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

[wassimdotis]

https://loot.photo/

[notskynet]

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?

[wassimdotis → notskynet]

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.

[_pgr1]

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

[dk8996 → _pgr1]

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

[wassimdotis → _pgr1]

I found a way to bypass APIs rate limits.

[edder]

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

[wassimdotis → edder]

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

[dk8996]

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