Show HN: I made a small tool to download photos and videos from social media

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Post by wassimdotis » Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 4:46 PM UTC

Show HN: I made a small tool to download photos and videos from social media
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Re: Show HN: I made a small tool to download photos and videos from social media

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Post by bryanhpchiang » Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 8:59 PM UTC

Is there an API? How are you dealing with rate-limiting?

Re: Show HN: I made a small tool to download photos and videos from social media

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Post by dk8996 » Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 11:44 PM UTC

Nice! We do something similar at my company (meetcortex.com). What are you using for the backend?

Re: Show HN: I made a small tool to download photos and videos from social media

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Post by dk8996 » Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 11:46 PM UTC

bryanhpchiang wrote: post #2

Is there an API? How are you dealing with rate-limiting?

We have something that you might be interested in. Just shot me an email: d at meetcortex.com

Re: Show HN: I made a small tool to download photos and videos from social media

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Post by notskynet » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 12:01 AM UTC

Nice.

Question: why is this a service that needs to be hosted instead of a locally installed cli tool? Is there a technical reason or is it just for the convenience of using a website and not having to install anything?

Re: Show HN: I made a small tool to download photos and videos from social media

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Post by wassimdotis » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 2:07 PM UTC

notskynet wrote: post #5

Nice. Question: why is this a service that needs to be hosted instead of a locally installed cli tool? Is there a technical reason or is it just for the convenience of using a website and not having to install anything?

Thanks. Personally, I wanted to use it on different devices without having to install something every time. I also thought it would be easier for non techies.

Re: Show HN: I made a small tool to download photos and videos from social media

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Post by wassimdotis » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 2:09 PM UTC

bryanhpchiang wrote: post #2

Is there an API? How are you dealing with rate-limiting?

I found a way to bypass APIs rate limits.

Re: Show HN: I made a small tool to download photos and videos from social media

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Post by edder » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 3:41 PM UTC

I'm very grateful for what you did. I'd like to tip you through Brave Browser. What do you think?

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Post by wassimdotis » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 5:35 PM UTC

edder wrote: post #8

I'm very grateful for what you did. I'd like to tip you through Brave Browser. What do you think?

Hey buddy. You can tip me here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wassim Thank you for your support!