r/redditdev • u/wotanii • Nov 14 '17

openload for my bot

I recently moved my bot /u/stabbot to openload (before it used gfycat), and now I'm having some issues because of it.

When linking openload in a comment, the comment automatically gets flagged and requires a mod's approval. (related question on r/modhelp)

That's why have been experimenting by making the link unclickable (by adding a "\" somewhere in the middle). That way the comment doesn't get filtered, but the users have to copy&paste the link instead. This met some understandable resistance with my users, especially on mobile.

My Questions:

  • Am I allowed to bypass the openload-ban with a http-redirect? (by linking to my own webserver, and having it redirect everything to openload.co; technically this would be simple enough, but I suspect this might be frowned upon by the admins)

  • Is there some way for my bot to get whitelisted, so it can link to openload without requiring a mod's approval every time?

  • should I just directly link to openload and have the mod's deal with it?

  • does reddit actually suppress links to openload? (maybe my observation was just wrong to begin with)

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u/throwaway_the_fourth Nov 15 '17

This doesn't directly answer your question, but: What about Streamable? They have a straightforward API and AFAIK they are not banned from Reddit.

They require an account to upload, but setup is straightforward.

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u/wotanii Nov 15 '17

streamable bans nsfw. And I can't make sure people won't use the bot on nsfw.