scuttle-tag

Tag reading and manipulation plugin for secure scuttlebutt.

gives observables and async methods for getting and publishing tags on secure scuttlebutt.

Dependencies

ssb-backlinks must be installed in your server

Message Schema

{
  type: 'tag',
  tagged: true | false,
  message: %msg_id, // the message being tagged
  root: %tag_id, // unless this is original message for this tag
  branch: %tag_id | [%tag_id_a, %tag_id_b, ...] // only required if root present
}

Instantiate

var ScuttleTag = require('scuttle-tag')(server)

where server is a scuttlebutt server, ssb-client instance, or an observeable which will resolve to one of these!

API

tag.async.create({}, cb)

Creates a new tag message and calls cb when done.

tag.async.apply({ tag, message, tagged }, cb)

Creates a new tag message which applies the tag tag to the message message if tagged is true. (TODO: default tagged to true)

• tag (required) - id of tag being applied
• message (required) - id of message being tagged
• tagged (required) - true if tag is being added, false if tag is being removed

tag.async.name({ tag, name }, cb)

Sets the name of a tag and calls cb when done.

• tag (required) - id of tag being named
• name (required) - name being applied to the tag

tag.obs.Tag(tagId, nameFn)

Returns a Mutant observable Struct which represents a tag. This struct holds the tagId and tagName. Takes an optional nameFn which returns an observable representing the tagName. If nameFn is not provided it will attempt to use the ssb-names plugin and if that is not available its short id will be used.

tag.obs.recent()

Returns a Mutant obserable list of most recently used tags

tag.obs.mostActive()

Returns a Mutant observable list of most actively used tags

tag.obs.messageTags(msgId)

Returns a Mutant observable list of tagIds which have been applied to the message msgId.

tag.obs.messageTagsFrom(msgId, author)

Returns a Mutant observable list of tagIds which have been applied to the message msgId by the specified author.

tag.obs.messageTaggers(msgId, tagId)

Returns a Mutant observable list of users which have applied tag tagId to the message msgId.

tag.obs.allTags()

Returns a Mutant observable array of all published tag messages visible to you.

tag.obs.allTagsFrom(author)

Returns a Mutant observable array of all tag messages published by an user.

tag.obs.messagesTaggedByWith(author, tagId)

Returns a Mutant observable array of ids of messages. This array is messages that have had the tag tagId applied by author.