How to repost quoted to a post in a feed

[MatthiasThoemel]

Let's say:

I have a post from a feed in form of a FeedViewPost element, which I got from the return value of get_author_feed(...) call.

Now, I want to repost this post by quoting it and adding my comment to it.

I do not find a "repost by quotes" or similar in the Client API.

In the web UI of Bluesky, there is the Repost button and than it asks for: publish or quoting.

How do I do a repost with quoting the original post and adding my comment to the repost?

[MarshalX]

Hello,

We have the example here:

atproto/examples/advanced_usage/send_embed.py

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	text_quote = 'Example post with embed post and quote (quote post)'
	# AppBskyEmbedRecord is the same as "quote post" in the app
	embed_post = models.AppBskyEmbedRecord.Main(record=models.create_strong_ref(post_with_link_card))
	client.send_post(text=text_quote, embed=embed_post)

[MatthiasThoemel]

Hi,

the example does not do exactly what I want to do. I have already an original post which I want to quote in a new post. The object type of the original post is FeedViewPost.

If I take the example source code, I tried to do this:

    # for test: take first found post
    originalPost = gFoundPosts[0]

    # create an embedded post Main object
    embed_post = models.AppBskyEmbedRecord.Main(record=models.create_strong_ref(originalPost))        
    
    # create the comment on the original post
    commentText = client_utils.TextBuilder().text('This is a wonderful post')

    # post the comment with quoted original post
    gClient.send_post(text=commentText, embed=embed_post)   

But I get an error on running this. Maybe because a FeedViewPost object is wrong here:

raise ModelError('Could not create strong ref from model')
atproto_client.exceptions.ModelError: Could not create strong ref from model

On the line with:

embed_post = models.AppBskyEmbedRecord.Main(record=models.create_strong_ref(originalPost))

How can I use the example for FeedViewPost objects

[MarshalX]

You have .cid and .uri fields in post view. This is everything that you need to create a strong ref object. You are passing the wrong type. originalPost is incorrect. You forgot to call .post

[MatthiasThoemel]

Thank you very much.