is this repo dead?

[d668]

i know login broke long time ago but i used to be able to search at least. now the search is empty always

[DIvkov575]

I think (almost) everything is broken/breaking w/ AirbnbApi v3. Imma try and see what I can do but I might just start a new repo to support v3

[zxol]

Hello guys. I'm sorry to have been neglecting this repo. After Airbnb implemented stronger anti bot features and a new schema, as well as favouring a graphql implementation for its mobile app, I felt like maintaining this repo would be a poor use of my time. I can no longer reverse engineer the data flow for the app and I'm anxious about legal issues surrounding providing a solution that Airbnb offers as a commercial product (API access). I fully understand that this situation hurts indie developers wanting to use Airbnb data for research or novel use cases. And I can only apologise for that.

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[zxol]

Also, sorry for ghosting instead of keeping the readme updated. I hope that as fellow devs you can understand we often move on to other projects and sometimes don't take the time to look for a solution to an aging repo. Kept feeling more guilty the longer it because since my last push. Bigger fish to fry, as they say.

[DIvkov575]

Just curious what legal issues would creating an after market api infringe on? would it be some sort of data privacy issue or some copyright?

[zxol]

@DIvkov575 I'll be honest with you, I never actually looked into the details, But I just figure if a piece of software I publish offers similar functionality to Airbnb api clients paying thousands of dollars a month for the privilege, an Airbnb lawyer will try to throw the book at me. Happily, I've not received any legal emails due to this repo. It's possible I'm mistaken in my understanding of the legal ground regarding this issue.

It's becoming a more widely known issue after the reddit API debacle. Perhaps this'll be common knowledge one day?

If anyone with some evidence of responsible open source contributions on their account would like to take over this repo, please let me know in this issue, and I will happily grant the rights.

lets tag a few pr request users.

@AdrienDS
@Matze2010
@timaschew
@Technohacker

[ShivamJoker]

Has anyone figured out how messaging works?
I would like to automate that.

Thanks.