How to filter?

[jvolker]

I would like to filter requests from OF.frames OF.artwork by my username. Using this filter returns an empty result, unfortunately:

let filter = {
  limit: 0,                                
  skip: 0 ,                                
  where: {                                 
    username: 'V'                          
  }
}

This returns an empty result as well:

let filter = {
  limit: 5
}

Not using a filter or using this one works though:

let filter = {
  limit: 0
}

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks.

[jvolker]

I've managed to use the filter. What helped me was to use the StrongLoop API Explorer https://api.openframe.io/explorer which showed me the current data model of artworks:

{
  "title": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "is_public": false,
  "url": "string",
  "thumb_url": "string",
  "author_name": "string",
  "required_extensions": {},
  "format": "string",
  "options": {},
  "id": "string",
  "ownerId": "string",
  "created": "$now",
  "modified": "$now"
}

Before, I was using username a field which doesn't exist. There is author_name, but it contains what is called Full name in the web app.

Instead, I'm now using ownerId:

let filter = {
  limit: 0,                                
  where: {                                 
    ownerId : '5d51eb67a38167076035bca6'                          
  }
}

… the ownerId is returned by OF.users.login(). It also returns a token which you can then use in the StrongLoop API Explorer to get access to your private data and write permissions.

I think this is handy information and it should be added/updated in the JSclient docs. The filter and artwork models shown in sections Filtering queries and Fetch a list of Artworks are not up to date.