Rdx is a free Reddit reader that emerged after the API controversy. It was always limited - couldn't post, couldn't login, but utilized a hidden feature of reddit - you could just add .JSON to the end of a subreddit url and get the content back in in a useful format for an app like RDX to ingest.
From the RDX developer:
Last night reddit disabled JSON feeds that is affecting your usage of rdx website and app. I am trying to find ways to fix this. Maybe I can fix the apps using some workaround, maybe I can't but I will try. You can keep the apps or get the apps from app stores.
Thanks for your support for RDX for over 3 years. A small project that reached millions of people.
19 Comments
667@lemmy.radio · 26 pts · 76d
Seems to still work under old.reddit.com: https://old.reddit.com/r/woodworking.json
Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 17 pts · 75d
Old.reddit is not long for this world either. It's just a matter of time.
667@lemmy.radio · 16 pts · 75d
tbh I’m surprised they haven’t killed it off the way they’ve done with everything else; but when it is done, I’ll stop lurking over there.
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 75d
Thought someone said, perhaps with no proof, that a great deal of content comes from old users and they didn't want to cut that off obviously.
Same story here though. Old goes and I go.
RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 75d
Same. If old. goes, reddit is dead to me. I don't know how anyone can stand the absolute clusterfuck that is "new" reddit.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 75d
I don't go on reddit often but I do check my old subscribed subreddits occasionally and if they killed old reddit I'd be gone. I don't interact or see ads though so I guess they wouldn't care about losing me
kinther@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 74d
Same. Only reason I browse specific subreddits is because of old.reddit
purplemonkeymad@programming.dev · 2 pts · 75d
Oh that's interesting, proves that they don't even look at it anymore. Might fix the issue with one of my scripts. Otherwise I can't be bothered to add oauth to it.
early_riser@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 55d
it works in the browser but I keep getting 403's when trying with cURL or Python requests or Powershell. My usual goto of spoofing my browser's user agent in the header doesn't work either.
667@lemmy.radio · 1 pts · 55d
Ahh damn, maybe it’s behind CloudFlare or something now.
CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 75d
There's always still Redreader, I guess.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 75d
That's what I use when I have to, but I do kind of hate it. But it's miles better than the official app.
CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 75d
Yeah, it took me awhile to get used to it. But I like it now that I have.
scytale@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 75d
I use rdx and noticed this yesterday. I know the rdx dev is here on lemmy as well but I forgot his username.
Edit: PSA, the search function on the app still works, so you can still navigate to a specific sub, but you’ll have to know the exact name because auto-complete doesn’t work there.
xela@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 74d
There is also a active slide fork:
https://github.com/cygnusx-1-org/Slide
BrightCandle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 75d
They still have the RSS feeds I presume? Its possible to make an app based on those.
RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 75d
I was able to use an app called Nara until just recently. It was read-only in free mode, but at least I could browse and read reddit without their own dogshit app. I wonder if this is related.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 75d
Spez going off the deep end again
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 74d
hes an alien humanoid he has no feelings for humans.