lemmy/crates/api_common
Nutomic 82d93da26b
Remove GetCommunityResponse.default_post_language (#2867)
This field is unnecessary because we already set a default language
with the same logic if none is passed in CreatePost. So if the user
doesnt set a post language, it should simply be passed as None. This
also has the advantage that it works with clients that dont support
language tags.

Technically not a breaking change because its optional, but better
be safe.
2023-05-21 11:55:32 -04:00
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src Remove GetCommunityResponse.default_post_language (#2867) 2023-05-21 11:55:32 -04:00
Cargo.toml Adding typescript generation for API. Fixes #2824 (#2827) 2023-04-26 00:26:10 -04:00
README.md Prettier check (#2855) 2023-05-13 16:50:58 -04:00

lemmy_api_common

This crate provides all the data types which are necessary to build a client for Lemmy. You can use them with the HTTP client of your choice.

Here is an example using reqwest:

    let params = GetPosts {
        community_name: Some("asklemmy".to_string()),
        ..Default::default()
    };
    let client = Client::new();
    let response = client
        .get("https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/post/list")
        .query(&params)
        .send()
        .await?;
    let json = response.json::<GetPostsResponse>().await.unwrap();
    print!("{:?}", &json);

As you can see, each API endpoint needs a parameter type ( GetPosts), path (/post/list) and response type (GetPostsResponse). You can find the paths and parameter types from this file. For the response types you need to look through the crates lemmy_api and lemmy_api_crud for the place where Perform/PerformCrud is implemented for the parameter type. The response type is specified as a type parameter on the trait.

For a real example of a Lemmy API client, look at lemmyBB.

Lemmy also provides a websocket API. You can find the full websocket code in this file.