it helps when you don't reference [0] for two separate elements...

crawl.sh

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-cargo run -- https://discord.com 5 | python3 driver.py
+cargo run -- $1 1000 | python3 driver.py

driver.py

@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ async def main():
         # for line in ["https://oliveratkinson.net;->;http://google.com"]:
 
             urls = line.split(";->;")
-            ffrom = urls[0]
-            to= urls[0]
+            ffrom = urls[0].strip()
+            to= urls[1].strip()
 
             to_id = None
             from_id = None
 
-            print(ffrom, "->", to)
+            if (ffrom == to):
+                print('Site has self-reference, ignoring')
+                continue
 
             # FROM
             result = await db.query(f"SELECT id FROM website WHERE url='{ffrom}'")