I’ve sniffed the Tinder API to see how it functions

You should use so it which will make spiders (etc) most trivially. Some example python bot code is here -> (horribly short and filthy, you have been warned!)

API Facts

Note: all of the curl advice below abandon headers to possess brevity — you’ll want to add the expected headers found throughout the dining table significantly more than

Authenticating

> curl -X POST--data ''

The easiest way to make this is to try to give it a look, log in after which pick the auth token from the Url youre redirected in order to.

< "token": "8c839cee-0980-cuatrob73-861b-8739cb597f57", "user": < . >, "globals": < . >, "versions": < . > >

Updating the profile

> curl -X Post--study '' 

Revealing a user

> curl -X Blog post ' --data '' 

Content delivering

Send an email so you can a complement. Notice you will get a four hundred right back if you try to send a message to someone who is not a match

curl ' --data '"message": "your message here">'

< "_id":"53467235483cb56c475cc1d6", "from":"53430689ab3c04c13e006ffb", "to":"533a59ea52046fc077002815", "match_id":"53464b0728ac73976d0a3fbf", "sent_date":"2014-04-10T.764Z", "message":"hi!", "created_date":"2014-04-10T.764Z" >

Upgrading your local area

< "status": 2 hundred, "error": "position change not significant" >

Get cute Vancouver, WA girl «updates»

> curl ' >'

< "matches": [< "_id": "53464b0728ac73976d0a3fbf", "messages": [< "_id": "534651198ce6da797248c1a3", "match_id": "53464b0728ac73976d0a3fbf", "to": "53430689ab3c04c13e006ffb", "from": "533a59ea52046fc077002815", "message": "hi . how is it going?", "sent_date": "2014-04-10T.800Z", "created_date": "2014-04-10T.800Z", "timestamp": 1397117209800 >, < "_id": "53466fd298b7278b72156523", "match_id": "53464b0728ac73976d0a3fbf", "to": "533a59ea52046fc077002815", "from": "53430689ab3c04c13e006ffb", "message": "Good thanks you? :)", "sent_date": "2014-04-10T.379Z", "created_date": "2014-04-10T.379Z", "timestamp": 1397125074379 >], "last_activity_date": "2014-04-10T.379Z" >], "blocks": [], "lists": [], "deleted_lists": [], "last_activity_date": "2014-04-10T.379Z" >

In order to ‘like’ or ‘pass’ a person

match: match_result>

Advice

> curl

< "status": 200, "results": [< "distance_mi": 2, "common_like_count": 0, "common_friend_count": 0, "common_likes": [], "common_friends": [], "_id": "518d666a2a00df0e490000b9", "bio": "", "birth_date": "1986-05-17T.000Z", "gender": 1, "name": "Elen", "ping_time": "2014-04-08T.494Z", "photos": [< "id": "fea4f480-7ce0-4143-a310-a03c2b2cdbc6", "main": real, "crop": "source", "fileName": "fea4f480-7ce0-4143-a310-a03c2b2cdbc6.jpg", "extension": "jpg", "processedFiles": [< "width": 640, "height": 640, "url": " >" >, < "width": 320, "height": 320, "url": " >" >, < "width": 172, "height": 172, "url": " >" >, < "width": 84, "height": 84, "url": " >" >], "url": " >" >, < "url": " >", "processedFiles": [< "url": " >", "height": 640, "width": 640 >, < "url": " >", "height": 320, "width": 320 >, < "url": " >", "height": 172, "width": 172 >, < "url": " >", "height": 84, "width": 84 >], "extension": "jpg", "fileName": "5c1d3231-5a75-4a07-91ff-5c012716583f.jpg", "main": not the case, "ydistance_percent": 0.75, "yoffset_percent": 0.04101562, "xoffset_percent": 0, "id": "5c1d3231-5a75-4a07-91ff-5c012716583f", "xdistance_percent": 1 >, < "url": " >", "processedFiles": [< "url": " >", "height": 640, "width": 640 >, < "url": " >", "height": 320, "width": 320 >, < "url": " >", "height": 172, "width": 172 >, < "url": " >", "height": 84, "width": 84 >], "extension": "jpg", "fileName": "5abd87e5-a181-4946-a8b9-880926a78943.jpg", "main": false, "ydistance_percent": 0.75, "yoffset_percent": 0.1640625, "xoffset_percent": 0, "id": "5abd87e5-a181-4946-a8b9-880926a78943", "xdistance_percent": 1 >, < "url": " >", "processedFiles": [< "url": " >", "height": 640, "width": 640 >, < "url": " >", "height": 320, "width": 320 >, < "url": " >", "height": 172, "width": 172 >, < "url": " >", "height": 84, "width": 84 >], "extension": "jpg", "fileName": "5e168698-a034-40c0-b7fb-7c05743f2310.jpg", "main": false, "ydistance_percent": 1, "yoffset_percent": 0, "xoffset_percent": 0.2188477, "id": "5e168698-a034-40c0-b7fb-7c05743f2310", "xdistance_percent": 0.5625 >], "birth_date_info": "fuzzy birthdate active, not displaying real birth_date" >, < "distance_mi": 4, "common_like_count": 0, "common_friend_count": 0, "common_likes": [], "common_friends": [], "_id": "52cfc097f43cd91a67003639", "bio": "", "birth_date": "1987-11-02T.000Z", "gender": 1, "name": "Cristina", "ping_time": "2014-04-06T.605Z", "photos": [< "id": "4ab7173f-7884-4fe3-872f-32c01d77de2a", "main": "main", "shape": "center_square", "fileName": "4ab7173f-7884-4fe3-872f-32c01d77de2a.jpg", "extension": "jpg", "processedFiles": [< "width": 640, "height": 640, "url": " >" >, < "width": 320, "height": 320, "url": " >" >, < "width": 172, "height": 172, "url": " >" >, < "width": 84, "height": 84, "url": " >" >], "url": " >" >, < "id": "bb8ac90b-f48a-4a1c-8cba-0c05d26f1b47", "shape": "center_square", "fileName": "bb8ac90b-f48a-4a1c-8cba-0c05d26f1b47.jpg", "extension": "jpg", "processedFiles": [< "width": 640, "height": 640, "url": " >" >, < "width": 320, "height": 320, "url": " >" >, < "width": 172, "height": 172, "url": " >" >, < "width": 84, "height": 84, "url": " >" >], "url": " >" >, < "id": "dabe1c27-f186-48f2-807f-8a68e3831fe9", "shape": "center_square", "fileName": "dabe1c27-f186-48f2-807f-8a68e3831fe9.jpg", "extension": "jpg", "processedFiles": [< "width": 640, "height": 640, "url": " >" >, < "width": 320, "height": 320, "url": " >" >, < "width": 172, "height": 172, "url": " >" >, < "width": 84, "height": 84, "url": " >" >], "url": " >" >, < "url": " >", "processedFiles": [< "url": " >", "height": 640, "width": 640 >, < "url": " >", "height": 320, "width": 320 >, < "url": " >", "height": 172, "width": 172 >, < "url": " >", "height": 84, "width": 84 >], "extension": "jpg", "fileName": "59263e9d-6d76-4f42-8c8e-b4cf635b03c7.jpg", "main": false, "ydistance_percent": 0.75, "yoffset_percent": 0.08554687, "xoffset_percent": 0, "id": "59263e9d-6d76-4f42-8c8e-b4cf635b03c7", "xdistance_percent": 1 >], "birth_date_info": "fuzzy birthdate active, not displaying real birth_date" >, . ] >