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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

To do what, exactly?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm a web developer, so...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 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.