This time is a little bit different since google copy the API but they used their own devices to run the API, in this case he copied the API but still uses snapchat service so he must build their own snapchat server to avoid copyright protection i think.
Yes, I agree, and in fact after looking at the code I realised he's included API keys which I think is wrong. As I received your response I was just finishing up another comment on this (https://hackertimes.com/item?id=6084802).
