Discussion: remove / deprecate Misskey client API

aylamz commented

2023-09-15 12:03:03 +02:00

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Is there anything the Mastodon API can't do that Misskey API can? If there is, I feel like Mastodon and Iceshrimp are similar enough in functionality (both are microblogging focused) that we could just extend Mastodon API instead of maintaining an entire separate API. Also Mastodon API is way more popular and has become a de facto standard, so it would make sense to focus on that. Don't think we need two different ways of basically doing the same thing.

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AntoineD commented

2023-09-15 15:22:51 +02:00

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I agree that Mastodon's API has become a standard for activitypub microblogging, and this is reflected in the range of third-party applications and services on offer.

But how would it look for Misskey's own features like pages, antennas and channels, clip?

I agree that Mastodon's API has become a standard for activitypub microblogging, and this is reflected in the range of third-party applications and services on offer. But how would it look for Misskey's own features like pages, antennas and channels, clip?

jeder commented

2023-09-15 18:27:57 +02:00

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Pleroma and Akkoma have it's own API on top of Mastodon API which is used as a base. For clips i think it would be good to make mastodon api bookmark endpoints work for only one pre-defined private clip list, and then expand that in that separate API

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aylamz commented

2023-09-22 17:18:00 +02:00

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@zotan what do you think of this?

zotan commented

2023-09-24 16:17:00 +02:00

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As a long term goal, maybe. For now, iterative improvements of the mastodon API are necessary before we can consider this

aylamz commented

2023-09-24 17:54:14 +02:00

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As a long term goal, maybe. For now, iterative improvements of the mastodon API are necessary before we can consider this

Agreed. But we can still decide now without immediately removing it. This would mean essentially deprecating it and shifting focus to improving Mastodon API (which I understand you are already working on). And only having Mastodon API would make the Rust rewrite be less work as well, assuming there's still interest in doing that.

> As a long term goal, maybe. For now, iterative improvements of the mastodon API are necessary before we can consider this Agreed. But we can still decide now without immediately removing it. This would mean essentially deprecating it and shifting focus to improving Mastodon API (which I understand you are already working on). And only having Mastodon API would make the Rust rewrite be less work as well, assuming there's still interest in doing that.

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