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bskyr 0.2.0

• Improves processing of posts into tidy objects, impacting:
  • bs_get_posts(): Posts are now returned as a tibble with one row per post, regardless of type.
  • bs_get_author_feed(): Posts no longer create extra columns when there are multiple embeds.
• Adds support for starter packs (#7)
  • bs_get_actor_starter_packs() retrieves a list of starter packs for a specific actor.
  • bs_get_starter_pack() retrieves a specific starter pack.
  • bs_get_starter_packs() retrieves a list of starter packs.
• Adds support for additional search parameters in bs_search_posts() (#6)
• Adds support for emoji in the text of posts, powered by the emoji package. (#11)
• Adds bs_url_to_uri() to convert a URL to a Bluesky URI.
  • This additionally allows bs_get_posts() to take URLs.
• Add support for posting videos within bs_post(), including gifs (#5).
• Improves list reading functionality
  • bs_get_actor_lists() retrieves all lists made by an actor
  • bs_get_list() retrieves a view of a list
• Expands support for working with lists (#9)
  • bs_new_list() creates a new list
  • bs_delete_list() deletes a list
  • bs_new_list_item() adds someone to a list
  • bs_delete_list_item() removes someone from a list
• Adds new helper function bs_extract_record_key() to extract the record id or key from a URL or URI.
• Adds support for getting relationships between users with bs_get_relationships().
• Adds support for getting quote posts for a given post with bs_get_quotes().
• Fixes bug in repeated requests which could result in duplicate responses. (#13)
• Minor improvements to bs_post()
  • Adds a max_tries argument that can be set to avoid transient issues. (#15)
  • Improves processing of tags in posts (@nguyenank, #10).
  • Images created with bs_create_record() and clean = TRUE can be passed to images in bs_post().
• General improved processing for creating and deleting records
  • bs_follow() allows for following other “subjects” (colloquially, other users)
  • bs_unfollow() allows for deleting follow records
  • bs_block() allows for blocking other “subjects”
  • bs_unblock() allows for deleting block records
  • bs_unlike() allows for deleting like records
  • bs_delete_repost() allows for deleting repost records
  • bs_new_starter_pack() allows for creating new starter packs
  • bs_delete_starter_pack() allows for deleting starter packs

bskyr 0.1.3

• Fixes a bug where posting a single image fails (#3).
• Improves authentication experience using a local cache to avoid timeouts (#2).
• Requires alt text in bs_post() to avoid issues with posting images due to accessibility settings upstream.
• Adds support for linking for hashtags.

bskyr 0.1.2

• Requests with clean = TRUE now include an attribute “request_url” with the request URL. This does not include any headers, so authentication information is not recorded.
• All functions with limit arguments now gain a cursor argument. This allows for requesting further pages of results.
• All functions with limit arguments will now automatically make additional API calls if more results are requested than the limit. For example, bs_get_followers() is limited to 100 results per call. If limit = 301, it will make 4 API calls to get all 301 results. A progress bar will appear if the response is taking sufficient time to return.
• Fixes bug where bs_get_feed() would discard posts with no interactions.

bskyr 0.1.1

• Provides support for new post search endpoint with bs_search_posts()

bskyr 0.1.0

• Adds support for additional posting features.
  • Language for posts can be specified with the langs argument.
  • Images can be specified with the images argument.
  • Alt text for images can be specified with the images_alt argument.
  • Mentions and URLs are now parsed and passed as richtext facets, automatically.
  • Replies can be made by specifying the reply argument with a link of a post to reply to.
  • Quotes can be made by specifying the quote argument with a link of a post to quote.
• Adds support for direct blob uploads with bs_upload_blob(). This powers the ability to add media to posts.
• Adds bs_uri_to_url() which formats a given uri as an HTTPS URL.
• Adds bs_resolve_handle() to convert handles to decentralized identifiers (DIDs).
• Adds support for working with arbitrary records.
  • bs_create_record() creates a record.
  • bs_delete_record() deletes a record.
  • bs_get_record() gets an existing record.
  • bs_list_records() lists existing records for a user and collection.
  • bs_describe_repo() provides a list of types of collections that a user has.
  • Use helper function bs_created_at() to get the specific time formatting.

bskyr 0.0.5

• Fixes testing issues on CRAN when token is not available.
• Adds clean argument to decide if a response should be cleaned into a tibble before returning. If FALSE, you receive the json as a list.
• Adds support for changing limits on the number of results returned.

bskyr 0.0.1

• Initial package version, implementing features for accessing details about actors (user profiles), making posts, and more.
• Implements testing with testthat and httptest2.
• Limited posting abilities, as the initial version is focused on collecting data over creating data.

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