Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

Re:Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing A... by activatedgeek on Sunday December 13, 2020 @11:47AM (#25407843)

I don't think I am particularly worried about a proprietary solution. If I am putting my preferences in the public, pretty sure I am giving up on some dimension of privacy. With books at least, it doesn't seem so concerning as long as the recommendations don't suck too much (I don't particularly rely on recommendations that much though). But of course, you never know!

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Re:Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing A... by jiofih on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:06AM (#25415692)

You do realize this entire post here is about GoodReads discontinuing their API? And as a reaction to that, you’re suggesting moving to another provider that doesn’t allow exporting your data either.

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Re:Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing A... by WorldMaker on Monday December 14, 2020 @11:11AM (#25419162)

LibraryThing has several robust export options and an API. As they also run small "actual" libraries that includes some interesting old catalog formats as well.

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Re:Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing A... by rsanek on Sunday December 27, 2020 @11:48AM (#25552238)

Not sure if you've used the APIs recently, but they have been disabled without warning since October: "Our APIs are indeed disabled for now. They will be re-enabled at some point but we don't have an immediate timeline for it, so I wouldn't expect them back anytime soon." [0]

[0] https://www.librarything.com/topic/325722

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