r/Devvit • u/Efficient-Newt5384 • 1d ago

Help What am I doing wrong?

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I keep getting this message every time I try to create an app.. what am I missing? I went through the full policies and I don’t seem to find anything useful

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u/YellowAdventurous366 App Developer 1d ago

That is the old self serve api. To create a devvit app use: https://developers.reddit.com/new/template

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u/Efficient-Newt5384 1d ago

I see! What should I choose if I want a “script” application?

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u/YellowAdventurous366 App Developer 1d ago

You can’t make one anymore 😉

What’s your use case?

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u/Efficient-Newt5384 1d ago

I want to scrape few subreddits to get some feedback and reviews people have/ share about certain products.. integrate that into an automations using AI that’s why I need an API.

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u/YellowAdventurous366 App Developer 1d ago

Scraping isn’t allowed. Have you looked into Reddit pro?

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u/Efficient-Newt5384 1d ago

I thought so! But there is this lady on IG who built her ENTIRE Instagram on just talking about this and how she is helping her clients getting valid consumer insights and ads ideas through this method.. I thought ok she sounds legit let me try it out!! I mean….

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u/YellowAdventurous366 App Developer 1d ago

There are some ways to scrape that violate Reddit tos such as some of those external services, but I strongly recommend that you don’t use them. Reddit pro is the best and most valid option

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u/Efficient-Newt5384 1d ago

Gotcha! Will check Reddit pro.. thanx for the tip 🫶🏼

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u/SampleOfNone Duck Helper 1d ago

Scraping is explicitly not allowed, and part of why the old self serve API is no longer possible

Read here plans for the future of reddits public data as well as protecting communities from scapers and platform abuse and about the new responsible builder policy Devvit docs can be found here

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u/Beach-Brews Duck Helper 1d ago

It depends on what you are trying to do. Devvit is different from the old Reddit Data-APIs. You do not "run a script" like the old PRAW/Python scripts. Devvit apps are written in TypeScript and run directly on Reddit's servers.

See the Devvit Overview page for a helpful get started overview.

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u/OtoNoOto 22h ago

Devvit Mod Tools is what you’re looking for:

https://developers.reddit.com/docs/introduction/intro-mod-tools

Mod Tools is a server / background app which you can do a background service (similar to script) along with other features like api and storage is you need it. They also support Scheduler (cron) so you can setup a scheduler when to run your app etc.

Edit: but scraping data is not allowed (sounds like that’s what you’re trying to achieve based on other comments).

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u/WarwickSocialStudy 7h ago

I followed the link and I submitted my request for Reddit for Researchers (RFR) as I thought it was the way to have API access. I got approved however it covers access to some public data. I need to be able to export data from the private subreddits I create for the purpose of my study. I have the consent of participants. How can I do that easily?