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NSFW, RSS and Login Verification

Arne_Jacob

Arne_Jacob

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Hey, I have a bug report (?) about QQ and RSS. I'm trying to add RSS links from the NSFW section of QQ to a discord bot for update alerts on a server of mine, but it only returns a 403 - Forbidden error, because it needs you to be logged in even for the RSS feed. I'm wondering if this is intended behavior or an error, as it doesn't seem particularly useful to have a feed that doesn't work unless used from specific clients.
 
If RSS worked from a client that wasn't logged in, it would defeat the purpose of keeping the NSFW subforums invisible to non-logged-in users. This is in fact the intended behavior.

I'm not sure what the easiest way is to make an RSS client log in to the site.
 
alethiophile said:
If RSS worked from a client that wasn't logged in, it would defeat the purpose of keeping the NSFW subforums invisible to non-logged-in users. This is in fact the intended behavior.

I'm not sure what the easiest way is to make an RSS client log in to the site.
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Yeah, that's what I assumed. Using a local browser extension lets me log in to the site, but that doesn't work for the purpose I want to use the RSS feed for - by the simple fact that it's local only.


Additionally, the only information the RSS feed delivers is:
  • There has been a new threadmark made
  • The author of the story
  • The date of the update
  • A short description of the update (Usually an author's note.)
  • A link to the post
Of these, the only thing that personally I think is justified being hidden away from non-logged-in clients is the description part, but maybe that's just me. If there was a way to get a stripped down feed or something that would be awesome, but if not then whatever... I suppose I could experiment with desktop RSS clients or something, maybe one of them can pass to webhooks.

Either way, thanks for the answer.
 
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