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Documentation for 4chan's read-only JSON API.
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archive.json only archive posts with updates? #94

Closed dybxin closed 2 years ago

dybxin commented 2 years ago

archive.json only archive posts with updates? or full archive every time?

dybxin commented 2 years ago

example：the posts : https://a.4cdn.org/biz/thread/47991783.json, i have some questions the fllowing:

  1. If there are no updates since the last archive, will this post still be in the new archive.json on the next archive?
  2. If the current post has several new comments added since the last archive, will the post still be in the new archive.json the next time it is archived?
  3. About https://a.4cdn.org/biz/thread/47990830.json ，this API call frequency limit？
desuwa commented 2 years ago

https://github.com/4chan/4chan-API/blob/master/pages/Archive.md

Archived threads are read-only threads that are are closed to new replies and images. Threads are archived when they are pushed off the last page of a board. Archived threads and their attachments remain viewable for a specific amount of time before they are automatically deleted from 4chan. It's important to note that not all boards have archives enabled.

Archived threads can't get new comments, but old comments can still be deleted. If a comment is deleted, the json will be updated accordingly. The rate limit rules are explained here