Experimental Features

Live Data in Blinks

We're currently testing the usage of live data in the GET request of an Action. This would involve the addition of a few things to the Action spec, here's what that would look like:

// Dialect's extensions to the Actions API
export interface DialectExperimentalFeatures {
  dialectExperimental?: {
    liveData?: {
      enabled: boolean;
      delayMs?: number; // default 1000 (1s)
    };
  };
}

export type ExtendedActionGetResponse = ActionGetResponse &
  DialectExperimentalFeatures;

Live Data is possible by polling the GET request at an interval of delayMs until a POST request is made (if liveData is enabled.)

Markdown Support in Blinks

Markdown is now supported in Blinks as an experimental feature (enabled by default), here's what's currently supported:

Element	Markdown Syntax
Bold	**bold text**
Italic	*italicized text*
Blockquote	> blockquote
Ordered List	1. First item 2. Second item 3. Third item
Unordered List	- First item - Second item - Third item
Code	'code'
Horizontal Rule	---
Link	[title] (https://www.example.com)