Steem Data Services (SDS) / Update Notice / Version 0.1.9

Intro

SDS will be updated to version 0.1.9 in the coming weeks. The new version is already running on the Dev Server (sds0.steemworld.org).

If your app uses SDS, please read the update details provided in this post and check compatibility by switching to that instance to ensure a smooth transitioning.

Update Details

`accounts_api`

[ ! ] getAccountsSortedBy replaces listAccounts
[ ! ] getAccountsExt replaces getAccountsFields

New methods for retrieving extended account data (includes many more fields):

       - getAccountExt
       - getAccountsExt
       - getAccountExtById
       - getAccountsExtById

New method getAccountCountByVESTSRange which returns the number of accounts that own/delegated/received between :fromVESTS and :toVESTS vesting shares
New method getAccountsByPrefix that returns the extended Steem account data for accounts whose name starts with :prefix

`blocks_api`

New optional parameter :opTypes for getOpsInBlock and getOpsInBlockRange which allows filtering the returned operations by type
New method getOpsInBlockRangeAsArray which returns all operations in the given block range as one array (the existing getOpsInBlockRange returns an array with one element per block)
New method getOpsInBlockRangeGrouped which returns an object including all operations for the given block range grouped by type

`chain_api`

New method getDailyAverageShareRates that returns a list of all historical vesting share rates (daily average STEEM per VEST), grouped by day
New method getAccountNamesByPrefix that returns a list of all account names starting with :prefix

`communities_api`

[ ! ] New parameter observer in method getCommunitiesBySubscriber

New fields returned when observer was set:

- observer_role
- observer_title
New fields returned for all community data requests:

- account_reputation

`content_search_api`

New methods for searching posts by author:

- getPostsByAuthorText
- getPostsByAuthorTagsText
- getPostsByAuthorTimeTagsText
- getActivePostsByAuthorText
- getActivePostsByAuthorTagsText
New methods for searching comments by author:

- getCommentsByAuthorText
- getCommentsByAuthorTagsText
- getCommentsByAuthorTimeTagsText
- getActiveCommentsByAuthorText
- getActiveCommentsByAuthorTagsText

`feeds_api`

[ ! ] Field reply_count was renamed to children (as in posts_api)

New methods to get promoted posts:

- getActivePostsByPromoted
- getActivePostsByTagPromoted
- getActiveCommunityPostsByPromoted
- getActiveCommunityPostsByTagPromoted

The post promotion logic in SDS has recently been improved so that the promoted amount now also includes the burned payout (by giving part of the total payout to the null beneficiary). As this change has just been implemented today, it might take a few days until all promoted posts will be returned with the correct amount.
New fields returned when observer was set:

- observer_follows_author
- observer_ignores_author
- observer_resteem
- observer_role
- observer_title
- observer_vote_percent
- observer_vote_rshares
New fields returned in all methods:

- author_reputation
- author_role
- author_title
- cashout_time
- json_images
- max_accepted_payout
- percent_steem_dollars
- promoted
New field json_images

Contains a JSON string with an array of all found image links. This enables us to show preview images without parsing the body. For now, the json_metadata.image (which is not getting filled by all Steem apps) will be returned as before for compatibility reasons.

Extracting preview images from video links does currently not work for all major video platforms, but this will be fixed in one of the next SDS releases.

`notifications_api`

A completely new set of methods for retrieving account notifications. The notifications can be filtered by following account properties:

- minSP
- minReputation
- minVoteAmount
Filters can be set for all notification types at once with filter.default or individually for each type with:

- filter.follow
- filter.mention
- filter.reply
- filter.resteem
- filter.vote
To exclude one or more notification types completely, you can set exclude to 1 or true. For example, to exclude all vote notifications:

filter.vote.exclude = 1

`posts_api`

[ ! ] New parameter observer in following methods:

       - getPost
       - getPostById
       - getPostWithReplies
       - getPostReplies
       - getRootPostsByAuthor

New fields returned when observer was set:

- observer_follows_author
- observer_ignores_author
- observer_resteem
- observer_role
- observer_title
- observer_vote
- observer_vote_percent
- observer_vote_rshares
New fields returned in all methods:

- json_images
- parent_link_id
- payout
New field json_images

Contains a JSON string with an array of all found image links. This enables us to show preview images without parsing the body. For now, the json_metadata.image (which is not getting filled by all Steem apps) will be returned as before for compatibility reasons.

Extracting preview images from video links does currently not work for all major video platforms, but this will be fixed in one of the next SDS releases.

`system_api`

New set of methods for retrieving system related data:

- getDataSources
- getState
- getVersion
- hasMethod
- hasModule

The currently running SDS version will from now on also be included in the result of the steem_requests_api/getSteemProps method (new field sds_version).

`witnesses_api`

[ ! ] New parameter observer in following methods:

- getWitness
- getWitnessesByRank

New field 'observer_votes_witness' returned when observer was set

Update Status

[x] Installing the new version on sds0
[x] Live testing the version on sds0
[x] Redistributing to sds and sds1 instances

Have a smooth transitioning! Steem on ~ 🚀

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