OBIP-0002: 3rd Party Search Providers

[drwasho]

OBIP-0002: 3rd Party Search Providers

Proposal: https://github.com/OpenBazaar/obips/blob/master/obip-0002.md
Author: @tyler-smith

[premek]

Localization of filter / sortBy strings

• client should send a language code in the search request
• and/or for common strings (Condition, Rating, Price) the search engine can send text IDs next to the user visible strings and the client will use it's own localization for them?

[premek]

would it be possible to report back to the search engine

• what results people clicked on
• used id / a cookie?

It could improve search experience (SE would learn what are good results, could suggest/use related searches) but of course would send sensitive information obout the user. I'm not sure if we want it? Would using tor and opting out the cookie help users who seek anonymity?

[ab10460ef3]

It would be nice to allow the client to send

• shipping destination. (opt-in)
• formalize acceptedCurrencies [array?]
• 'accept-language' should be populated in the main window as defined in client, with weights if translation is unavailable. (electron sets this from system locale now) https://github.com/ab10460ef3/openbazaar-desktop/tree/acceptedLangauge
• set larger search result pages

[jjeffryes]

I think we should include the listing version number in the search query, so providers can return data that is compatible with the schema the client is expecting.

As an example, the new crypto-listing format is not compatible with version 2.1.1 of the client. If the client sent a version parameter, the provider would know to not send listings that use data from a version higher than that.

[jjeffryes]

@premek allowing users to opt in to submitting an anonymous identifier could be useful.