works - operates on one url

pleroma-comments.lua

@@ -11,15 +11,6 @@ function tokenizeString(inputString, delimiter)
     return tokens
 end
 
-function get_api_link(str)
-    local tokens = tokenizeString(str, '/')
-    -- 1 = protocol, 2 = host ...
-    -- https://host.tld/notice/12345
-    local id = tokens[#tokens]
-    local host = tokens[2] 
-    return "https://" .. host ..  "/api/v1/statuses/" .. id .. "/context"
-end
-
 function get(link)
     local args = {
         "-qO-",
@@ -45,25 +36,38 @@ function short_date(timestamp)
     return os.date("%a, %B %d, %Y", epoch)
 end
 
-function write_comments(pleroma_posts)
+function write_comments(pleroma_posts, instance)
     local template = [[
-$datetime$
-$alias$
+<h4 class="pleroma-comment">
+    <a href="$host$/notice/$pid$">$datetime$</a>
+</h4>
+<a href="$host$/users/$uid$" class="pleroma-user">$alias$</a>
+<blockquote>
     $text$
+</blockquote>
 ]]
     local comments = {}
     local replies = pleroma_posts["descendants"]
     for _, post in ipairs(replies) do
+        local pid = post["id"]
         local datetime = short_date(post["created_at"])
+        local uid = post["account"]["id"]
         local alias = post["account"]["acct"]
         local text = post["pleroma"]["content"]["text/plain"]
         local interpolated = template:gsub("%$(%w+)%$", {
+            host=instance,
+            pid=pid,
             datetime=datetime,
+            uid = uid,
             alias = alias,
             text = text
         })
-        print(interpolated)
+--         print(interpolated)
+        table.insert(
+            comments, pandoc.RawBlock("html", interpolated)
+        )
     end
+--     print(comments)
     return comments
 end
 
@@ -74,9 +78,15 @@ function Meta(meta)
     if elem == nil then
         return -- abort
     end
-    local s = pandoc.utils.stringify(elem)
-    local url = get_api_link(s)
-    write_comments(get(url))
+    local str = pandoc.utils.stringify(elem)
+    local tokens = tokenizeString(str, '/')
+    -- 1 = protocol, 2 = host ...
+    -- https://host.tld/notice/12345
+    local id = tokens[#tokens]
+    local host = tokens[2] 
+    local url = "https://" .. host ..  "/api/v1/statuses/" .. id .. "/context"
+    meta["comments"] = write_comments(get(url), "https://" .. host)
+    return meta
 end