What filters should the API have? about punkapi HOT 15 CLOSED

CC: @mikefrancis @AliSkinner @joakimskoog

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It's not really a filter as such, but I'd quite like an endpoint for a random recipe. I find it handy when you're stuck for ideas!

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Good shout @GeordieMatt I will add that in

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Is it worth having an EBC range filter as well? I like having a mix of dark and light beers in stock at any given time.

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so something like ebc_gt and ebc_lt

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Exactly, yeah. Not sure how many other people would be interested in it, but I'm a nerd.

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Good suggestions. I'm liking the 'randomiser'!
"yeast" could also be useful filter...

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Yeast is good will add that to the list

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I would be careful not to clutter the API with thousands of filtering options, but that might be just me.
On another note: The ones that you have now look good.

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Yeah to be honest there is not a huge amount more I think we could add, I would rather restrict ti to this kind of amount and then see what use cases appear

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Exactly. It's easier to add new filtering options than it is to remove old ones.

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Have a look at odata how its filtering works.http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/odata-v4.0-part2-url-conventions.html

Not saying that you would use odata but the way it is used.

It may be an option.

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Does anyone care about ibu_gt or ibu_lt I dont know how useful it is for beer afficionados?

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It's probably got about the same relevance as ebc_gt and ebc_lt, i.e. it's cool, but not 100% necessary. That's just my opinion though. I'm trying to think of this from the point of view of a search form with sliders and stuff, and wondering what would work best.

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OK one final thing, do you think with the filters that are greater than & less than e.g abv_gt & abv_lt they should also include beers with that number for example. A beer has an abv of 50 and someone queries with ?abv_gt=50 should that one be included or not?

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