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[ThreadsBridge] Add timestamp support using taken_at from profile JSON #4916

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[ThreadsBridge] Add timestamp support using taken_at from profile JSON
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Merge pull request #1 from RSS-Bridge/master
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33 changes: 24 additions & 9 deletions bridges/ThreadsBridge.php
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Expand Up @@ -73,15 +73,26 @@ public function collectData()

$jsonBlobs = $html->find('script[type="application/json"]');

$gatheredCodes = [];
$gatheredPosts = [];
$limit = $this->getInput('limit');
foreach ($jsonBlobs as $jsonBlob) {
// The structure of the JSON document is likely to change, but we're looking for a "code" inside a "post"
foreach ($this->recursiveFind($this->recursiveFind(json_decode($jsonBlob->innertext), 'post'), 'code') as $candidateCode) {
// The structure of the JSON document is likely to change, but we're looking for "post" objects
foreach ($this->recursiveFind(json_decode($jsonBlob->innertext), 'post') as $post) {
if (!is_object($post) && !is_array($post)) {
continue;
}
$post = (array)$post;
if (!isset($post['code'])) {
continue;
}
$candidateCode = $post['code'];
// code should be like CzZk4-USq1O or Cy3m1VnRiwP or Cywjyrdv9T6 or CzZk4-USq1O
if (grapheme_strlen($candidateCode) == 11 and !in_array($candidateCode, $gatheredCodes)) {
$gatheredCodes[] = $candidateCode;
if (count($gatheredCodes) >= $limit) {
if (grapheme_strlen($candidateCode) == 11 and !isset($gatheredPosts[$candidateCode])) {
$gatheredPosts[$candidateCode] = [
'code' => $candidateCode,
'taken_at' => $post['taken_at'] ?? null,
];
if (count($gatheredPosts) >= $limit) {
break 2;
}
}
Expand All @@ -91,10 +102,10 @@ public function collectData()
$this->feedName = html_entity_decode($html->find('meta[property=og:title]', 0)->content);
// todo: meta[property=og:description] could populate the feed description

foreach ($gatheredCodes as $postCode) {
foreach ($gatheredPosts as $postData) {
$item = [];
// post URL is like: https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/Czrr520PZfh
$item['uri'] = $this->getURI() . '/post/' . $postCode;
$item['uri'] = $this->getURI() . '/post/' . $postData['code'];
$articleHtml = getSimpleHTMLDOMCached($item['uri'], 15778800); // cache time: six months

// Relying on meta tags ought to be more reliable.
Expand All @@ -111,7 +122,11 @@ public function collectData()
}

// todo: parse hashtags out of content for $item['categories']
// todo: try to scrape out a timestamp for $item['timestamp'], it's not in the meta tags

// Extract timestamp from profile JSON data (taken_at is a Unix timestamp)
if (isset($postData['taken_at']) && $postData['taken_at']) {
$item['timestamp'] = $postData['taken_at'];
}

$this->items[] = $item;
}
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