> without using API This part seems to be incorrect. See this line: https://gith...

codetrotter · on July 12, 2023

I think what they mean is that it is accessing Reddit the same way that the web front end does.

I.e that this Android app does not use the Reddit Data API https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/16160319875... which if I understand correctly is the API that you would create an app id for on Reddit.

It goes without saying that the Android app being discussed here probably breaks the terms of use for Reddit

StrLght · on July 12, 2023

I believe this endpoint is the only way to retrieve json with posts from Reddit, so every single app would use it. Even Apollo used it, although it used OAuth for that. See this line:

https://github.com/christianselig/apollo-backend/blob/ab04b2...

Disclaimer: it's been quite a while since I've last looked into Reddit API, so I could easily be wrong.

RockRobotRock · on July 12, 2023

Yeah I guess it's an API, but it's using public endpoints that don't require registering an application and creating an API key, or being subjected to the same rate limits.

is every endpoint that returns JSON an api? maybe