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Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End

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Re: Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End

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Post by deith »

2bitencryption wrote: post #8
bdibs wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IIRC it was leaked from some older version of the app, and they haven’t/won’t revoke it.

now THIS is something I'd love to see a HN or blog post about... edit: A google search brings me to this. https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/my-bot-has-stopped-working... Seems it is from twimg, which I believe is the image host used for tweets with images attached? I wonder why they can't revoke this. And interestingly, the js file linked in that forum post is still alive... https://abs.twimg.com/k/en/init.en.37d4e85…

https://gist.github.com/shobotch/5160017

Re: Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End

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Post by mirimir »

Nextgrid wrote: post #17
mirimir wrote: post #6

Cool. But to tweet, you need a Twitter account. And as I recall, Twitter pretty much demands verification through a mobile account. Do virtual mobile accounts typically work for it?

They will restore the account without a number if you raise a support ticket.

Huh. Didn't know that. Thanks. Maybe I'll try it.

Re: Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End

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Post by 0xdeadb00f »

hjek wrote: post #19

There's this lovely browser extension, Invidition[0], which does Twitter to Nitter redirecting (as well as Youtube to Invidious). [0]: https://codeberg.org/Booteille/Invidition

Looks great...

I've been using a different extension "Redirector", and setting my own rules. But this should cover most of them!

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Post by zedeus »

jonwinstanley wrote: post #7
mirimir wrote: post #6

Cool. But to tweet, you need a Twitter account. And as I recall, Twitter pretty much demands verification through a mobile account. Do virtual mobile accounts typically work for it?

Presumably this project is for just reading?

Yes, but I do have some far future plans about utilizing the "Login with Twitter" authentication method to let people use the API on their behalf, which would allow making tweets etc.

Re: Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End

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Post by zedeus »

tom_mellior wrote: post #13

Does anyone know what this might mean? > Unofficial API (no rate limits or developer account required) It sounds brittle.

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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Post by tambourine_man »

zedeus wrote: post #27
tambourine_man wrote: post #26

Is there a regular version or just this trendy dark mode, that I find hideous?

Yes there are various themes to pick from if you go to the settings menu, click the cog icon on the top right

Thanks.

Suggestion: put a screenshot of the regular theme in the read me as well.

Re: Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End

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Post by danShumway »

If anyone from Nitter is currently around, pure curiosity question -- what are the hosting costs/usage numbers for the current public instance?

Whenever I see projects like this that are just public, and designed to be available across large regions, I'm always curious what the logistics behind them are. Big companies talk about their infrastructure, and tiny blogs talk about their infrastructure. I don't hear a lot from people in the middle.

I mean, I see the installation instructions, but is this just running on a single VPS? Are you setting up multiple servers and trying to load-balance between them or anything?

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