Happens to address part of https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-public-archive/issues/271
but made primarily as a follow-up to https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-public-archive/pull/239
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Only 42% rooms on the `matrix.org` room directory are `world_readable` which means we will get pages of rooms that are half-empty most of the time if we just naively fetch 9 rooms at a time.
Ideally, we would be able to just add a filter directly to `/publicRooms` in order to only grab the `world_readable` rooms and still get full pages but the filter option doesn't allow us to slice by `world_readable` history visibility.
Instead, we have to paginate until we get a full grid of 9 rooms, then make a final `/publicRooms` request to backtrack to the exact continuation point so next page won't skip any rooms in between.
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We had empty spaces in the grid before because some rooms in the room directory are private which we filtered out before. But that was a much more rare experience since only 2% of rooms were private .
Fix https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-public-archive/issues/59
Other updates:
- Update tests to use `/roomid/room1/date/2022/01/03` format instead of trying to retrofit the weird alias stuff on there. Which also makes the fancy to actual URL utilities much more simple.
- Update to specify `archiveMessageLimit` in the test case because pages have different number of events depending on if we are against a boundary, hidden events, etc.
`"no-unused-vars": ["error", { "destructuredArrayIgnorePattern": "^_" }],` was only [introduced in `eslint@8.11.0`](0fd6bb213a/CHANGELOG.md) so we had to update
- Less test bulk
- Single source of truth: there is no mismatch between the comment and the expectations (we already caught a few mistakes in the conversion thanks to this benefit)
- Easier to maintain and update
- Fix https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-public-archive/issues/7
- A URL with time looks like
- `/r/too-many-messages-on-day:my.synapse.server/date/2022/11/16T23:59`
- Or when more precision is required (seconds): `/r/too-many-messages-on-day:my.synapse.server/date/2022/11/16T23:59:59`
- Add new custom time picker/scrubber (pictured below) with momentum scrubbing
- Native built-in `<input type="time">` for easier picking if you prefer that and accessibility.
- Uses localized time strings
- Design inspired by Thiago Sanchez's *Time Zone Translate* concept, https://dribbble.com/shots/14590546-Time-Zone-Translate
Eric Eastwood