KOkordlessagain·Jul 13, 2022Submission
Aperture is a HTTP 402 reverse proxy
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⚡️L402 (Lightning HTTP 402) Reverse Proxy ⚡️
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⚡️L402 (Lightning HTTP 402) Reverse Proxy ⚡️
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| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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7 sourcesI'd really like to see the 402 method implemented with Lightning on a machine learning model site for authentication and use of the model. This way, other models could make calls on behalf of the queries they receive to their networks.
https://github.com/lightninglabs/aperture
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/402
In I've been abusing HTTP Status Codes in my APIs for yearsAgree 100% on the effectiveness and it being underrated.
Lightning Service Authentication Tokens[1] (LSATs) provide a standard that’s usable today.
With a Lightning Network browser integration like Alby[2] you can access paywalled content behind a proxy like Aperture[3], and it’s a very smooth process already.
[1] https://lsat.tech
[2] https://getalby.com/
[3] https://github.com/lightninglabs/aperture
In Many popular websites see what you type before you hit submitAperture[1] is an http 402 reverse proxy that implements the LSAT[2] protocol. It’s already used in production but not yet well known.
I’m curious to know how it could be more widely adopted. Maybe a Flask integration? Other ideas?
1: https://github.com/lightninglabs/aperture
2: https://lsat.tech
In The Impervious Browser: Your Portal to the P2P InternetTo destroy the ads market on the Web:
1. Don't click on ads.
2. Run an ad blocker or, even better, turn off JavaScript[1] when a page displays excessive ads.
3. Build a new type of Open Source-based search engine which utilizes an alternate revenue model.
4. If you can't do #3, like I am, then pay for one which utilizes an alternate revenue model.
5. Encourage the sites you use to explore using Lightning for payments. Lightning can be connected to requests to the site's content using Aperture[2].
[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disable-javascript...
[2] https://github.com/lightninglabs/aperture
In Ask HN: What will it take to destroy the ads market?Aperture: Lightning Proxy for API Tokens
1 points · Open discussionAdvertising is a result of capital markets applied to search. That's why, as a consumer, you can't buy and use a search engine directly, unless you are a developer with a lot of extra time on your hands.
Without search, nothing can be found. With it, we still have to crawl things, somehow. Maybe with AI? :)
As for microtransactions, we technically have a way to pay with Bitcoin using Lightning and 402 responses: https://github.com/lightninglabs/aperture
In The internet is broken because it is free