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Is it possible to directly post to a Lemmy instance with your domain name? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by iopq@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] iopq@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm a web developer, so...

[–] RustedSwitch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You are either trolling these people, or by “web developer” you mean you are a literal spider.

[–] 4am@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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.