mp-destination command should use destination in the config

[aaronpk]

If the Micropub server supports writing to more than one website, the server can return a list of destinations the client can write to when creating a new post.

To match the use of the syndicate-to property, the server should return the list of destinations as destination, since the command the client would use is mp-destination.

https://www.w3.org/TR/micropub/#syndication-targets

An example query response:

/micropub?q=config

{
  "media-endpoint": "https://micro.blog/micropub/media",
  "destination": [
    {
      "uid": "https://aaronpk.micro.blog/",
      "name": "aaronpk.micro.blog"
    }    
  ]  
}

Then in the Micropub request, the client would use the property mp-destination to indicate which to post to.

[aaronpk]

@manton is Micro.blog or any client doing anything with this currently? I see that micro.blog returns this info already.

I think this would also solve my next challenge for myself while building out my reader.

[manton]

@aaronpk Micro.blog returns the destinations (I just fixed this to remove the mp- in the response JSON) and also supports passing mp-destination in the POST, but I don't think any clients are using it yet. I plan to use this in the Micro.blog iOS app and in Sunlit.

[manton]

Just an update since it has been a couple of years: Micro.blog supports this in all its apps, including the new version of Sunlit and on the server. Every Micro.blog account can have a test blog, and many accounts have extra blogs for a podcast, so it's pretty common to have a response like this from q=config (I also add a couple Micro.blog-specific fields with a microblog- prefix):

{
  "media-endpoint": "https://micro.blog/micropub/media",
  "destination": [
    {
      "uid": "https://manton.micro.blog/",
      "name": "www.manton.org",
      "microblog-audio": false,
      "microblog-default": true
    },
    {
      "uid": "https://manton-test.micro.blog/",
      "name": "manton-test.micro.blog",
      "microblog-audio": false,
      "microblog-default": false
    }
  ]
}

[jalcine]

Koype supports the returning of a destination field but it's only the URL. Adapting it to match syndication targets is a good idea and I'll report back when I finish that.

(Originally published at: https://jacky.wtf/2022/4/B7/B7PqiX4v8kM8QEWr_VlxLZfO)