Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-200.82.198.177-20140826203812/@comment-1820055-20150303031209

Erodynamics wrote: The only reason API links are made is for programs to get direct access to your account without having to flood the servers with logins each time they request something from the server. this is one true line that we've always been forgetting to mention to people who ask. thanks for bringing this to light again. however, IIRC there's a way for them to detect if you're requesting from API link or not. there's an HTTP header called "Referrer" which indicates what is the source of the request. I forgot if it behaves differently from DMM vs API link vs 3rd party viewers, but IIRC with no guarantee they're different.