From 16d665228ab715d42095781b8d8e85354f6b2055 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Gurnee Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 11:38:18 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Replace OAuth client ID Also do a better job of conforming to the Reddit API Terms of Use --- README.md | 4 ++-- src/api/reddit/auth.js | 9 ++++++--- src/pages/about.js | 26 +++++++++++++------------- 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a43e169..3e9eeae 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Unddit -[Unddit](https://www.unddit.com) is a site for undoing the removal of comments from [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com). -Just go to any reddit post and replace the `re` of `reddit` in the URL with `un` to see all removed comments. +[Unddit](https://www.unddit.com) is a site for undoing the removal of comments for [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com). +Just go to any Reddit post and replace the `re` of `reddit` in the URL with `un` to see all removed comments. This is a done by comparing the comments being stored in [Jason Baumgartner's](https://pushshift.io/) [Pushshift Reddit API](https://github.com/pushshift/api) and the ones from Reddit's API. The frontend, developed by Jesper Wrang and originally available at [removeddit.com](https://removeddit.com), is written in [React](https://reactjs.org/) and uses [Sass](https://sass-lang.com/) as the CSS Preprocessor. diff --git a/src/api/reddit/auth.js b/src/api/reddit/auth.js index 0e23714..8d72306 100644 --- a/src/api/reddit/auth.js +++ b/src/api/reddit/auth.js @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ // The app NEEDS TO BE an installed app and NOT a web apps // Current using dummy ID from throwaway -const clientID = 'Gu4d7t1AglWJVg' +const clientID = 'ZmYXJ5RaSDhF-77YaFulWw' +const userAgent = 'com.unddit.www (by /u/unddit-com)' // Token for reddit API let token @@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ const getToken = () => { const tokenInit = { headers: { Authorization: `Basic ${window.btoa(`${clientID}:`)}`, - 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8' + 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8', + 'User-Agent': userAgent }, method: 'POST', body: `grant_type=${encodeURIComponent('https://oauth.reddit.com/grants/installed_client')}&device_id=DO_NOT_TRACK_THIS_DEVICE` @@ -36,7 +38,8 @@ export const getAuth = () => { return getToken() .then(token => ({ headers: { - Authorization: `bearer ${token}` + Authorization: `bearer ${token}`, + 'User-Agent': userAgent } })) } diff --git a/src/pages/about.js b/src/pages/about.js index 338e23c..bde9114 100644 --- a/src/pages/about.js +++ b/src/pages/about.js @@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ const About = props => { removed (by mods) and deleted - (by users) comments/posts from Reddit. + (by users) comments/posts for Reddit.

Usage: Drag this bookmarklet Unddit - to your bookmark bar and use it to get from reddit to Unddit. + to your bookmark bar and use it to get from Reddit to Unddit.

Alternatively you can manually replace the re of reddit in the URL with un.
@@ -51,31 +51,31 @@ const About = props => { Q: How does it work?

This page is only possible because of the amazing work done by Jason. - His site pushshift.io activly listens for new comments on reddit and stores them in his own database. - Then sites like Unddit and reveddit can fetch these comment from pushshift. - Unddit know what comment reddit shows (from Reddits API) and what comment should be showed (from Pushshifts API). + His site Pushshift.io actively listens for new comments on Reddit and stores them in his own database. + Then sites like Unddit and reveddit can fetch these comment from Pushshift. + Unddit know what comment Reddit shows (from Reddit's API) and what comment should be showed (from Pushshift's API). By comparing the comments from these 2 APIs, we can figure out what has been deleted and removed.

- Q: What's the difference between ceddit and Removeddit? + Q: What's the difference between Ceddit and Removeddit?

- Not much. Removeddit was created as a temporary replacement for ceddit, at a time when ceddit didn't work. - I thought this was necessary since I used ceddit more then Reddit itself. - Months later ceddit was fixed, but I didn't see any reason to remove what I had done. + Not much. Removeddit was created as a temporary replacement for Ceddit, at a time when Ceddit didn't work. + I thought this was necessary since I used Ceddit more then Reddit itself. + Months later Ceddit was fixed, but I didn't see any reason to remove what I had done. Today both sites live side by side and strive for the same goal.

There are some minor differences in them though: