My idea is this: I just want to send to a server like this a request from my domain name and username, but I don’t want to run a full instance. Is this technically possible?

  • marsara9@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    There are APIs that you can use to post and comment, etc… But there has to be an instance at that domain.

    That’s how most of the mobile apps work btw, they just send a network request direct to lemmy.world etc… Saying that iopq wants to create a post with this title and this content…

    But there’s no need for your own personal domain name in this scenario, you just need an account on the server that you’re trying to post or comment to.

    Not sure if that helps.

    • iopq@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      11·
      2 years ago

      Why does there have to be an instance there? Who checks that?

      • marsara9@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        So you can’t just send data from a domain. There has to be a service running behind that domain name to do something.

        Without a server, it’d be like asking “why do I need tires on my car?”. Well it’s not going to go anywhere without them.

        Now this could be a private instance with only you as the single user. And it could federated with the rest of the fediverse. But you still have to run some software to do that.

        Now in theory someone I guess could come up with a slim version of Lemmy that only has a single user, and you can’t post or comment directly to that instance but again something has to be running on a server behind that domain.

        • iopq@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          13·
          2 years ago

          There has to be a service running behind that domain name to do something.

          To do what, exactly?

          • RustedSwitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            I mean this in the kindest way possible, but it’s clear you have no idea how server-based software works, like at all.

            These patient people are being angels to you.

            This sort of software is a very intricate web of programs talking to other copies of itself. You can install your own copy of the program, but a copy of the program is 100% required, even if it’s just you using it.

              • deejay4am@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                2 years ago

                Then you should understand why a server needs to exist to accept a post from you.

                Unless you are saying “why can’t I send the API calls to Lemmy instances that cause a post from another domain to show up in one” and the answer is that posts aren’t pushed to other instances, they are pulled.

                So you’d need to set up a listener that responds to requests for subscriptions and requests for post and comment updates and responds in kind when another instance that you wish to allow federation with) asks for updates and congratulations you’ve just re-invented the Lemmy server software.