TLDR
The Neynar API has recent updates for enhanced location and cast metadata, video embeds, and hydrated quotes. A Farcaster Action API now enables write interactions between apps, and Data Product customers can create custom index schemas.
APIs and SDKs
Recent updates
Improved cast metadata
YouTube and Twitter link embeds for video thumbnails
Quote casts are now getting hydrated as well
Upcoming next
Will make it even easier/faster to go from API changes to subsequent SDK changes
Will update the v1 version for at least a month after v2 is released to give developers buffer time
Write APIs for blocks
SIWN
Oauth
Will be moving to an Oauth 2.0 model
Current model/existing use cases will continue working
Enabling a way for developers to do SIWN through the backend, on your server-side(no client-side refresh token exposure)
Smart contracts
Moving from Base Sepolia to Mainnet
Open source
Other available repos in
neynarxyz/farcaster-examples
Indexer services
Made progress on ability to write custom schemas for customers
Shipped the API
Seeing Stories and Recaster now working on writing to each other(one successful implementation in beta where Recaster can post Stories)
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