Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoIt's time to admit Lemmy has won the "the biggest reddit alternative" award, why it's time for all of us to consider supporting it (here's why) + reopening r/LemmyMigrationold.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square502fedilinkarrow-up11.86Karrow-down128
arrow-up11.83Karrow-down1external-linkIt's time to admit Lemmy has won the "the biggest reddit alternative" award, why it's time for all of us to consider supporting it (here's why) + reopening r/LemmyMigrationold.reddit.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square502fedilink
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoIf it doesn’t have an API, how do I still see posts from it in my feed? Do you mean it integrates with the fediverse, but only has a web interface for now (ie. no apps)?
minus-squaretourist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoYeah, the latter. There is an API, but I think it was only released in the last month or so. I’m not sure to what extent it’s complete. A kbin instance can be downloaded as a PWA, and it works decent. As for third party apps there’s Lunar, iOS only. Haven’t tried it. There was also Artemis. It had the best UI/UX design I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately the dev appears to have vanished. Before the API, I think they were web scraping.
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThat’s definitely not true, they had an API back in September when I looked into adding support for it They didn’t have an sdk, but the API most certainly has been around for a while
minus-squaretourist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoYou’re correct. I misunderstood. The API has indeed been around for a while. The main instance (kbin.social) only started using it around a month ago: https://kbin.social/m/kbinDevlog/t/642285/kbin-RTR-19-Summary-of-current-work-and-plans-for-the Apologies for the confusion.
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoAh… That I didn’t know, I read through the documentation to see how hard it would be, but I never tried to use it If that’s true, I see your point… That’s not nearly as bad as not having an API, but it’s still a deal breaker
minus-squareSeedyOne@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoThe API is new but took time and effort, it just wasn’t available at the time.
If it doesn’t have an API, how do I still see posts from it in my feed? Do you mean it integrates with the fediverse, but only has a web interface for now (ie. no apps)?
Yeah, the latter. There is an API, but I think it was only released in the last month or so. I’m not sure to what extent it’s complete.
A kbin instance can be downloaded as a PWA, and it works decent.
As for third party apps there’s Lunar, iOS only. Haven’t tried it.
There was also Artemis. It had the best UI/UX design I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately the dev appears to have vanished.
Before the API, I think they were web scraping.
That’s definitely not true, they had an API back in September when I looked into adding support for it
They didn’t have an sdk, but the API most certainly has been around for a while
You’re correct. I misunderstood. The API has indeed been around for a while.
The main instance (kbin.social) only started using it around a month ago: https://kbin.social/m/kbinDevlog/t/642285/kbin-RTR-19-Summary-of-current-work-and-plans-for-the
Apologies for the confusion.
Ah… That I didn’t know, I read through the documentation to see how hard it would be, but I never tried to use it
If that’s true, I see your point… That’s not nearly as bad as not having an API, but it’s still a deal breaker
The API is new but took time and effort, it just wasn’t available at the time.