Question thread #76

[pauamma]

It's time for another question thread!

The rules:

- You may ask any dev-related question you have in a comment. (It doesn't even need to be about Dreamwidth, although if it involves a language/library/framework/database Dreamwidth doesn't use, you will probably get answers pointing that out and suggesting a better place to ask.)
- You may also answer any question, using the guidelines given in To Answer, Or Not To Answer and in this comment thread.

Comments

[hitchhiker]

has the procedure for getting a dev account changed? i applied a while ago and never heard back. (also is there something like a docker container i can just run on my laptop instead?)

[pauamma]

I don't think there was an official announcement of the transfer of responsibility for dreamhacks from Sophie to Mark, but the current procedure seems to be "email mark@dreamwidth.org".

I don't know much about Docker, but I think some people use virtual machines on their computers and use http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php/Dreamwidth_Scratch_Installation as the installation procedure. Would that work for you? (Also, if Docker installation is possible and easier, we'd appreciate wiki documentation of that.)

[roadrunnertwice]

The most recent attempt at a low friction dev environment was my vagrant+puppet thing from a couple months ago.

I’ve kept the dependencies updated, and it should work fine; I haven’t gotten much feedback on it, but I’m pretty sure at least two other people have used it, based on comments here and in the Discord. Just keep in mind that I meant what I said in the readme about needing a fast, unmetered Internet connection. 😣

[pauamma]

That looks really nice, thanks!

[hitchhiker]

giving that a try now! looks like just what i need.

[mark]

Hmm I processed all the Dreamhack requests the other day. I thought I saw yours in there.. you should have gotten an email? It would say it was from Sophie, I haven't fixed that yet, but they went out...

If you haven't gotten one, feel free to resubmit the form at hack.dreamwidth.net and I can rerun the creation?

Edit: Or use the vagrant solution -- it's pretty good :)

[hitchhiker]

oops, looks like i did get one but it went to spam! thanks!

[roadrunnertwice]

Oh wait, I wonder if mine went to spam too?

Edit: it totally did.

[jazzyjj]

I've been wondering something for a little while now. How exactly do you link to a personal journal or a comm here on Dreamwidth? Like when you're writing an entry and you want to refer to that person or comm, or when you're commenting and want to say thank you?

[pauamma]

https://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=87

[jazzyjj]

Got it, thanks. I think I need to start doing this for the #followfriday entries.

[alyndra]

You can also find this code at the bottom of any profile page.

[frau_kali]

Okay this may be a silly question or a complicated one but...

If I were writing JavaScript and I wanted to call all the icons uploaded to a currently logged in account (like I presume you guys do on the icon browser although I am not using jQuery), what would I have to invoke to do that? I know they reside in a database on the server side I just can't find how to get to it. This is also a learning exercise for me and I don't know perl (yet).

I could probably just write something that pulls all the image files + their keywords listed on the edit icons page and sticks em into an array but if I can use the thing you guys do that'd be awesome.

Also fyi, I am not asking with the intent to circumvent having to get a paid account for some features, I'm gonna go out of my way to ensure this part of my project is only for paid accounts.

[pauamma]

I have the reverse problem, because I don't know JS well, and jQuery not at all. What I can see from the perl side of the update page icon browser is:

1- Your Javascript fetches https://www.dreamwidth.org/__rpc_userpicselect .
2- If all goes well, you get back a JSON thingy^* containing: the sorted icon ids, plus (URL, state, width, height, description, comment, id, keywords) for each icon id.

^*: "thingy" is totally a technical term.

[frau_kali]

Oh, wow! Thank you so much for giving me this info! This is gonna make my life way easier!

And yuup, thingy is 100% a technical term, I'll be using jsonThingy as variable :D