Is it possible to retrieve "Shadow/System" Tiddler using "WebServer API"?

[msameen99]

Hi,

I’m using the WebServer API: Get All Tiddlers successfully to retrieve my Non-System Tiddlers with some customized filters (after creating the “$:/config/Server/AllowAllExternalFilters” Tiddler), But it does NOT retrieve the “System Tiddlers”.

So, Is there ANY way to retrieve “System Tiddlers”?

My use case:
I’ve very big number of Special Tiddlers (contains Meta Data of my TiddlyWiki file) which I make their titles start with “$:/” so it can be “hidden” or different from my normal Tiddlers, Now I need to get those tiddlers using Web-Server API.

Note: The above link shows that the Response Body of the above API is an array of all non-system tiddlers, is that mean there is no way to retrieve “System Tiddlers”?

Regards

[pmario]

You can try a filter like this: [all[shadows+tiddlers]] see: https://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#list-links-draggable%20Macro

[msameen99]

I already tried [all[shadows+tiddlers]] , but the API still not retrieve my tiddlers that start with "$:/".
this actually match what in the documentation :-

and I'm wondering if there is a way to overcome this limitation

[saqimtiaz]

Try setting $:/config/SyncSystemTiddlersFromServer to yes. Note that this will mean that tiddlers like $:/StoryList will also sync between any connected clients.

[msameen99]

Thanks a MILLIONS Saqimtiaz, it WORKS

regarding the sync of "$:/StoryList" (I didn't know much about it) is that a problem? what should I keep eyes on?

Thanks again

[saqimtiaz]

It is problematic if you have multiple users connecting to the same node.js TW server, as changes to one users story list get propagated to other users.

[Jermolene]

I updated the docs to add a note about syncing system tiddlers:

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