Write.as Development @writeas_dev@abunchtell.com

go-writeas library is getting closer to 100% API coverage (https://github.com/writeas/go-writeas) and I'm updating the API docs along the way (https://developers.write.as/docs/api/).

Main reason for all these updates is custom work I'm currently doing around the CLI, which will be really useful for a lot of people.

Here are some of the changes I've been making: https://github.com/writeas/writeas-cli/commits/local-workflow

A few fixes for @snap_as deploying soon.

Making a few tweaks to the API to support the new CLI changes... adding a `url` property on collections and adding a logout endpoint for non-web clients: DELETE /api/auth/me

As an aside to that: like Write.as, Snap.as will have an open API so you can build on top of it. I'm aiming to have the API design solidified and documented by the end of this month. And I'd like to build it so the endpoints can blend with the Write.as API, so any apps built today will continue working with your self-hosted blog.

https://developers.snap.as/

Today I'm working towards this by starting a Snap.as CLI project (https://github.com/snapas/snapas-cli) that'll work on its own, but I'll also include in the Write.as CLI. The latter will upload to Snap.as today, and when https://writeas.org is released, you'll have the option to upload photos to your own instance instead.

The self-hosted version of Write.as is going to have image hosting built-in.

While it makes sense to have this functionality separated in @snap_as today for the hosted platform, it would be a pain for you to have to install and maintain two separate applications just for this.

Now that I'm actually using the go-writeas library for the CLI, I'm also fixing inconsistent / wrong examples in the API docs https://developers.write.as/docs/api/?go#update-a-post

Interacting with our Tor hidden service is now supported in the go-writeas API client: https://godoc.org/github.com/writeas/go-writeas#NewTorClient

A very minor update to the CLI, v1.1, is out now: https://github.com/writeas/writeas-cli/releases/tag/v1.1

* Adds --user-agent flag
* Fixes `go get`
* Refactors some things

Starting on the go-writeas library (https://github.com/writeas/go-writeas) upgrades to API v2, and then the CLI's support for it (https://github.com/writeas/writeas-cli)

Next deploy will have some new localizations: Arabic, Persian, Tajik, and Esperanto. https://github.com/writeas/web-core/tree/master/l10n

#microblogpub does indeed work on #readas! Just need to get that outbox imported.

Here's that #ReadAs demo instance, running the just-released v0.2: https://readas.labs.abunchtell.com

Once v1.0 is finished, I'll put it up on https://Read.as and open up registration to everyone.

#Microblogpub blogs can also be followed with #ReadAs, and should handle posts without any issues (still need to test). But existing posts aren't pulled in on follow either, because of how the outbox is set up.

Going to need to fully use go-fed for outbox parsing, instead of my currently hacked-together (and much less robust) solution.

Now #ReadAs works with #Plume -- everything besides fetching existing posts when you first follow someone, as Plume's outbox does things differently than other platforms I've seen. Might be able to hack around it in the future.

#ReadAs getting close to a point where I can throw up a demo instance.

✅ Pulling in a user's existing posts when you first follow them
✅ Fixing post viewing when not logged in
✅ Fixing database schema so it can eventually support posts from both local and remote users
- Typography improvements
- Instance configuration with JSON file

Home again after a week of house sitting and coding nearly nonstop.

Almost completely caught up on emails. Finishing a short video demoing federation on Write.as, then knocking out some small feature requests in the backlog.