Anon CoderJul 11, 2024

Unofficial Reddit API

https://discuss.online/post/9591851

Unofficial Reddit API - Discuss Online

I am making a Unofficial Reddit API, which mimics the official one. Its early days, but I would like to have a discussion here about it since my post was blocked on reddit(of course). Let me know what you think of the project, if you have any input, let me know.

Show threadEmily (she/her)Jul 11, 2024
Is there a reason you’re scraping data rather than attaching a network sniffer/reverse engineering the official apps and documenting the results? Or map the RSS feed to an API? The main thrust behind my comment is that I think scraping is pretty fragile, so I’m interested as to why other options are infeasible.
Show threadthe post of tom joadJul 11, 2024

Wouldn’t those other options be C&D’d?

*I am a layman

Show threadnyanJul 11, 2024
This is likely to be C&D’d as well if it ever reaches the point where it does anything useful (remember, reddit doesn’t need grounds that would hold up in court to send a C&D).
Show threadAnon Coder
Don’t worry, it won’t be a problem. I have taken reasonable measures to ensure my anonymity. and also you can’t really kill free/libre software easily anyways.
Jul 11, 2024 at 1:50pmWeb
Show threadEnorilJul 11, 2024
You are using github so i doubt it is really the case.
Show threadGrimyJul 11, 2024
It’s only mirrored on GitHub.
Show threadEnorilJul 12, 2024
I know, he is also hosted on a german association with the same id. Both github and the association will have to follow the laws anyways.