How to load all posts from discussion?

hrvoje_hr

I want to show all ₃₀₀ posts from a single discussion at the same time in one tab.

I know it can be resource heavy to show them all, but it's a one time thing. Don't need it in production.

Maybe some trick in dev tools?

clarkwinkelmann

hrvoje_hr I don't think it's easy to do... There's a lot of code responsible for removing posts that are above or below the normal viewing height to improve performance.

You might be able to load up to 60 posts at a time. You could take a screenshot of these, scroll down for the next batches, then combine the screenshot via an image editing software ?

Or do you need the page to be interactive with all the posts loaded ? On what kind of screen can you show 300 posts at once ?

hrvoje_hr

Yes, I need the whole page to be interactive. I need to search for posts with specific terms with CTRL+F.

If there's no a better way, I think I'm gonna copy HTML posts 60 by 60 until all 300 are there.

But if someone has a better solution you're welcome. I need that for a bunch of discussions and it's gonna be for sure pain in the ass.

clarkwinkelmann

hrvoje_hr there are more technical solutions that would require less time for somebody familiar.

All the posts could be retrieved via the API and searched offline. You can ask up to 50 posts at a time that way, and a script could quickly get them all. You'd end up with a big JSON dump.

It should also not be too hard to implement a new gambit that will search for posts in a given discussion. It probably won't be the fastest to implement, but should the need come again in the future it could be useful. Only problem is, there's currently no view for post search, so it would have to be created to be user friendly, or the search would have to be performed via the API.