# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 12
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/7tmfmpq
@movq You could probably detect whether a feed prepends or appends
@movq You could probably detect whether a feed prepends or appends
@prologic Maybe. But *in theory*, it’s legal to append twts in the middle. Or, and I’ve done that myself a couple of times, delete twts somewhere in the middle of the feed.
I mean, doing that *probably* means that the partial feed I’m retrieving starts in the middle of a twt now, and that’s something that I can detect, so I can then fall back to just retrieving the full feed. But it’s not guaranteed. There will be subtle bugs, it feels very fragile. I’m not convinced that it’s worth the effort. 🤔
@prologic Maybe. But *in theory*, it’s legal to append twts in the middle. Or, and I’ve done that myself a couple of times, delete twts somewhere in the middle of the feed.\n\nI mean, doing that *probably* means that the partial feed I’m retrieving starts in the middle of a twt now, and that’s something that I can detect, so I can then fall back to just retrieving the full feed. But it’s not guaranteed. There will be subtle bugs, it feels very fragile. I’m not convinced that it’s worth the effort. 🤔
@prologic Maybe. But *in theory*, it’s legal to append twts in the middle. Or, and I’ve done that myself a couple of times, delete twts somewhere in the middle of the feed.
I mean, doing that *probably* means that the partial feed I’m retrieving starts in the middle of a twt now, and that’s something that I can detect, so I can then fall back to just retrieving the full feed. But it’s not guaranteed. There will be subtle bugs, it feels very fragile. I’m not convinced that it’s worth the effort. 🤔
@prologic Maybe. But *in theory*, it’s legal to append twts in the middle. Or, and I’ve done that myself a couple of times, delete twts somewhere in the middle of the feed.
I mean, doing that *probably* means that the partial feed I’m retrieving starts in the middle of a twt now, and that’s something that I can detect, so I can then fall back to just retrieving the full feed. But it’s not guaranteed. There will be subtle bugs, it feels very fragile. I’m not convinced that it’s worth the effort. 🤔
@movq No it's not. Stop resisting, you're under arrest Penguin!
@movq In practice however, have you _really_ done this an awful lot? 🤔 I can't honestly say I have myself (_it's not that hard to snipe a Twt in yarnd by editing the ./data/feeds/<user> file_) but I've not felt the need to do it very often. And I *definitely have zero reason to append in the middle, or even revert the order of my feed(s).\n\nI do _believe_ append-only is the simplest/easiest way to really deal with Twtxt feeds. It's the sort of thing that's easy to do with UNIX tools like echo ... > twtxt.net et all 👌 Just say'n 😅*
@movq In practice however, have you _really_ done this an awful lot? 🤔 I can't honestly say I have myself (_it's not that hard to snipe a Twt in yarnd by editing the ./data/feeds/<user> file_) but I've not felt the need to do it very often. And I *definitely have zero reason to append in the middle, or even revert the order of my feed(s).
I do _believe_ append-only is the simplest/easiest way to really deal with Twtxt feeds. It's the sort of thing that's easy to do with UNIX tools like echo ... > twtxt.net et all 👌 Just say'n 😅*
@movq In practice however, have you _really_ done this an awful lot? 🤔 I can't honestly say I have myself (_it's not that hard to snipe a Twt in yarnd by editing the ./data/feeds/<user> file_) but I've not felt the need to do it very often. And I *definitely have zero reason to append in the middle, or even revert the order of my feed(s).
I do _believe_ append-only is the simplest/easiest way to really deal with Twtxt feeds. It's the sort of thing that's easy to do with UNIX tools like echo ... > twtxt.net et all 👌 Just say'n 😅*