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Could you not just request the .json feed whenever you like without limits? ( by appending .json to the reddit URL )
by HarryN 12y ago
Could you not just request the .json feed whenever you like without limits? ( by appending .json to the reddit URL )
- minimaxir 12y agoNote that almost all subreddits only let you travel back 1,000 posts using the .json feed. The exception is /r/all, which had infinite pagination, but the low API limits prevent much usability.
- faizshah 12y agoI'm a little new to this but my understanding is that that would be the same as doing a GET request to the REST API. Which would have the same penalty for going over 30 req/s without an OAuth token. For example, this is what my get request to the REST endpoint looks like without URL parameters: GET reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2w1xzo.json Which returns the same response as appending .json to the the URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2w1xzo/eli5_why_are_people_allowed_to_request_their_face.json https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2w1xzo/e...