Use resolve_object for better post matching

[micahmo]

It looks like you are currently doing a search on title to find matching posts.

lemmy-instance-assistant/src/utils.js

Line 409 in 668ee69

const response = await fetch(instance + '/api/v3/search?q=' + encodeURIComponent(postTitle) + '&type_=Posts', options);

You may find the resolve_object endpoint useful! You can pass a full URL to a post on another instance, and the instance which you are calling will try to resolve it.

For example, if I want to find https://ttrpg.network/post/1425970 on lemmy.ca, I call https://lemmy.ca/api/v3/resolve_object?q=https://ttrpg.network/post/1425970 and it returns (among other things) 6683650 which I can infer to https://lemmy.ca/post/6683650!

[cynber]

Thank you, that would be very helpful!

I'll change it in a future version unless someone else gets to it first :)