Has anybody ever had any problems for using this API?
peoro opened this issue · 1 comments
The following statement in the project description has scared me away from this project until now:
"(Ab)using it could result in an account ban"
- Has anybody ever had any related problems?
- Has any Airbnb representative ever given an opinion on this?
- If I use it for listings I'm co-host of, do I just risk getting my account banned, or could I cause problems for the listing and its creator as well?
Personally, I have never had a ban due to API use.
I've had multiple occasions where bugs resulted in things like long messages being spam repeated 20+ times, and other undesirable behavior, and thankfully I never attracted the attention of their security team.
I've heard a case of a management company using the API to spam advertise, and they were blackballed quite aggressively, apparently.
I haven't heard any official comments or pubilc policy on the matter. If you do get a ban, you can explain the situation to customer service and hopefully they would be reasonable. I'm sure they're aware of API use.