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There is no proper API, IIRC. All those clients scrape the website.
by cosarara97 9y ago
There is no proper API, IIRC. All those clients scrape the website.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThere is (or at least was) an API, AFAIK read-only though. I still don't see why one couldn't combine the API and scrapping to get a full read/write interface going.
- krapp 9y agoWouldn't that require you to give a random site your login to post on your behalf?
- TeMPOraL 9y agoIt would. Whether you should is another thing entirely. I'm asking why noone seems to even offer the option?
- krapp 9y agoI can't speak for anyone else, but if it were me, I wouldn't expect anyone to trust me enough to use it, so why bother?
- davidcbc 9y agoPeople likely would use it. It's a HN account, not a bank account.
- krapp 9y agoYes, but they shouldn't. Even though I have no ill intent and it's just an account on a silly web forum, they shouldn't and it would make me sad if they did.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoSome of those are apps. Apps should be fine to use those accounts, as they should not contact anything else than HN and HN's API. But I guess the only way to be sure is to write one yourself.
- dewey 9y agoMiniHack on iOS let's you post and vote if you login through the app.
- yeukhon 9y agoOr better: why can't HN developers please work on API? Probably brcause building one takes too much effort.... and they don't see reasons to develop one.