# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 18
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/yfgvo5q
Okie dokie, so still haven't heard back from Pagekite.net, but I have managed to get the pagekite.py library working on my VPS as a relay so have switched over to that for now. There's a bit of extra latency as the VPS is in the US, as opposed to the original pagekite.net relay that was in Sydney, but there's no rate limits at least... see how it goes.
@eldersnake I could probably run up a similar service if itβs helpful to you? π€
@eldersnake I could probably run up a similar service if itβs helpful to you? π€
@prologic Considering how fast twtxt.net is, I would not say no! Also honestly as the pagekite.net service is sadly seeming to be lacking attention, and ngrok is closed source, you could probably have a bit of a market there. I don't have much to spare but I'd certainly chuck some dollars your way that I would have otherwise spent on pagekite.net service.
My VPS as a relay setup is working fine, but the round trip is definitely a bit slooooow...
@eldersnake What would you pay for a tunnel like this anyway?
@eldersnake What would you pay for a tunnel like this anyway?
@prologic Yes that could work π€ Funnily enough my current VPS IS with vultr.com, I thought last time I looked they didn't have an Australian server option... but there is.
@prologic At least $5 per month. Seems to be around the minimum rate going around anyway. It has to be said that it's arguably cheaper to host a static site on something like nearlyfreespeech.net on the non-production plan, but that's beside the point to me. I like the idea of self-hosting when possible and tunnels like this make it easy to bypass ISP port restrictions etc.
@eldersnake I feel like $5.00/month is too much to pay for a tunnel service. π What do you think would be more reasonable? π€
@eldersnake I feel like $5.00/month is too much to pay for a tunnel service. π What do you think would be more reasonable? π€
@prologic It probably is too much, someone like me for example, the bandwidth requirements are pretty minimal. Not like I run a video streaming site etc. All that's really required is a stable tunnel close enough in location for good latency and speed. And the ability to use custom domains, which I think is what most providers really charge for. I think $2-$3.50 is more reasonable.
@prologic Yeah BYOD is more what I was meaning, but didn't word correctly. Some tunnel services don't even have that, Pagekite.net do even when paying the very minimum. It's not exactly a premium service, the user just needs to know how to point DNS at the tunnel service IP and the service needs to have the domain whitelisted π€£