during the long winter is an imaginary friend, Tony (Larry Durkin), who speaks to him and shows him visions of the murdered daughters of a previous caretaker. The hotel's head chef, Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers), warns Danny before he leaves for the winter not to go into Room 237 and explains to Danny that he has the same psychic gift, the \"shining\". The long winter and the evil forces inside the hotel take its toll on Jack with dire consequences when Wendy discovers what Jack has really been working on rather than the novel he claims to have been writing.","meta_canonical":null}

3. Robots.txt Check

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4. Spam/Ban Check

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5. Seen Status Check

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INDEXABLE

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CRAWLED

8 days ago

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ROBOTS ALLOWED

Page Info Filters

Filter	Status	Condition	Details
HTTP status	PASS	`download_http_code = 200`	HTTP 200
Age cutoff	PASS	`download_stamp > now() - 6 MONTH`	0.3 months ago
History drop	PASS	`isNull(history_drop_reason)`	No drop reason
Spam/ban	PASS	`fh_dont_index != 1 AND ml_spam_score = 0`	ml_spam_score=0
Canonical	PASS	`meta_canonical IS NULL OR = '' OR = src_unparsed`	Not set

Page Details

Property	Value
URL	https://stephenking.com/works/movie/shining.html
Last Crawled	2026-04-04 10:23:32 (8 days ago)
First Indexed	2020-09-11 08:08:33 (5 years ago)
HTTP Status Code	200
Meta Title	Stephen King \| The Shining
Meta Description	The page for Stephen King's Movie: The Shining
Meta Canonical	null
Boilerpipe Text	Released May 23rd, 1980 Available Format(s) DVD / VHS Director(s) Stanley Kubrick Writer(s) Stanley Kubrick Producer(s) Warner Bros. Pictures Distributor(s) Warner Bros. Pictures Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and their young son Danny (Danny Lloyd) move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired as the winter caretaker. Cut off from civilization for months, Jack hopes to battle alcoholism and uncontrolled rage while writing. Danny's only companion during the long winter is an imaginary friend, Tony (Larry Durkin), who speaks to him and shows him visions of the murdered daughters of a previous caretaker. The hotel's head chef, Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers), warns Danny before he leaves for the winter not to go into Room 237 and explains to Danny that he has the same psychic gift, the "shining". The long winter and the evil forces inside the hotel take its toll on Jack with dire consequences when Wendy discovers what Jack has really been working on rather than the novel he claims to have been writing.
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Pictures Distributor(s) Warner Bros. Pictures Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and their young son Danny (Danny Lloyd) move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired as the winter caretaker. Cut off from civilization for months, Jack hopes to battle alcoholism and uncontrolled rage while writing. Danny's only companion during the long winter is an imaginary friend, Tony (Larry Durkin), who speaks to him and shows him visions of the murdered daughters of a previous caretaker. The hotel's head chef, Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers), warns Danny before he leaves for the winter not to go into Room 237 and explains to Danny that he has the same psychic gift, the "shining". The long winter and the evil forces inside the hotel take its toll on Jack with dire consequences when Wendy discovers what Jack has really been working on rather than the novel he claims to have been writing. ## Images ![The Shining Movie](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/us2.jpg) Movie US ![The Shining Movie](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/us3.jpg) Movie US ![The Shining Movie](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/us4_.jpg) Movie US ![The Shining Movie](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/sw.jpg) Movie Sweden ![The Shining Movie](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/ne.jpg) Movie Netherlands ![The Shining Movie](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/ja.jpg) Movie Japan ![The Shining Movie](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/es.jpg) Movie Spanish ![The Shining Movie](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/dn.jpg) Movie Denmark ![The Shining Movie](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/de.jpg) Movie Germany ![The Shining Movie](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/au.jpg) Movie Australia ![The Shining VHS](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/home_video/vhs.jpg) VHS ![The Shining DVD](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/home_video/dvd.jpg) DVD ![The Shining DVD](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/home_video/sp_dvd.jpg) DVD Special Edition ![The Shining Blu-ray](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/home_video/blu_dvd.jpg) Blu-ray ![The Shining DVD](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/home_video/hd_dvd.jpg) DVD HD DVD ‹ › ## Links [![The Shining on IMDB](https://stephenking.com/assets/images/icons/imdb.png) The IMDB Page for The Shining](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/) ## Related Works [![Related Work: Novel Shining, The](https://stephenking.com/images/books/shining/hardcover_prop_embed.jpg) Shining, The (Novel)](https://stephenking.com/works/novel/shining.html) ‹ › [The Author](https://stephenking.com/the-author) [News](https://stephenking.com/news) [FAQs](https://stephenking.com/faq) [Contact](https://stephenking.com/contact) [Newsletter](https://stephenking.com/?scroll=newsletter-signup) [Miscellaneous](https://stephenking.com/misc) [The Dark Tower](https://stephenking.com/darktower) [All Works](https://stephenking.com/works) [Upcoming](https://stephenking.com/upcoming) [New Releases](https://stephenking.com/new-releases) [Dollar Babies](https://stephenking.com/dollar-baby) © Copyright © 2000 - 2026 Stephen King - All Rights Reserved. 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Readable Markdown	![The Shining Art](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/us_prop_embed.jpg) ![The Shining Art](https://stephenking.com/images/movies/theatrical_movie/the_shining/us_prop_embed.jpg) Released May 23rd, 1980 Available Format(s) DVD / VHS Director(s) Stanley Kubrick Writer(s) Stanley Kubrick Producer(s) Warner Bros. Pictures Distributor(s) Warner Bros. Pictures Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and their young son Danny (Danny Lloyd) move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired as the winter caretaker. Cut off from civilization for months, Jack hopes to battle alcoholism and uncontrolled rage while writing. Danny's only companion during the long winter is an imaginary friend, Tony (Larry Durkin), who speaks to him and shows him visions of the murdered daughters of a previous caretaker. The hotel's head chef, Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers), warns Danny before he leaves for the winter not to go into Room 237 and explains to Danny that he has the same psychic gift, the "shining". The long winter and the evil forces inside the hotel take its toll on Jack with dire consequences when Wendy discovers what Jack has really been working on rather than the novel he claims to have been writing.
Shard	10 (laksa)
Root Hash	8947942467356614610
Unparsed URL	com,stephenking!/works/movie/shining.html s443