Reddit blocks JSON API access, which leaves read-only apps like RDX unusable

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Post by avadhesh18 » Fri, May 29, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC

Reddit blocks JSON API access, which leaves read-only apps like RDX unusable
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Re: Reddit blocks JSON API access, which leaves read-only apps like RDX unusable

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Post by tonetegeatinst » Fri, May 29, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC

Can confirm....I wanted to convert a long post and its comments into latex....that way I could export it as an image or share it easier and I am yet to find a workaround as every source gets blocked or does not work for the LLM.

So now I get to spend hours converting it all by hand.

Re: Reddit blocks JSON API access, which leaves read-only apps like RDX unusable

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Post by toomuchtodo » Fri, May 29, 2026, 11:36 PM UTC

tonetegeatinst wrote: post #2

Can confirm....I wanted to convert a long post and its comments into latex....that way I could export it as an image or share it easier and I am yet to find a workaround as every source gets blocked or does not work for the LLM. So now I get to spend hours converting it all by hand.

Are you unable to export the post source from a browser and provide that to the LLM?

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Post by brador » Sat, May 30, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC

tonetegeatinst wrote: post #2

Can confirm....I wanted to convert a long post and its comments into latex....that way I could export it as an image or share it easier and I am yet to find a workaround as every source gets blocked or does not work for the LLM. So now I get to spend hours converting it all by hand.

Screenshot chain and OCR?

Re: Reddit blocks JSON API access, which leaves read-only apps like RDX unusable

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Post by kroaton » Sat, May 30, 2026, 2:59 PM UTC

How is this not getting any traction? This is a massive problem. Pretty much every Reddit news app out there is now dead.

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Post by e40 » Sat, May 30, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC

tonetegeatinst wrote: post #2

Can confirm....I wanted to convert a long post and its comments into latex....that way I could export it as an image or share it easier and I am yet to find a workaround as every source gets blocked or does not work for the LLM. So now I get to spend hours converting it all by hand.

Show source (link at bottom of comment) is gone?

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Post by hardenedmetapod » Sat, May 30, 2026, 6:43 PM UTC

Yep, the couple gallery applications I had also broke.

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Post by dewey » Sun, May 31, 2026, 6:48 PM UTC

kroaton wrote: post #5

How is this not getting any traction? This is a massive problem. Pretty much every Reddit news app out there is now dead.

Because 99% of the user base uses the default app and it doesn't affect them.