Attn: Bot maintainers: Username mentions for everyone!

https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/2rnzkd/attn_bot_maintainers_username_mentions_for/

created by kemitche on 07/01/2015 at 20:45 UTC*

52 upvotes, 13 top-level comments (showing 13)

In case you missed it, the username mentions feature is now available for everyone, not just users with gold subscriptions: http://www.redditblog.com/2015/01/create-your-own-reddit-alien-avatar.html

Bots can and should monitor https://www.reddit.com/message/mentions.json[1] rather than polling/scraping every comment, whenever possible. You can also monitor /api/v1/me and check the `has_mail` attribute to see if you need to look up mentions.json (thanks /u/pkamb for the suggestion!)

1: https://www.reddit.com/message/mentions.json

Comments

Comment by totes_meta_bot at 08/01/2015 at 06:13 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This thread has been linked to from elsewhere on reddit.

[/r/botsrights] Admin provides much needed assistance to bots everywhere[1]

^If ^you ^follow ^any ^of ^the ^above ^links, ^respect ^the ^rules ^of ^reddit ^and ^don't ^vote ^or ^comment. ^Questions? ^Abuse? ^Message ^me ^here.[2]*

1: http://np.reddit.com/r/botsrights/comments/2rpus6/admin_provides_much_needed_assistance_to_bots/

2: http://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Fmeta_bot_mailbag

Comment by sodypop at 07/01/2015 at 21:05 UTC

9 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is great! I've had a few ideas brewing that could really take advantage of this. Thanks. :)

Comment by pkamb at 07/01/2015 at 21:08 UTC*

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Was there a blog post / announcement for this you can link us to?

What do these username mentions look like in the normal reddit web interface?

Do these mentions show up in `has_mail` as well?

Comment by damontoo at 07/01/2015 at 22:45 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies