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Introducing Streamiverse… a simple Mastodon-compatible streaming API of curated posts from the fediverse.

streamiverse.small-web.org

Consume the public API curated/hosted by Small Technology Foundation (for non-commercial and educational use) or host your own.

Mastodon had a public streaming API but it was locked down this year. This gives you back that useful feature (for demos, teaching, etc.) plus you know exactly what you’re getting.

#streamiverse #mastodon #fediverse #API #SmallWeb #Kitten

Screenshot: two browser windows, side-by-side. On the left is the Streamiverse index page showing a number of curated posts. On the right is the Settings screen with areas to add to stream and a place where you can enter your fediverse account for removal requests. The Settings page also contains the curated tweets with the ability to remove them.
#fediverse #mastodon #API #SmallWeb #kitten #streamiverse
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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Streamiverse is written in Kitten and you can follow the “htmx, the htmx WebSocket extension, and socket routes” tutorial to create a Kitten app that consumes the API:

kitten.small-web.org/tutorials…

To get started with Kitten, see:

kitten.small-web.org

(Could be a fun little thing to play with this weekend.)

:kitten:💕

#Kitten #SmallWeb #htmx #WebSocket #streaming #fediverse #Mastodon #API #SmallTech #web #dev

#fediverse #mastodon #dev #web #SmallTech #API #SmallWeb #kitten #streaming #htmx #websocket
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lnkr
lnkr
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oh, that's cool!

Seems like it loops the same ~20 posts over and over, is it meant to work that way?

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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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@lnkr Yep. It loops however many you’ve curated. Took me long enough to curate the (currently 24). I’ll likely add more to it going forward.

Basically, it’s so you have a streaming datasource if you want to demonstrate how to build a fediverse app or consume a WebSocket or a GET route. Useful for presentations, teaching, etc. I use it in a Kitten tutorial, for example.

@lnkr
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Emelia 👸🏻
Emelia 👸🏻
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@catileptic do you know why we locked it down? Because that's an important part here
@Alecs Ștefănescu
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Alecs Ștefănescu
Alecs Ștefănescu
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@thisismissem - not sure why i am tagged, i don't work on either the mastodon code base nor on Kitten-related code :)) wish i could help but i effectvely have no idea about these decisions
@aral - awesome work! the growing array of apps and tools you create & maintain are firmly in the "hope for humanity regained" category
@Aral Balkan @Emelia 👸🏻
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