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0 pointsrenewiltord2y ago0 comments

I still don't understand why the user flow can't be:

1. Download Apollo

2. Go to Reddit.com

3. Open your user settings

4. Generate a client_id and client_secret

5. Paste that into these two places in Apollo

6. There you go

Sure it's not strictly to OAuth2, but it's going to work just fine, right?

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fooey2y ago

Obtaining Reddit API keys is an application process, it is not automated

costco2y ago

Don't you just visit https://old.reddit.com/prefs/apps/ and press "create application"? I did this a few years ago and it was instant.

Semaphor2y ago

Because Reddit wants you to enter an agreement with them for the API, so you need to submit a request to get an API key for those client_ids.

renewiltordOP2y ago

Ah, not every user would be approved, huh? Cool, makes sense then.

Semaphor2y ago

Impossible to tell, it’s a request form on their support site where you have to answer a bunch of questions, and they’ll get back to you.

jhatemyjob2y ago

Because it would get pulled from the App Store.

renewiltordOP2y ago

The App Store doesn't allow for this sort of auth process? Surely you could showcase it as just `username` and `password`.

jhatemyjob2y ago

Correct. Adversarial clients are banned, per section 5.2.2 of the App Store Review Guidelines.

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0 pointsrenewiltord2y ago0 comments

I still don't understand why the user flow can't be:

1. Download Apollo

2. Go to Reddit.com

3. Open your user settings

4. Generate a client_id and client_secret

5. Paste that into these two places in Apollo

6. There you go

Sure it's not strictly to OAuth2, but it's going to work just fine, right?

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fooey2y ago

Obtaining Reddit API keys is an application process, it is not automated

costco2y ago

Don't you just visit https://old.reddit.com/prefs/apps/ and press "create application"? I did this a few years ago and it was instant.

Semaphor2y ago

Because Reddit wants you to enter an agreement with them for the API, so you need to submit a request to get an API key for those client_ids.

renewiltordOP2y ago

Ah, not every user would be approved, huh? Cool, makes sense then.

Semaphor2y ago

Impossible to tell, it’s a request form on their support site where you have to answer a bunch of questions, and they’ll get back to you.

jhatemyjob2y ago

Because it would get pulled from the App Store.

renewiltordOP2y ago

The App Store doesn't allow for this sort of auth process? Surely you could showcase it as just `username` and `password`.

jhatemyjob2y ago

Correct. Adversarial clients are banned, per section 5.2.2 of the App Store Review Guidelines.

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