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Re:Introducing the 4chan API by moot on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @04:10PM (#4481221)
Probably not. Since we don't have user accounts, and already have a bit of a spam problem, I'd be pretty worried about what a real POST API might bring.
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Re:Introducing the 4chan API by aneisf on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @04:15PM (#4481241)
I figured as much. Just wishful thinking on my part--it'd be nice to be able to build a client wholly atop the API.
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Re:Introducing the 4chan API by nyan_sandwich on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @09:32PM (#4482431)
It's not like the html form does anything special. Forms don't have funny markup you have to scrape or produce. It's just a POST.

I guess there's mime/url encoding or whatever, but that's hardly an issue.

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Re:Introducing the 4chan API by toomanymike on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @09:48PM (#4482472)
There's a captcha
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Re:Introducing the 4chan API by mcantor on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @05:11PM (#4481487)
What if you charged for it? (Not saying this is a good idea, just that it's an idea.)
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Re:Introducing the 4chan API by TazeTSchnitzel on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @06:04PM (#4481725)
Charging for spam just means spammers buy accounts to post spam...
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Re:Introducing the 4chan API by Perceval on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @09:32PM (#4482433)
Could end up as a profitable honey pot.
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