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Useful and needed given X's paywalled API.
From 3 comments
Interesting and much needed--I absolutely refuse to go to Twitter links anymore; why bother, they don't usually work unless you're logged in. So, I clicked some of the links and,…
garciasn on HNI had the same experience and suggest a loading progress bar of some sort. I also didn't see any of the Selenium process on their Github so can't see exactly how the tweets are…
jimmySixDOF on HNVery cool! I'm very impressed that Twitter hasn't detected your selenium usage, it seems like they're really trying to push people towards their paid API. I made a similar tool,…
matcha-video on HN
Selenium-based approach impressively avoids bot detection.
From 1 comment
Very cool! I'm very impressed that Twitter hasn't detected your selenium usage, it seems like they're really trying to push people towards their paid API. I made a similar tool,…
matcha-video on HN
Objections
Threads loaded slowly and duplicated content at first.
From 2 comments
Interesting and much needed--I absolutely refuse to go to Twitter links anymore; why bother, they don't usually work unless you're logged in. So, I clicked some of the links and,…
garciasn on HNI had the same experience and suggest a loading progress bar of some sort. I also didn't see any of the Selenium process on their Github so can't see exactly how the tweets are…
jimmySixDOF on HN
Does not render with JavaScript disabled on the client-side route.
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https://unlace.app/?url=https://x.com/ianwcrosby/status/1872724231999381790 Doesn't load with Javascript disabled https://unlace.app/thread/ianwcrosby/status/1872724231999381790…
HelloUsername on HN
Requests
Add a loading progress bar.
From 1 comment
I had the same experience and suggest a loading progress bar of some sort. I also didn't see any of the Selenium process on their Github so can't see exactly how the tweets are…
jimmySixDOF on HN
Archive unrolled threads to Internet Archive and archive.today.
From 1 comment
Great work! Can I chip in to support archiving unrolled threads to the Internet Archive and archive.today (it’s a trivial HTTP request to do so)? I asked threadreaderapp.com for…
toomuchtodo on HN
Questions
Why does one URL view work with JavaScript disabled and the other does not?
From 1 comment
https://unlace.app/?url=https://x.com/ianwcrosby/status/1872724231999381790 Doesn't load with Javascript disabled https://unlace.app/thread/ianwcrosby/status/1872724231999381790…
HelloUsername on HN
How is the Python backend hosted and deployed?
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing! Let me ask one quick question -- how do you host/deploy python backend (x-api)?
moon82 on HN
Alternatives named
Nitter instances such as xcancel.com and nitter.poast.org.
From 3 comments
> I absolutely refuse to go to Twitter links anymore; why bother, they don't usually work unless you're logged in. Replace "x.com" by "xcancel.com" (or some other still working…
derdi on HN> still working Nitter instance This is the issue with Nitter instances; they seem too ephemeral for reliable use.
garciasn on HNnitter.poast.org is pretty reliable for me.
Akronymus on HN
Thread to Markdown browser extension.
From 1 comment
Very cool! I'm very impressed that Twitter hasn't detected your selenium usage, it seems like they're really trying to push people towards their paid API. I made a similar tool,…
matcha-video on HN
threadreaderapp.com
From 1 comment
Great work! Can I chip in to support archiving unrolled threads to the Internet Archive and archive.today (it’s a trivial HTTP request to do so)? I asked threadreaderapp.com for…
toomuchtodo on HN