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API: ids in tag list #3

Closed asturcon3 closed 11 years ago

asturcon3 commented 11 years ago

Just noticed that the user in the tag id's is filled with the string 01234567890123456789. Should be either the user id or a - string, just as in unread-count.

I'm fixing that in my code, maybe you want to fix it in yours.

Regards

vshabanov commented 11 years ago

Google Reader used 20 characters user id so I placed the fake id to have the same format. No app developer has yet complained about this.

asturcon3 commented 11 years ago

And I'm not complainig. The id's mismatch is too easy to solve... in a way compatible with other greader_like servers.

Regards again.

vshabanov commented 11 years ago

Hm. I'm returning 01234... everywhere where 20 characters user id is expected and "-" everywhere google reader returned it. Not sure returning "-" instead 20 digits will make API implementation more compatible.

Are you developing an app?

asturcon3 commented 11 years ago

Yes.

Not sure about the 20digits/placeholder thing. Leave it as is, and wait to see if someone coimplaints.

Two samples: theoldreader is using user/-/label/whatever in BOTH unread-count and tag-list inoreader is using user/(10 digits user id)/label/whatever in both pages

My app was using ids as returned by the server, working good when connected to those sites but not here. Now for user id's I'm removing... pf... id.split("/").slice(2).join("/"). That. It's working fine.

vshabanov commented 11 years ago

The Old Reader is not fully compatible with GR API. Inoreader made its API after GR was closed. BazQux API was done May before GR is closed and it's one-to-one copy including all the quirks and inconsistencies.

It's right thing to ignore user id. I'm just using "user/./label/(.)" regexp internally to get tags/labels passed.

vshabanov commented 11 years ago

What app you're developing?

asturcon3 commented 11 years ago

ThOR. It's already published on Nokia Store (it's symbian, you know, that obsolete thing where no other developer is :D )

Currently it connects to theoldreader, next update will connect with a handful greader-like servers. I'm having a funny week testing.

( ClientLogin client=ThOR&accountType=HOSTED_OR_GOOGLE&service=reader&Email=... )