mech

Mech

I see him behind my lids in a bright grey shirt
I see him tripping running and falling, covered in dirt
I see a lot of these things lately I know
I know none of it is real

Blood Orange (2013)

Mechanize

Some users might want to make anonymous requests, because of privacy or any number of other reasons. This module allows people to do that. Most API these days only offically support authenticated access. This is useful for the company providing the API, as they can use the data for their own purposes (analytics etc). However authentication really doesnt do anything for the end user. Its just a pointless burden to getting the information you need for a program you may be writing. Consider that in many cases, the same information is available via HTML on the primary website, usually without being logged in. So why can you do that with HTML, but not with the API? Well you can, using this module.

https://godocs.io/github.com/89z/mech

Sites

• Bandcamp
• GitHub
• Google Play
• MusicBrainz
• Reddit
• SoundCloud
• Vimeo
• YouTube

Deezer

I have an implementation here:

https://github.com/89z/mech/tree/9dadd39c

However I have removed it for now, as I am busy with other stuff.

Android

First get Android Studio [1]. Click More Actions, AVD Manager, Create Virtual Device. Use the default device defintion, then click Next. Click "x86 Images" and download:

Then Download HTTP Toolkit [2]. Just extract, dont need to install. Click Android device connected via ADB. Then download APK [3]. Drag APK to device home screen to install.

1. https://developer.android.com/studio#downloads
2. https://httptoolkit.tech
3. https://apkpure.com

Author

Steven Penny