>>493854

I had started a project to make the data searchable by bringing it into a database system. I shall restart that effort tomorrow.

My goal was to have a searchable archive of the chans with a copy of the data on my server. Thus searching would not impact the chans' servers.

Part of the issues in using the JSON APIs for this is the way that the boards are organized. We have breads in pages with threads in breads. PITA to parse and reindex.

Would LOVE an API that would be something like this:

https:// 8ch.net/qresearch/res/493854.json that would pull ONLY message 493854 directly without having to dig through the layers.

>>494405

The issue has to do with the nesting of the data within the present API. This ain't my first rodeo.

We start with the catalog.json object, but it only goes back 24 pages. What about pages before that?

I've already written a lot of code to try to sort it all out. I keep the messages by board and message number in the database.

Believe me, I would not ask the BO for features that I don't really need. Been coding since 1979.

And databases are my specialty. I can do remote autocomplete against a table with 4 million rows in real time.

So, when I humbly ask the BO for a few more API calls, they would make life much simpler.

Another nifty feature that I could build for collaboration is a unique object for each person that we are analyzing. Say, one for Hillary. One for Chelsea, then link them. Automagically generate the mindmap type links out of the database. Improve the information model with more links.

>>494457

??????

I have a widget that automagically de-serializes JSON into an object.

I think I'll just drop this and build it using whatever is available. No point in debating and discussing with every person who has an idea of how something might be built etc.

My point was simple. A single API extension.

And I don't bother with PHP, PERL, Ruby, RAILs or the next great fantastic language that is supposed to be the end-all for processing fucking strings.

Sorry, but in a pissy mood right now.

Did anyone notice the filename of the PNG on the GA board? It's been on my mind for a few days. Looking at the board in JSON