Batch Operation Support

[jalcine]

A note on the Micropub spec highlights the ability to make a set of operations in one go to a Micropub server but not having the ability to get defined results. I'm proposing that we allow for another action for batch operations (like action=batch) that can take in a list of actions under the key "actions" that would be a list of objects mirroring the conventional body for the request for an update. This way, the client can define the order and the Micropub server can indicate at what action a failure occurred (and even consider rolling back, if it supports that).

(Originally published at: https://jacky.wtf/2022/12/5eRK)

[jalcine]

The body of the request could look something like:

{
  "action": "batch",
  "actions": [
    {
      "url": "https://jacky.example/post/100",
      "action": "replace",
      "properties": {
         "content": ["hello moon"]
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://jacky.example/post/100",
      "action": "delete",
      "properties": {
         "syndication": ["https://closed.service"]
      }
    }
  ]
}