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>Apparently that's because Hacker News has blocked his API. Does anyone know if this is actually the case? http://api.ihackernews.com http://api.ihackernews.co

• ronnier 16y ago
  I took down the site after YC blocked my IP address. I believe it was blocked as a result of increased usage from the explosion in traffic, resulting in some really heavy usage of the API. My guess is that YC's software did this automatically to prevent abuse. In addition, many folks weren't happy with me distributing the HN database. So there really wasn't a reason to keep it up. I'm going to rework the API such that it will work within the boundary of an acceptable scrapping rate. I'm not putting the database back up.
  • ajg1977 16y ago
    That's a real shame, I was thinking of building something on it too. I wish there was a way to get HN pages in simple JSON/XML.
    • ronnier 16y ago
      That's exactly what my API did. JSON, JSONP, and XML for pages, comments, profiles.
    • dekz 16y ago
      Yeah, I was in the midst of playing with Gosu and thought about playing with it to get HN posts from the API. Sadly it went down.
  • daxelrod 16y ago
    Thank you for the confirmation. Will the ihackernews browser interface remain active? I hope so, because I love it and use it every day. Whether or not it will, thank you so much for creating it, as well as the API!
    • davewiner 16y ago
      That was the point of my piece. Ronnie has done some great work, and deserves all our gratitude.
    • ronnier 16y ago
      Thanks, I appreciate it. Yes, it will remain up unless I'm told by PG to take it down :)
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  • ig1 16y ago
    How about putting the database back up without the comments ?
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