Reddit RSS feeds recent rate limiting and solution
5 hours ago
- #RSS
- #Rate Limiting
- Author used Reddit RSS feeds for years to follow subreddits related to business and local interests.
- Recently encountered HTTP 429 errors due to Reddit imposing stricter rate limits on RSS feeds.
- Discovered a solution by adding user and feed parameters to RSS URLs for authenticated access.
- Reddit may have foreshadowed these changes by deprecating unauthenticated JSON access.
- Author emphasizes reliance on RSS feeds and would stop using Reddit if they were cut off.