i started working on this after Reddit’s announcement about their API being paywalled. It still works lol

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    1 year ago

    This isn’t a tool for a denial-of-service attack, which is what you are describing. It is a tool for stealing reddit data without having to pay for the API.

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        1 year ago

        I guess there is none. I just didn’t build it for DoS purposes heehee

        To actually cause any meaningful interruption, you are going to need an entire botnet to spam requests at reddit.

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        I’m sure they have automated requests detection and will put your IP on a cooldown, API or no API.

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          You would be surprised. As long as you are using an approved User-Agent and are handling cookies correctly, it is pretty easy to scrape endlessly.