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[Feature] Print supported filter types to users #48
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
A user may enter an unsupported filter when querying the SDK. Instead of just throwing an error, a list of supported filters should be logged to the user.
Describe the solution you'd like
A function that raises an exception in case of a wrong filter entry and prints out a list of supported filters by the Mapillary API v4
Describe alternatives you've considered
Instead of logging the whole list of supported filters, the function can print out a list of close matches to the user's input filter.
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[-]Feature[/-][+][Feature] Print supported filter types to users[/+]Rubix982 commentedon Jul 11, 2021
By this, do you mean that a high-level filter function should return a list of possible filters?
We can use the Levenshtein edit distance algorithm!
cbeddow commentedon Jul 13, 2021
Using close matches/Levenshtein for this would be outstanding, far beyond what I think a typical open source library might do in an early stage! Most probably would just return "check filter and try again" with no other info. Having the suggestions would be a great way to keep users focused and help them make quick fixes. Cool idea.
Rubix982 commentedon Jul 13, 2021
Yes! Finally, my knowledge about data structures and algorithms pays off! :D