# 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 6
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/w5kihzq
I automated some really tedious stuff at work with two Python scripts today. It's feeling sooooooo much better now. Tomorrow, I need to figure out whether the two parameters can be automatically obtained via an API, so we don't need to open up a UI, search for the correct entries and copy-paste these values by hand. Invoking just one unparameterized make target to do all the stuff would be absolutely amazing. I'm wondering why we haven't already spent these two to three hours years ago.
@lyse It’s tough to find that sweet spot (“when to write automation?”). 🤔 But when you say “years ago”, hmm, yes, maybe you waited too long. 😅
@lyse It’s tough to find that sweet spot (“when to write automation?”). 🤔 But when you say “years ago”, hmm, yes, maybe you waited too long. 😅
@lyse It’s tough to find that sweet spot (“when to write automation?”). 🤔 But when you say “years ago”, hmm, yes, maybe you waited too long. 😅
@movq One and a half to two years ago we started with that thing, so we definitely waited too long. :-) I used it twice today and saved me a minute and a half in total I'd say. Absolutely worth it. One command and five seconds later I was good to go. No silly UI interactions or file edits anymore. Just waiting for this slow stuff (which we cannot control) to finish.