AskSteem API v1.1 Returns Multiple Result Sets When Query String Includes -
Hello, friends.
Please, take a look at the AskSteem API v1.1 announcement by @thekyle first: AskSteem API v1.1 Update - User Search, Includes, and Sorting.
This API is a great and valuable tool for ad-hoc queries via browser and for embedding and displaying paged results into your applications.
All kudos to @thekyle - great work!
And now to the question part of my article.
While I was trying out the types=user query type I was surprised to see that I've got multiple results in one answer.
My query was very egocentric:
https://api.asksteem.com/search?q=ervin-lemark&types=user
The answer:
{
"time": 0.041,
"error": false,
"pages": {
"current": 1,
"has_previous": false,
"has_next": false
},
"hits": 3,
"results": [
{
"following_count": 791,
"rep": 67.52,
"created": "2016-05-11T18:41:24",
"post_count": 5093,
"name": "ervin-lemark",
"type": "user",
"followers_count": 1324
},
{
"following_count": 1,
"rep": 25,
"created": "2017-06-16T12:00:39",
"post_count": 0,
"name": "lemark",
"type": "user",
"followers_count": 5
},
{
"following_count": 0,
"rep": 25,
"created": "2016-04-26T07:17:33",
"post_count": 0,
"name": "ervin",
"type": "user",
"followers_count": 0
}
]
}
Do you see? Three hits for one query.
Entry string ervin-lemark goes into the loop three times:
- ervin-lemark
- lemark
- ervin
It is interesting to see that there is a registered user with my family name @lemark. This might even be my account which I've completely forgotten about :)
There is also a user @ervin, joined in April 2016. I must research this.
I digress.
Three hits! It is definitely a feature that you have to be aware of when disseminating the results.
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Yes, this is the intended behavior of the API. In your query, you are telling the API to return all relevant users for the term "ervin-lemark" so it returns @ervin-lemark @ervin and @lemark.
If you would like it to only return results for one specific user you can use this call:
https://api.asksteem.com/search?q=name:"ervin-lemark"&types=userThanks a lot for your quick answer.
If I may build upon it. If I ask, for example:
https://api.asksteem.com/search?q=ervin-lemark-dan-ned-steemitblog&types=userthen I get 31 hits and ten actual result sets. Interesting algorithm :)
Thanks again. It is good to know how things are working.
Yes, you can view more by passing it the page parameter (
pg=2) like so:https://api.asksteem.com/search?q=ervin-lemark-dan-ned-steemitblog&types=user&pg=2Congratulations @ervin-lemark! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
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