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Scrapers won't be stopped by needing an account; in the recent discussion [0] about this, someone mentioned that there's even a JSON API you can use - by append
by spaqin 28d ago
Scrapers won't be stopped by needing an account; in the recent discussion [0] about this, someone mentioned that there's even a JSON API you can use - by appending .json to any post! It's to drive engagement... for the advertisers. They gotta keep the valuation up after the IPO.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015533 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015533
- operatingthetan 28d agoWell ya, but they have written posts to mods explaining that their long term goal is to limit scraping.
- dom96 27d agoI exposed this JSON API in the same style as their original API at api.reddiw.com and they banned my account without warning. I explicitly included my reddit username in the user-agent so that they could reach out if they had a problem with it. Nope, straight to banning my decade old account. The company has turned evil sadly.
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