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It sounds like they worked out the URL format, which included a sequentially increasing id for each post, and then started pulling URLs starting at 0.
by bloat 6y ago
It sounds like they worked out the URL format, which included a sequentially increasing id for each post, and then started pulling URLs starting at 0.
- samizdis 6y ago> A key reason for her success: Parler’s site was a mess. Its public API used no authentication. When users deleted their posts, the site failed to remove the content and instead only added a delete flag to it. Oh, and each post carried a numerical ID that was incremented from the ID of the most recently published one. From the Arstechnica article: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/01/parlers-amateur-coding-could-come-back-to-haunt-capitol-hill-rioters/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/01/parle... As discussed on this HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25747395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25747395
- awb 6y ago> each post carried a numerical ID that was incremented from the ID of the most recently published one Sounds like a Rails scaffold. Any details on the tech stack they were using?