Create Instant Answer for HTTP headers information #111
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@andrewalker Thanks for your contribution. This will be reviewed shortly. |
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Hi @andrewalker thanks a lot for making this! We really appreciate it. After a quick glance I don't see any big problems.
Haha sorry about that! Currently developers can't test their Fatheads, we'll have to test it on our end and give you feedback. @jdorweiler will review this and give you some feedback shortly 馃槂 |
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@moollaza thank you for taking a look :) About testing, ok, no problem. I'll wait for the tests on ddg's end and @jdorweiler's review. |
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@andrewalker thanks, looks pretty good. Can you create redirect entries (R for the type field) for the hyphenated titles. That way searches for things like |
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@jdorweiler sure, I'll create redirect entries. I couldn't think of any other trigger words... |
This makes it easier (for humans) to read the file and find the headers. Note: The headers are only sorted within each section, which at least makes it consistent accross regenerations of the file. That is, executing parse.pl a thousand times will now produce the same output (in the same order).
This way, ``Access Control Allow Origin`` will also match ``Access-Control-Allow-Origin``.
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@jdorweiler I found another issue, I'm not quite sure how to fix it. Some headers (e.g. We could use disambiguation, I guess, though generally they look very similar. Example: Connection (request): Control options for the current connection and list of hop-by-hop request fields. I tried to look for how to create disambiguation entries, but the Fathead docs don't seem to include any information about it. How should I proceed? |
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Oh, and I also implemented the redirection in 632433a :) |
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@jdorweiler, did you have a chance to take a look? |
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@andrewalker looks pretty good. You can test it out here: https://ddh10.duckduckgo.com/?q=http+content+type&ia=about Could you link to the actual entry in to table on the wiki page? |
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Right. So do you think it's okay to leave the ambiguous results as is?
I'm not sure it is possible. Looking at the source code, very few 's have id's. Maybe I could edit the Wikipedia page to set the id's, though I've never edited anything there before. Another possibility is to link to the table at least. Which way should I go? |
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@jdorweiler also, thanks for the link! It's nice to see it is working 馃槃 |
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@andrewalker You're right, I remember a similar problem linking into a wiki table on another fathead. You can just leave it linking to the main page then. I'll look into the disambiguations and get back to you. I think we only use that type for scraping mediawiki articles. |
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@andrewalker after some playing around I got a disambiguation to work. Here's an example that would add two disambiguation links: |
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Awesome, thank you, @jdorweiler! I'll try and implement this. If it doesn't fit well (if it really only works for mediawiki articles), we can just revert it. |
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@andrewalker the disambiguation would show up on a "meanings" tab like this https://duckduckgo.com/?q=orange&t=canonical&ia=meanings |
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@andrewalker did you get a chance to try the disambiguation out or do you have any questions? |
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@jdorweiler, yes, I tried it :) Sorry for the delay, my current job demanded a lot this last week. It was a little tough finding the time to finish this up. Anyway, please take a look at be1847e. It seems a little weird to have things like: They are both very similar. I don't know how we could improve that. Maybe it's more of a UI/UX issue, it's a little out of my league :P Also, I basically copied the same content that was in the "A" types, including HTML in the description/example, and the link to the wikipedia article. Is that OK? Should I remove it? I see in your example you didn't use HTML, and left the URL empty. |
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@andrewalker thanks! the disambiguation entries look good. The linking on the tiles is a little weird but that's a problem on my end. A few more examples. https://ddh10.duckduckgo.com/?q=http+header+user+agent&ia=about
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Try it out on ddh10.duckduckgo.com and let me know what you think. |
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This is looking awesome guys, nicely done! |
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looks great, @jdorweiler and @moollaza. Thank you so much for reviewing it! |
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@andrewalker what about adding "header" or "headers" to each title as a redirect? That way things like "http location header" would redirect to the "location" entry. |
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@jdorweiler sure! will do. |
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@andrewalker thanks! It's ready to merge after that. |
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@jdorweiler done! 馃槃 |
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Thanks @andrewalker! 馃嵃 |
Create Instant Answer for HTTP headers information
What does your Instant Answer do?
It shows information about HTTP headers.
What problem does your Instant Answer solve (Why is it better than organic links)?
When somebody searches for an HTTP header by name, what they are probably looking for is to know what it means and an example of usage, which is what this PR implements.
What is the data source for your Instant Answer? (Provide a link if possible)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields
Why did you choose this data source?
Because it was mentioned as a possible data source in the idea posted to duck.co: https://duck.co/ideas/idea/4859/http-headers-description, and it seemed like a good choice.
Are there any other alternative (better) data sources?
There is an alternative: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html
I don't know if it is better. It doesn't include non-standard headers (even if they are really common).
What are some example queries that trigger this Instant Answer?
http header content-typeuser agent http headerif-modified-sinceWhich communities will this Instant Answer be especially useful for? (gamers, book lovers, etc)
Programmers.
Is this Instant Answer connected to a DuckDuckHack Instant Answer idea?
Yes: https://duck.co/ideas/idea/4859/http-headers-description
Which existing Instant Answers will this one supersede/overlap with?
If I type "user-agent", it actually shows my current user agent. If I type "accept", it'll show audio tracks by a band with that name. I'm sure there will be other overlaps, mostly when only the header name is typed, not followed by
http headeror something like that.Are you having any problems? Do you need our help with anything?
This is my first Instant Answer. It seemed to work fine, but I'd love to have some feedback on whether it follows all best practices, works as expected, and didn't miss anything.
Where did you hear about DuckDuckHack? (For first time contributors)
DuckDuckGo's hiring page 馃槃 I had visited DuckDuckHack a few times before, and I don't know where I first heard about it, but that is what motivated me to make a first contribution.
What does the Instant Answer look like? (Provide a screenshot for new or updated Instant Answers)
I don't know! How can I test Fathead instant answers?