Re: is there a command line Reddit tool?

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I have no idea about Jaws accessibility, I've tested with Orca. I'm not 
a very frequent Reddit poster (even though I read it a lot), but when I 
actually get to post something and interact, the experience is really 
good these days.

Best regards

Rastislav

Dňa 27. 3. 2024 o 12:10 Jude DaShiell napísal(a):
> It's jaws accessible and no more which means it is not any browser
> accessible.
>
>
> --
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>   "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
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>
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024, 'Rastislav Kish' via blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Actually, Reddit has done some quite impressive work on making their
>> website accessible. It used to be almost unusable, now the experience is
>> quite pleasant, even headings on posts worked for me once, but they no
>> longer do, I'm not sure why. But JS is a requirement.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Rastislav
>>
>> Dňa 27. 3. 2024 o 0:05 Karen Lewellen napísal(a):
>>> Has any effort been made to educate the reddit team about this tool?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 26 Mar 2024, 'Rastislav Kish' via blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> so, the situation is like this. After Reddit API changes, now, the API
>>>> still exists, but is throttled, I believe 10 requests per minute without
>>>> API key and 100 with API key, or somewhere around those numbers, see the
>>>> Reddit API sites for exact numbers.
>>>> This is why mainstream Teddit instances that did not use an API key were
>>>> throwing 429 quite often. Not always, but often.
>>>> And that's also the reason I like i.opnxng.com, it's an inconspicuous
>>>> domain that almost nobody has been using, so getting 429 there has
>>>> always been pretty rare.
>>>> However, it's not the only problem. Reddit also from time to time
>>>> decides to arbitrarily block a Teddit instance after it had been used
>>>> for a while, that's when you get the 403 errors. But this is actually a
>>>> temporary thing that's IP dependent, so if you change either the
>>>> address/instance or just wait few days, it will start working again.
>>>> If you setup your own localhost instance, which is super-easy to do if
>>>> you have docker, then you can just use some kind of proxy or whatever
>>>> and it's rather easy to workaround.
>>>> Eventually, Teddit also has an active Reddit API key. When it's used,
>>>> the instance won't get blocked. Originally, this key had been used by
>>>> the main teddit.net website, and was discouraged from being used for
>>>> production purposes by other people, who were supposed to generate their
>>>> own keys instead.
>>>> However, I'm not quite sure if this is still possible to do, it used to
>>>> be a mostly automated process, now you need to apply for an API key and
>>>> get approved for it like an app developer according to the docs, what
>>>> doesn't really make sense as fighting third-party apps was the reason of
>>>> halting the API in the first place.
>>>> I make use of the API key occassionally, when opnxng gets blocked and
>>>> I'm lazy to setup a proxy. The main Teddit website is down for quite a
>>>> some time by now, so it's unlikely that anyone uses it anyway.
>>>> However, I always get back to opnxng as soon as it's available again in
>>>> order to avoid overusing the key and getting it cancelled, that would be
>>>> a pity.
>>>>
>>>> So, yes, the situation with teddit, libreddit (l.opnxng.com btw) and
>>>> other Reddit frontends is a bit complicated, but they still work, so I'm
>>>> not complaining. :)
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Rastislav
>>>>
>>>> Dňa 26. 3. 2024 o 8:43 Jace Kattalakkis napísal(a):
>>>>> Every time I try using Teddit I get a 403 or 429 though, is there any
>>>>> easy way around this, or?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 26/03/2024 05:32, 'Rastislav Kish' via blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> for reading, I'm personally using the Teddit frontend, which should work
>>>>>> well in LYNX as well:
>>>>>> https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My favourite instance is thisone (since it's usually free):
>>>>>> https://i.opnxng.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rastislav
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dňa 26. 3. 2024 o 4:22 Karen Lewellen napísal(a):
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>> previously, reddit worked well,  at least for reading posts, in both lynx
>>>>>>> the cat and links the chain.
>>>>>>> Now, even elinks produces a blocked error message, my guess is that the
>>>>>>> reddit community is not aware of Linux and these tools for access.Wondered
>>>>>>> though if another tool already exists that might be a part of a shell
>>>>>>> infrastructure?
>>>>>>> With appreciation,
>>>>>>> Karen
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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