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Get replies/reblogs/favourites count via uri

!Friendica Support
If I have the URI of a post (e.g. https://monrepos.casa/objects/0e03068e-3466-3cb4-8207-08c267219144) and retrieve it via a JSON API call, I get the ActivityPub representation of that post. This does not include the replies/reblogs/favourites count.

If I retrieve the post through the Mastodon-compatible API, using its local id (e.g. https://monrepos.casa/api/v1/statuses/342306) I will get the counts, as well as the URI.

But if I'm starting with the URI, how do I get the local id to then call that API?

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Gordon Pedersen
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Put another way: what can I do to convert a post's diaspora:guid value into a local id compatible with the Mastodon API?

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Hypolite Petovan
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@Gordon Pedersen The identifier you're looking for is called uri-id, it's a numerical representation of all the URIs that are recorded by a Friendica node. Every post has one, as well as all contacts, etc...

The item-uri table actually makes the correlation between a guid and a uri-id.

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@Hypolite Petovan
Is there any API I can use to access that correlation? Or is it only possible to figure out within Friendica itself?
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Hypolite Petovan
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@Gordon Pedersen I expect the search endpoint (/api/v2/search) to return the post object including its identifier. Just use the remote post URL as search string. Here's the documentation for it: docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/…
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@Hypolite Petovan
That endpoint requires auth, right? Either way, I'll give it a go, thanks 👍
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@Gordon Pedersen By the way, I love your profile picture, I played a ton of Tiny Tower by Nimblebit! 😄
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@Hypolite Petovan
I'm experimenting with showing the counts on my personal blog.
deathau.weblog.lol/
If you click the icon on the top right (or any "Interact on the Fediverse" link) then enter your handle, the page should refresh and show counts on posts.
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@Gordon Pedersen Oh, I see, definitely an interesting feature, although as you've found out, there's no reference to the uri-id in the public ActivityPub representation of a post.

@Michael Vogel What are the risks of including the uri-id of a post in the /objects/ output?

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Michael Vogel
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There is no field for that in the protocol. Also it is a value that is different for each system. I would prefer some change in the API instead.
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Hypolite Petovan
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@Michael Vogel @Gordon Pedersen We're already exposing the non-standard diaspora:guid field.

The alternative seems to start accepting a URL as a parameter for the /api/v1/statuses/ API endpoint, before it's converted to uri-id.

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The guid doesn't change between the systems. Also it is needed for the Diaspora communication. But using the search should should work.
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Hypolite Petovan
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@Michael Vogel @Gordon Pedersen We do check the authentication token for the search, which requires an account on the remote system you're probing for interaction counts.
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