habryka comments on Embedded Interactive Predictions on LessWrong

[habryka]

Actually, sorry, I was totally wrong in my earlier comment. You very likely just want to use the LessWrong graphql endpoints that the LW frontend uses, which ensure that everything gets properly logged and routed through the LW DB. The basic setup for those is pretty simple (and you can probably figure it out pretty straightforwardly by inspecting the network tab). Here are the 2 graphql endpoints and the associated schemas:

ElicitBlockData(questionId: String): ElicitBlockData // For querying
MakeElicitPrediction(questionId: String, prediction: Int): ElicitBlockData // For predicting

type ElicitBlockData {
  _id: String
  title: String
  notes: String
  resolvesBy: Date
  resolution: Boolean
  predictions: [ElicitPrediction]
}

type ElicitPrediction {
  _id: String
  predictionId: String
  prediction: Float
  createdAt: Date
  notes: String
  creator: ElicitUser
  sourceUrl: String
  sourceId: String
  binaryQuestionId: String
}

type ElicitUser {
  isQuestionCreator: Boolean
  displayName: String
  _id: String
  sourceUserId: String
  lwUser: User
}

The only slightly non-obvious thing in the API is that you can cancel your predictions by passing in null or 0 for the prediction value.

Here is an example query:

mutation ElicitPrediction($questionId: String, $prediction: Int) {
  MakeElicitPrediction(questionId: $questionId, prediction: $prediction) {
    _id
    title
    notes
    resolvesBy
    resolution
    predictions {
      _id
      predictionId
      prediction
      createdAt
      notes
      sourceUrl
      sourceId
      binaryQuestionId
      creator {
        _id
        displayName
        sourceUserId
        lwUser {
          _id
          displayName
          __typename
        }
        __typename
      }
      __typename
    }
    __typename
  }
}

query Variables: {
  "questionId": "EhJt1xwVh",
  "prediction": 91
}

[clone of saturn]

Is it possible to insert a question using the markdown editor, or does it require using the new editor?

[habryka]

Currently requires the WYSIWYG editor. Sorry about that.