Filter queries by post-type

[dshanske]

As determined by post type discovery, this would filter any returned query by post type, using the query variable post-type. This is proposed to apply specifically to q=source, as well as q=syndicate-to, but may be applied to other queries.

[jalcine]

I can see a case for this to be a property that would be accepted multiple times. If someone wanted to build a composite feeds of responses, doing something like q=source&post-type[]=like&post-type[]=reply would be simpler than doing a separate request for each instance and then having to potentially merge and sort the list of items on the client side.

[jalcine]

Coming back to this, I don't explicitly support the format proposed above (mainly due to the immediate complexity it'd introduce).

[jalcine]

Heh, reneging the comment I made above, the Rust IndieWeb library supports it, which enables Shock and Koype to support it for querying and consuming, respectively.

(Originally published at: https://jacky.wtf/2022/12/tndR)