Why is HN opposed to scraping? I think since the front page is dynamically gener...

mmackh · on Feb 17, 2012

Why would HN refuse to provide a useful RSS feed / a non standard compliant one (number of comments/points/time of submission/id) that could be used to develop apps for a better reading experience? http://api.ihackernews.com/ is unreliable at best.

I'm working on something right now and this limitation causes difficulties. (http://cl.ly/241x3F3d123P0w0L1s3q)

bootload · on Feb 17, 2012

"... Why is HN opposed to scraping? ..."

because code written by N hackers scraping HN has a greater effect on the site, compared to using the reliable HNSearch API ~ http://www.hnsearch.com/api

  Ask HN: Does HN have an API and if not what's the etiquette for scraping?
  http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2138730

  Ask HN: Is there an API for HN?
  http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1107874

mmackh · on Feb 17, 2012

Judging from my own experience this API is not reliable.

andres · on Feb 17, 2012

If you have problems with the API please let me know (andres@octopart.com).

3pt14159 · on Feb 17, 2012

Mine as well.

zalew · on Feb 17, 2012

I do HN scrapping of my 'saved stories' for my personal site http://zalew.net/hn/ so I assume pg doesn't mind that as it scraps only once per hour. here's the description of it and source http://zalew.net/2011/12/08/grab-your-hackernews-stories-and...