mbmccormick

I recently launched a Hacker News app for Windows Phone and now my API is getting 402 Payment Required from Hacker News. The API is using the exact same code as @cheeaun's http://node-hnapi.herokuapp.com. I merely cloned his API and deployed it to my own Heroku instance, to avoid using up his bandwidth.

Any idea why this is happening? I find it odd that Hacker News would be returning a 402 if they decided to block my app as opposed to 401/403.

I am working on a Hacker News app for Windows Phone and I need some Windows Phone users that read HN to test it out. If you are interested, send the email address you use for your Microsoft Account to me at feedback@mbmccormick.com. I will add your account as a beta tester and then send you a link to download the app on the Windows Phone Store.

Here are some screenshots:

http://files.mbmccormick.com/hn/1.png

http://files.mbmccormick.com/hn/2.png

http://files.mbmccormick.com/hn/3.png

http://files.mbmccormick.com/hn/4.png

http://files.mbmccormick.com/hn/5.png