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#HolosDiscover is back, from a clean slate.
A #Fediverse search engine that uses standard #ActivityPub federation. It follows you like any account, respects indexable flags, #nobot, #noindex, locked accounts. Deletions, edits, blocks are processed instantly through ActivityPub.
You have full control. Block it, mention it with "unfollow", or disable indexing in your settings.
Source code under AGPL-3.0 on #Codeberg.
Details: https://discover.holos.social/how-it-works
Account: @HolosDiscover
@apps @HolosDiscover Maybe you could pick up Tootfinder https://tootfinder.ch/?
@Ostrobothnia
Tootfinder works differently, it polls the Mastodon API and keeps deleted content cached for up to 3 months.
We specifically chose to rely entirely on ActivityPub federation. When a post is deleted or edited, we receive the activity in real time and update our index instantly. That's a core design choice we don't want to compromise on.
@HolosDiscover
@apps@toot.fedilab.app do you have an API we can use? It'd be interesting to hook into your search results for fediverse search.
@julian
There's a public API where you can search posts, accounts, hashtags, get trending content, public timelines, and instance stats.
Documentation: https://codeberg.org/tom79/Holos-Discover/src/branch/main/doc/api.md
Base URL is https://discover.holos.social. Quick example:
https://discover.holos.social/api/search?q=fediverse&type=posts
No authentication for now, but we may introduce API keys in the future.
@apps@toot.fedilab.app appreciate the open API but of course be wary of abuse. I would not be opposed to registering for an API key when needed 🙂
