[Booki-dev] Booki Groups

[adam hyde]

i will pip in and say that the app probably needs to list books by
group. so we need to include a parameter for groups to define the scope
for the api calls. eg.
?group=flossmanuals

...would give all books in FM...

on the wish list, it would be good to also include a parameter for the
tags. for example if groups, books, and users had tags then the api
could also use this to refine the scope...for example, if andycats app
would like to display all FM books that have something to do with audio:
?group=flossmanuals&tag=audio

or all books in booki about audio:
?tag=audio

and we need a syntax for multiple tags/groups, eg:
?group=flossmanuals+gnumedia&tag=audio+mp3

and we need to identify language:
?lang=pt-br

etc...

3 other thoughts related to this:
1. it would be interesting to also have a '!'
eg. 
group=flossmanuals&tag=audio+!mp3

2. tags for books could also be used for categorising books within
groups rather than using the 'categories' we had previously discussed

3. tags could be used for messaging groups and users who have those tags
in their profile, and for searching of course...


adam








On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 13:56 +0200, Aleksandar Erkalovic wrote:
> hei buraz!
> 
> i had some big changes over existing database scheme, it will be
> finished today and then i will
> merge it with master branch. will send email when i am finish, so
> basicly master branch will be
> thing to use.
> 
> i had idea for some kind of public booki api, now that you have need
> for this and douglas also
> needs list of available books maybe we could start work on some basic
> public api? just the
> basic structure for api with couple of basic calls for now. what do
> you guys think about that?
> what kind of info from booki would you need? you need list of
> published pdf-s, and booki does
> not keep track for now about published books. we could easily
> implement it for your iphone app
> if that's what you need :)
> 
> aco
> 
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:36 AM, andycat <intothemist at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  hey boraz, kako se ?
> > let us know when you get a chance which git branch is the current head,
> > so me and lachlan can
> > get into some booki dev.
> > I want to make the JSON file that can connect to the iphone epub reader
> > app, lachlan wants to do that fix etc
> > cheers
> > andy
> >
> > On 26/08/10 8:51 AM, Aleksandar Erkalovic wrote:
> >> hi john,
> >>
> >> yes, in the process of migration to new data schema i removed group
> >> subscriptions.
> >> i noticed there was not that many group subscriptions. i implemented
> >> group permissions
> >> (it is missing UI for now), and now when i am sure it is stable
> >> change, i will resubscribe
> >> people to some groups. some subscriptions will be lost probably, but
> >> it is not that
> >> important. only now, with the new concept of groups people will start
> >> using this group
> >> feature. i hope :)
> >>
> >> also, in the near future, i will change user page. it has this dummy
> >> interface since the
> >> first day.
> >>
> >> aco
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 6:50 AM, John Curwood <info at lovinglearning.co.nz> wrote:
> >>> Hi, I was looking through booki today in search of material for the next
> >>> Booki tutorial and I discovered that I am no longer a member of any
> >>> groups.  I know that I had joined several and even created a few while I
> >>> have been writing the User Guide.  I was just wondering if this might
> >>> have happened due to one of the upgrades that we have had recently.
> >>>
> >>> P.S. the new layout for the groups pages looks really good, I can't wait
> >>> for all the functionality to be added to them.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>> John
> >>>
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> 
> 

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