# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
# 
# 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.
# 
# Options:
#     uri     Filter to show a specific users twts.
#     offset  Start index for quey.
#     limit   Count of items to return (going back in time).
# 
# twt range = 1 14
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/z4hlt4a
bender
twtxt.net
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Testing mentions, immediately followed by commas. Let's see: @prologic, this one is local, it might not break. Now, this one @movq, isn't local. Nor this @lyse, one. Will they break. Let's find out!
prologic
twtxt.net
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That's kind of weird actually. Hmmm @movq, @lyse, and @bender are all cool 😎
prologic
twtxt.net
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Whereas @movq @lyse and @bender are all cool 😎
prologic
twtxt.net
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I'll see if I can fix this and write a test case for what's going on here. I _think_ this is made difficult now because folks like @eapl.me decide that it's okay to have a . (_period_) in their # nick 🤣 tbh I _think_ nick(s) should have rules of what they can and cannot be comprised of. i.e: no punctuation 🤦‍♂️
prologic
twtxt.net
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There are 5 of such "Twters" on this pod that have periods in their nick 😢


sqlite> select count(distinct(nick)) from twters where nick like '%.%';
count(distinct(nick)) = 5
sqlite> select distinct(nick) from twters where nick like '%.%';
 nick = @marado@ciberlandia.pt

 nick = eapl.me

 nick = eapl.mx

 nick = grumpygordie.great-site.net

 nick = @chyrp.doesnm.cc
bender
twtxt.net
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@prologic how about @movq; and @lyse;. Will that work?
prologic
twtxt.net
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@bender I _can_ fix and make that work in the parser too. But I'm no longer sure how to cater for the general case. It's too much to support all punctuation whilst at the same time as other contradicting rules. For example you cannot both support . in nicknames and then expect to be able to to end a mention with a . 🤦‍♂️
bender
twtxt.net
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@prologic it's a pickle. Then sanitise the outliers. No other way.
prologic
twtxt.net
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@bender I _believe_ that's the only way. We'll deal with it as it comes up I think.
prologic
twtxt.net
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This is fixed now 🥳 Thanks @xuu!
bmallred
staystrong.run
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@bender welp, thanks for this (entire stream)... got it accounted for (commit) on my own as well now :)
bmallred
staystrong.run
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@bender welp, thanks for this (entire stream)... got it accounted for (commit) on my own as well now :)
prologic
twtxt.net
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@bmallred Nice! 👌
eapl.me
eapl.me
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hehe, just catching up on this thread! I've replied in another that using periods/dots sounds good to me as it's usual in domains, but perhaps some agreement would be needed. For now I think any character is valid as long as it is not a space.
For example we are using this for PHP twtxt.php#L153