clean up main function

pleroma-comments.lua

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 -- local https = "wget"
 local json = require("cjson")
 
+-- for testing 
 function printTable(t)
     for key, value in pairs(t) do
         print(key, value)
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ function write_comments(pleroma_posts, instance)
         local uid = post["account"]["id"]
         local alias = post["account"]["display_name"]
         local handle = post["account"]["acct"]
-        local text = post["pleroma"]["content"]["text/plain"]
+        local text = post["content"]
         local interpolated = template:gsub("%$(%w+)%$", {
             i= #replies - i + 1,
             host=instance,
@@ -99,32 +100,53 @@ function combine_tables(a,b)
     return a
 end
 
+function get_opening_post(host, post_id)
+    local url = "https://" .. host .. "/api/v1/statuses" .. post_id
+    print(url)
+    local received = get(url)
+end
+
+function get_url_from_pandoc_str(pandoc_str) 
+    local str = pandoc.utils.stringify(pandoc_str)
+    -- 1 = protocol, 2 = host ...
+    -- https://host.tld/notice/12345
+    local tokens = tokenizeString(str, '/')
+    local id = tokens[#tokens]
+
+    local host = tokens[2]
+    local id   = tokens[#tokens]
+    local link = str
+
+    return link, host, id
+end
+
+function get_replies(host, id)
+    local url = "https://" .. host ..  "/api/v1/statuses/" .. id .. "/context"
+    print(url)
+    local got = get(url)
+    return got["descendants"]
+end
+
 function Meta(meta)
-    local elem = meta["pleroma-urls"]
+    local pleroma_urls = meta["pleroma-urls"]
 --     print(elem)
-    if elem == nil then
+    if pleroma_urls == nil then
         return -- abort
     end
     local all_replies = {}
-    local newelem = {}
+    local hrefs = {}
     local host = ""
-    for _, v in pairs(elem) do
-        local str = pandoc.utils.stringify(v)
-        print(str)
-        -- 1 = protocol, 2 = host ...
-        -- https://host.tld/notice/12345
-        local tokens = tokenizeString(str, '/')
-        local id = tokens[#tokens]
-        table.insert(newelem, 
-            {link = str, id = id}
+    -- for each listed url in "pleroma-urls"
+    for _, v in pairs(pleroma_urls) do
+        local link, host, id = get_url_from_pandoc_str(v)
+        table.insert(hrefs, 
+            {link = link, id = id}
         )
-        host = tokens[2] 
-        local url = "https://" .. host ..  "/api/v1/statuses/" .. id .. "/context"
-        local got = get(url)
+        local replies = get_replies(host, id)
         if #all_replies == 0 then
-            all_replies = got["descendants"]
+            all_replies = replies
         else
-            combine_tables(all_replies, got["descendants"])
+            combine_tables(all_replies, replies)
         end
     end
     table.sort(all_replies, 
@@ -138,7 +160,7 @@ function Meta(meta)
     meta["pleroma-comments"] = c
     meta["pleroma-comments-count"] = #c
     meta["pleroma-has-comments"] = (#c > 0)
-    meta["pleroma"] = newelem
+    meta["pleroma"] = hrefs
     return meta
 end