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diff --git a/docs/Using-the-API/Tips-for-app-developers.md b/docs/Using-the-API/Tips-for-app-developers.md index 561f1e273..d60b472e5 100644 --- a/docs/Using-the-API/Tips-for-app-developers.md +++ b/docs/Using-the-API/Tips-for-app-developers.md @@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ Make sure that you make it possible to see the `acct` of any user in your app (s ## Formatting -The API delivers already formatted HTML to your app. This isn't ideal since not all apps are based on HTML, but this is not fixable as its part of the way OStatus federation works. Most importantly, you get some information on linked entities alongside the HTML of the status body. For example, you get a list of mentioned users, and a list of media attachments, and a list of hashtags. It is possible to convert the HTML to whatever you need in your app by parsing the HTML tags and matching their `href`s to the linked entities. If a match cannot be found, the link must stay a clickable link. +The API delivers already formatted HTML to your app. This isn't ideal since not all apps are based on HTML, but this is not fixable as it's part of the way OStatus federation works. Most importantly, you get some information on linked entities alongside the HTML of the status body. For example, you get a list of mentioned users, and a list of media attachments, and a list of hashtags. It is possible to convert the HTML to whatever you need in your app by parsing the HTML tags and matching their `href`s to the linked entities. If a match cannot be found, the link must stay a clickable link. |