nanocurrency
Add "threshold" option to representatives RPC command, and a new "representative_count" command
Summary
The representatives RPC command currently only has count and sorting options. While sorting does move very small / 0-weight reps to the bottom of the list, it does not preserve the original ordering of the list, and still returns very-small-weight reps if count is set high enough. The threshold option would only return representatives with weight greater than or equal to x.
representative_count would, as the name implies, return the total number of representatives. Currently this is only possible using representatives with count=-1, and manually counting up the total.
What problem would be solved by this feature?
These additions would benefit any software which needs to access data regarding network representatives beyond a superficial level. Besides being much more convenient for developers, this would also majorly decrease bandwidth requirements for any software using this data which does not have access to a local node.
Are there any previous requests for this feature?
As far as I'm aware, there has been no discussion of adding these particular features.
Do you have a suggested solution?
Yes, add threshold as an option for the representatives RPC, and implement representative_count functionality.
If this feature is approved, would you be willing to submit a pull request with the solution?
I am willing to collaborate
Possible solution
No response
Supporting files
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Some paginating and sorting combinations we have are slightly broken. And threshold is always a good option to have. Are you willing and capable to code this? If yes, that would be great. Otherwise, it will have to wait until it becomes a high enough priority for the dev team to look at coding it.
The start option sounds like possibly a complication too far, although, if it can be specified, documented and coded succinctly then it can be added.