[Developers] /type/link queries and reverses

[Scott Meyer]

augusto callejas wrote:
> hi-
> 
> i don't understand why i can't query for links
> using one property, but i can for its reverse property.
> in the example below, i'm querying for spouse_s links
> going out from mel gibson, and in the second query
> i'm querying for /people/marriage/spouse links going
> into mel gibson.

You've run into a limitation of /type/link: it only works
with master properties, hence the "master_property" keyword.

> ===
> [
>   {
>     "master_property" : "/people/person/spouse_s",
>     "source" : {
>       "id" : "/en/mel_gibson",
>       "type" : "/people/person"
>     },
>     "type" : "/type/link"
>   }
> ]
> ---
> []
> ===

In order for this to work we'd need to make MQL smarter
and have a keyword named "property" or add "reverse_property".

I've filed a bug.

-Scott