# Yaarikut

> Yaarikut is a friendship-first social network for meaningful connections. Members share photos, videos, and blog posts; go live to a chat-enabled audience; and message each other directly. Built around community over algorithm.

## About

Yaarikut ("friendship" in Punjabi) is designed to foster real friendships rather than performance metrics. The interface is intentionally simple and light on ads. Content is user-generated: profiles, photos, videos, livestreams, blog posts, and one-to-one direct messages.

## Public content

- [Home feed](https://www.yaarikut.com/): Discover recently active people and the public showcase of photos and videos.
- [Blogs](https://www.yaarikut.com/blogs): Long-form posts written by community members, grouped by category (business, tech, lifestyle, etc.).
- [News](https://www.yaarikut.com/news): Curated news links shared inside the community.
- [Places](https://www.yaarikut.com/places): Geo-tagged content and user-created place pages.
- [Live TV](https://www.yaarikut.com/livetv): Channel directory and live-broadcast schedule.

## Legal & policy

- [Privacy Policy](https://www.yaarikut.com/privacy-policy.html)
- [Terms & Conditions](https://www.yaarikut.com/terms-conditions.html)
- [Refund Policy](https://www.yaarikut.com/refund-policy.html)
- [Contact Us](https://www.yaarikut.com/contact-us.html)

## API

The public REST API lives at `https://api2.yaarikut.com/api/`. Requests require an `api-key` HTTP header issued by Yaarikut for approved integrations. Endpoint groups include:

- Auth (login, register, password reset)
- Timeline (feed, single post, comments, likes)
- Users (profile, search, friends)
- Chat (direct messages)
- Livestream v2 (create, join, chat, heartbeat)
- News, Blogs, Banners, Subscription

Public developer credentials are not currently issued via the public site. Contact `support@yaarikut.com` for API access.

## Scraping & bot policy

- **Do not** attempt to scrape user profiles, friend graphs, direct messages, or livestream chat. These are user-private surfaces even when reachable via the public HTML shell.
- Public content (blogs, home feed showcase, static pages) may be indexed and summarised. Please respect `robots.txt`.
- Rate limit for anonymous requests: **60 requests per minute per IP**. Sustained abuse triggers a 403 block managed by the IP blocklist.
- If your agent needs authenticated access, register a bot account and follow the same rate limits as human sessions.
- User-Agent identifying your agent is appreciated (e.g. `Claude-User/1.0 (+contact@example.com)`).

## Structured data

Individual pages ship JSON-LD when relevant:
- Blog articles emit `Article` schema with author, headline, image, datePublished
- User profiles emit `Person` schema with name and image
- Home emits `Organization` and `WebSite` schema

## Contact

- General: [support@yaarikut.com](mailto:support@yaarikut.com)
- Abuse / takedown: same address, subject "ABUSE"
- Press: same address, subject "PRESS"