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1. Hamjamiyat
2. Computing Platform Community Discussions
3. What's the deal with the Khan Academy API?

As far as I know, most people (at least I did) learned about the API from others who reverse-engineered it. KA doesn't have formal documentation for it, so anything posted is unofficial and subject...

1. Hamjamiyat
2. Computing Platform Community Discussions
3. Accessing External API

That and I think you can also load javascript from https://cdnjs.com, but as far as I know there aren't any APIs outside of KA's you can access.

1. Hamjamiyat
2. Computing Platform Community Discussions
3. Are collaboration bots allowed on Khan Academy?

Oops, that's a fresh thread. I just ran a command in the thread, and it showed up even well logged out.

1. Hamjamiyat
2. Content Requests and Feedback
3. KACP Revival Proposals

For C and other compiled languages, it would be cool to do something with web assembly. One possibility is to run a program, it would compile on khan academy's servers, and run in the browser. Comp...

1. Hamjamiyat
2. Computing Platform Community Discussions
3. Are collaboration bots allowed on Khan Academy?

Thank you for the quick reply -- I'll implement that now :) Based on your experience, would you say anything above 1:10 flags:votes would be suspicious, or should I target something lower/higher? A...

1. Hamjamiyat
2. Computing Platform Community Discussions
3. Are collaboration bots allowed on Khan Academy?

One additional question, in regards to other people creating inappropriate programs through the bot, what would be a reasonable enforcement strategy? For example, if a project was shadowbanned by t...

1. Hamjamiyat
2. Computing Platform Community Discussions
3. Bookmarklets on KA

Oh! And I guess the most obvious: make sure that the bookmarklet was made by a trustworthy person (an anonymous person posting a bookmarklet is very suspicious).

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2. Computing Platform Community Discussions
3. Lost programs

I was also just thinking, see if you can snag the program ID from your browsing history. Otherwise it might be impossible for the devs to find the program...

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2. Computing Platform Community Discussions
3. Lost programs

But do any of you still have the bookmarklet bookmarked? That's what most likely contains the malicious code, the program was probably more of the method of delivery.

1. Hamjamiyat
2. Computing Platform Community Discussions
3. Lost programs

Did it have a bookmarklet? @Quinn Hardbrook said that he found a bookmarklet that dad code to delete all projects. If you did, would you mind posting what code it contained?