messenger bot api

im trying to make a messenger chat bot for a group chat and i found this unoff api on github but im not sure if it can have a negative effect on my gc especially causing security vurlnablities or causing to close all the users acc's https://github.com/Schmavery/facebook-chat-api
GitHub
GitHub - Schmavery/facebook-chat-api: Unofficial Facebook Chat API ...
Unofficial Facebook Chat API for Nodejs. Contribute to Schmavery/facebook-chat-api development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Lumberjack
Lumberjack15mo ago
@cfkeef
Keef
Keef15mo ago
Any unauthorized use of an app will make you potentially ban-worthy but you just have to see if people are actually getting banned for this stuff. Any credentials you provide to the bot should be considered vulnerable but I can't imagine they are harvesting them and you can check that if you glance at the source code. I would just look at the issues and see if anything is a issue
Keef
Keef15mo ago
GitHub
Is your account getting blocked? · Issue #852 · Schmavery/facebook-...
Unfortunately the approach that this API takes is flawed and there's not a lot that can be done about accounts getting blocked. As the disclaimer in the README states, you should use this libra...
Keef
Keef15mo ago
The repo hasn't been updated for a bit as well
Lumberjack
Lumberjack15mo ago
well the api uses ur account instead of an auth token
Keef
Keef15mo ago
so you might have to do some work on your end
Lumberjack
Lumberjack15mo ago
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Keef
Keef15mo ago
yeah thats fine These kind of sussy things are gonna be doing stuff like that lol
Keef
Keef15mo ago
Its a matrix bridge for facebook and it might work in your case? but you will have to learn how to use matrix and the activity pub standard
Lumberjack
Lumberjack15mo ago
i couldnt find the official messenger api thats why im looking for other solutions
Keef
Keef15mo ago
GitHub
GitHub - mautrix/facebook: A Matrix-Facebook Messenger puppeting br...
A Matrix-Facebook Messenger puppeting bridge. Contribute to mautrix/facebook development by creating an account on GitHub.
Lumberjack
Lumberjack15mo ago
what about the official messenger api?
Keef
Keef15mo ago
Is that a thing? I don't follow it if not you are basically gonna be reversing the api yourself or using someone else's
Lumberjack
Lumberjack15mo ago
well, the someone else api's can threat the users privacy/security
Keef
Keef15mo ago
Yeah so you have to make the choice here. If the software is open source then it can be verified by you or others to ensure its not doing anything too sussy
Lumberjack
Lumberjack15mo ago
the repo i found is open source, but idk how its working thats why i asked for the off messneger api i think its availalbe but hard to find
Keef
Keef15mo ago
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Lumberjack
Lumberjack15mo ago
i searched there but meeh its kinda messy. i wanted to knw if the repo i sent may cause any harm?
Keef
Keef15mo ago
It can ofc since you are giving it your login details but its probably safe just from the amount of people using it. Someone would have caught it at this point. I am not gonna go through this repo and check every thing but if its for a hobby project its probably fine Any account that is using it has the potential of getting locked/banned as well you can't escape that other then trying to minimize your chances of it
I don't have enough time to better support this project and believe the approach is ok for one-off scripts or fun projects but fundamentally too unstable for any serious application.
I don't have enough time to better support this project and believe the approach is ok for one-off scripts or fun projects but fundamentally too unstable for any serious application.
Lumberjack
Lumberjack15mo ago
i see so i'll try to understand his approach and make one from scratch
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