[ManiaFlash][Suggestion] Additional Information

[zocka]

After having a look at the ManiaFlash API's return values, I would suggest some things, I could imagine useful or interesting for API users:

maniaflash/channels/.../

• follower count
• channel icon url
• maybe the message count to optimize message requesting & caching

maniaflash/channels/.../messages/

• add something like original post data as null or {id: ..., author/channel: ...} since the API doesn't inform about the original author at all, if the message is reposted

[zocka]

Edit/Bump
I just noticed, that the messages give an "author" and don't even contain the publishing channel
Which really doesn't seem thought through sorry...

I'm currently trying around with an integration of the API and it would be a natural usecase to search for a hashtag (since the API provides this possibility) and then you may find a channel you want to visit/see more posts/follow/... but I can't seem to find a good way to actually get the necessary information.


And for the thing with the channel icon (as I still think it would enhance the look of a newsfeed) I came to think of some simple rewrite rule like /maniaflash/channels/%s/icon.png to obscure the user's hosting service.


With best regards

[toffe]

Agree on the source when resharing.
Also have this on my list: viewtopic.php?f=282&t=29675

Toffe