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@ataraxie The codestory GET endpoint is always being passed the value of TEST_HASH. That's causing the same code story to always be shown.

@nickbradley - I did some research and a first implementation on the copy operation.

What:

• Tampermonkey JS module
• Listener on copy operation, when invoked:
  -- collects most of the content defined in our survey as JS object
  -- saves the original copied text in the same object
  -- puts the JSON-serialized JS object into the default clipboard

Example:

{
  "origin": "CodeStory",
  "originalSelection": "last_nom",
  "questionUrl": "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1129216/sort-array-of-objects-by-string-property-value-in-javascript",
  "questionContent": "\n\nI have an array of JavaScript objects:\n\nvar objs = [ \n    { first_nom: 'Lazslo', last_nom: 'Jamf'     },\n    { first_nom: 'Pig',    last_nom: 'Bodine'   },\n    { first_nom: 'Pirate', last_nom: 'Prentice' }\n];\n\nHow can I sort them by the value of last_nom in JavaScript?\n\nI know about sort(a,b), but that only seems to work on strings and numbers. Do I need to add a toString method to my objects?\n    ",
  "answerUrl": "http://stackoverflow.com//a/1129270/1105907",
  "accessTime": 1486431788128,
  "fullCodeSnippet": "function compare(a,b) {\n  if (a.last_nom < b.last_nom)\n    return -1;\n  if (a.last_nom > b.last_nom)\n    return 1;\n  return 0;\n}\n\nobjs.sort(compare);",
  "answerContent": "\nIt's easy enough to write your own comparison function:\n\nfunction compare(a,b) {\n  if (a.last_nom < b.last_nom)\n    return -1;\n  if (a.last_nom > b.last_nom)\n    return 1;\n  return 0;\n}\n\nobjs.sort(compare);\n\nOr inline (c/o Marco Demaio): \n\nobjs.sort(function(a,b) {return (a.last_nom > b.last_nom) ? 1 : ((b.last_nom > a.last_nom) ? -1 : 0);} ); \n    ",
  "votes": 1749,
  "accepted": true
}

Issues:

• It uses the default clipboard, so at the moment...
  -- we're messing with the default copy/paste operation
  -- default clipboard content can still be accessed on the JSON object in the clipboard
  -- but the default paste operation of the OS would definitely insert the JSON string upon default paste
• I checked for other options, but I'm doubting there is another way:
  -- Saving to files from JS or Chrome Add-Ons is almost a no-go apparently
  -- I think the clipboard is really just a simple text (at least on Mac I can't find anything on the web that would say it's more than that)
  -- I don't think any other storage options will work

Thoughts:

• I think it might even be enough that way
• If we ensure we have a OS-level background app/script running it could make sure that only the original copied content is pasted (just parse the JSON and read the originalSelection field)
• I just did a quick google on the paste operation and so far I wouldn't know how we'd do it 😕

Let's talk about it tomorrow or on Wednesday!

Web server (API - POST (../so/) and GET (../so/)
Database

Chrome: copy operation
Atom: paste operation

We must find a way to identify which belongs to which.

Create new key binding in Atom to paste the content from the clipboard and also query our web service