Add /updates endpoint — unified polling for mail, status, social#568
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Add /updates endpoint — unified polling for mail, status, social#568
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Single lightweight endpoint the client polls instead of fetching
full HTML fragments or hitting multiple services:
GET /updates?since=1713254400
→ {"mail":3,"status":2,"social":1,"ts":1713254401}
- mail: unread count (personal, always current, not since-based)
- status: new status entries since the given unix timestamp
- social: new messages since timestamp
- ts: server timestamp to send back on next poll
Implementation:
- user.StatusCountSince(since, viewerID) — counts status entries
newer than the given time, respects ban visibility
- social.CountSince(since) — counts messages newer than the given
time
- mail.GetUnreadCount(userID) — already existed
Home page JS updated: instead of fetching /user/status/stream every
10 seconds regardless, polls /updates, and only fetches the stream
fragment when status > 0. Also updates the mail badge from the same
poll — replacing the separate fetch in mu.js. Much cheaper: one
tiny JSON response vs a full HTML fragment on every tick.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GRGLA9yj7BpqKiyi6xFwnm
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Single lightweight endpoint the client polls instead of fetching full HTML fragments or hitting multiple services:
GET /updates?since=1713254400
→ {"mail":3,"status":2,"social":1,"ts":1713254401}
Implementation:
Home page JS updated: instead of fetching /user/status/stream every 10 seconds regardless, polls /updates, and only fetches the stream fragment when status > 0. Also updates the mail badge from the same poll — replacing the separate fetch in mu.js. Much cheaper: one tiny JSON response vs a full HTML fragment on every tick.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GRGLA9yj7BpqKiyi6xFwnm