Can you post comments on a user's profile using the Scratch API?

IronBill05

I've been making a website that lets you view a user's profile and view their comments. I am trying to make it so that i can comment on a user's profile using the website, but i don't know much about the Scratch API. Can you help me?

starlightsparker

I am unsure if it is possible—But regardless, I do not believe that is permissible as of Scratch’s rules, for social actions performed by bots are not allowed.

han614698

Yes. It is a possible, though I don't really know how to do it.

starlightsparker wrote:
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I am unsure if it is possible—But regardless, I do not believe that is permissible as of Scratch’s rules, for social actions performed by bots are not allowed.

This is not bots - this is the user initiating the comment, just from a different medium then their profile.

starlightsparker

han614698 wrote:
This is not bots - this is the user initiating the comment, just from a different medium then their profile.

I am still not certain if commenting via the API would fall under social actions performed by bots

han614698

starlightsparker wrote:
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han614698 wrote:
This is not bots - this is the user initiating the comment, just from a different medium then their profile.
I am still not certain if commenting via the API would fall under social actions performed by bots

But there are no bots. You are making an API request from your account, similar to pressing post while on the studio page.

starlightsparker

han614698 wrote:
similar to pressing post while on the studio page.

Elaborate?

han614698

starlightsparker wrote:
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han614698 wrote:
similar to pressing post while on the studio page.
Elaborate?

when you press “post” it sends an api request which makes a comment

when you make an api request it posts a comment

Mryellowdoggy

Here is the documentation for the API from the Scratch Wiki: https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Scratch_API
I'm not sure if it has what you're looking for, but it's worth a read.

IronBill05

Mryellowdoggy wrote:
Here is the documentation for the API from the Scratch Wiki: https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Scratch_API
I'm not sure if it has what you're looking for, but it's worth a read.

I did read it but it did only had tutorials for making comments on projects and studios.

SpyCoderX

IronBill05 wrote:
Mryellowdoggy wrote:
Here is the documentation for the API from the Scratch Wiki: https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Scratch_API
I'm not sure if it has what you're looking for, but it's worth a read.
I did read it but it did only had tutorials for making comments on projects and studios.

So, the api for comments on profiles:

POST https://scratch.mit.edu/site-api/comments/user/SpyCoderX/add/

This returns a json response like so:

{"content":"test","parent_id":"","commentee_id":""}

The parent and comentee ID change based on the parent comment and user. (I think)

This requires authentication.

Jeffalo

i highly recommend learning your browser's developer tools' network panel. you can perform an action (like posting a comment) and see all of the network calls associated. in chrome and firefox, you can even ‘copy the request as fetch’ and paste the code into javascript.

that said, i really don't recommend automating social actions or performing them from outside scratch's normal interface. those kinds of things cause real issues for the scratch team.

82BITMYSTERY

There's actually a script on GitHub that was used to comment on the Scratch Team's profile while they were closed, so yes.

IronBill05

This topic is now closed.
I found out how to post comments on profiles using the Scratch API. All that I am trying to do is figure out how to do the authentication process. If I continue to have problems with this, i might make another topic.

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