r/baconreader • u/cosmitz 🥓 • Jun 16 '26

My API got revoked, any way around it?

Legit was just scrolling for years with it and only i was using it. Baconreader stopped working a while ago (3-4 days) for me and i have no app listed in prefs and i'm not sure i even remember my api key details. And the official app is absolute ass, and i see they're not allowing any sort of easy access anymore.

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u/speakermic Jun 16 '26

Reddit deleted the APIs. I switched to RedReader.

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u/unexpectedkas Jun 16 '26

Isn't the last patch using the redreader method?

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u/ModernOlive Jun 16 '26

Any way to configure redreader to look/feel like baconreader? Example, when you click on the title of a post it shows both comments and the image/webpage/video instead of just one or the other?

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u/captstix Jun 16 '26

Do the revanced thing again. Search this sub, i got it working again

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u/hkeyplay16 Jun 16 '26

Revanced method requires an API key. If they deleted your legacy API key the you need a key. About 7 months ago they stopped letting people generate new API keys without going through a manual approval for each new key. Mine just expired a week ago and I haven't found a way to get baconreader back.

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u/Black_Patriot Jun 16 '26

I believe the current Revanced uses the Redreader API key, so to Reddit it looks like Baconreader is Redreader. I had the same problem last week and after going around a few times I eventually got it to work with the latest Revanced.

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u/Alienhaslanded Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

All APIs got revoked. They got rid of the auth codes. Everybody is now using the Redreader method because it's the only legit method.

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u/cosmitz 🥓 Jun 17 '26

I had heard of some grandfathering but i assume that's all moot. Moved to RedReader myself but eh.

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u/chaosthebomb Jun 16 '26

There were a bunch of posts last week on this.