Reddit Source: returning 403 error

[SuhasDissa]

Steps to reproduce

Open the app, Select Reddit as the wallpaper source. Get 403 error

Expected behavior

It should fetch and display the wallpapers similar to other sources

Actual behavior

Getting 403 Forbidden error

Wall You version

15.1

Android version

Android 16

Other details

Reddit has recently disabled unauthenticated public access to their .json APIs.
So, because of this the app is failing to fetch new reddit posts.

Read More here: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1tq9vxo/protecting_communities_from_scrapers_and_platform/

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[Bnyro]

It's still possible to use Reddit by spoofing an authenticated client like RedLib does (https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib/blob/a4d36e954cf1bd64f209cd8868c5a29edc81b374/src/oauth.rs#L222), but it seems quite complicated.

I.e., we need a valid loid cookie to access the API.

[SuhasDissa]

Also, we can try the .rss endpoint reddit.com/r/wallpapers.rss
Since we are only accessing the images, and nothing else. I assume it would be possible

[Bnyro]

Also, we can try the .rss endpoint reddit.com/r/wallpapers.rss Since we are only accessing the images, and nothing else. I assume it would be possible

True, that's an even better and simpler idea 👍

PRs appreciated :)