Ask HN: WordPress plugins to submit new posts to HN automatically?

10 pointsby alpb14 anni fa3 comments

Hi guys I was looking for a plugin to publish my essays and blog posts directly to HN. I know that HN does not have an API, therefore I played a little bit with scraping requests etc and just got banned (emailed @pg about it).

Anyway, is there a proven to be working WordPress plugin to get articles posted to HN automatically? Or would someone be interested in developing one?

Thanks.

3 comments

pknight14 anni fa

There's a reason there isn't an api or plugin for auto submission. Think about it.

wzhack14 anni fa

Well abusers actually get banned very quickly. So if anyone might abuse, this will be discouraging. However I have an ifttt recipe that does some post-publishing hooks and makes life easier. I am not sure it is purely an evil idea.

benologist14 anni fa

This sounds like just what HN needs. Sites shouldn't have to rely on manual spam or the goodwill of auto-submitters like iProject and evo_9 to get their precious content spammed on HN anymore, it's 2012!