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tom_mellior
on Dec 21, 2019
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Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End
Does anyone know what this might mean?
> Unofficial API (no rate limits or developer account required)
It sounds brittle.
scrollaway
on Dec 21, 2019
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Given Twitter's history of support towards their official API, the unofficial one is likely
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brittle.
zedeus
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It essentially emulates browser requests, "unofficial API" is just a fancy term for web scraping + using required parts of the public API where guest tokens work (ie. fetching video info, cards and polls).
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> Unofficial API (no rate limits or developer account required)
It sounds brittle.