Respects visibility of post it's replying to

the bot giving me another pattern when I reply to one of its posts

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # CHANGELOG.md
 
+## v1.2.3
+
+Gave the bot the ability to reply with a customised pattern
+
+## v1.2.1
+
+Minor refactoring
+
+## v1.2.0
+
+I think this was when I added the gotosocial bot
+
 ## v1.1.1
 
 Made the flashing transitions a bit better, but it still needs more work

poptimal.js

@@ -207,19 +207,27 @@ async function send_replies(argv, cf) {
         		created: s.created_at,
         		status_id: status.id,
         		account: account.acct,
-        		url: status.url
+        		url: status.url,
+        		in_reply_to_id: status.in_reply_to_id,
+        		visibility: status.visibility
     		};
     	});
 	const newmentions = mentions.filter((m) => !oldids.includes(m.id));
 	for (const mention of newmentions) {
+    	    console.log(JSON.stringify(mention, null, 2));
+    	    if( mention.in_reply_to_id ) {
+        	    console.log(`won't reply to ${mention.id} as it's a reply to ${mention.in_reply_to_id}`);
+    	    } else {
     	    	console.log(`new mention ${mention.id}`);
         	    const reply = {
             	    	id: mention.status_id,
-        	    account: `@${mention.account}`
+            	    	account: `@${mention.account}`,
+            	    	visibility: mention.visibility,
         	    };
         	    
     	    	post(argv, cf, reply);
     	    }
+	}
         if( !argv.n ) {
 		await promises.writeFile(cf.mentions, JSON.stringify(mentions, null, 4));
         }
@@ -249,6 +257,7 @@ async function post_image(image, alt_text, cf, reply) {
 	if( reply ) {
     	    status_body["in_reply_to_id"] = reply.id;
     	    status_body["status"] = reply.account;
+    	    status_body["visibility"] = reply.visibility;
 	}
 	headers['Accept'] = 'application/json';
 	headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json';

src/index.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ toc: false
 
 colourful generative patterns using [d3](https://d3js.org/) and [Observable Framework](https://observablehq.com/framework/)
 
-<p>v1.2.2 | by <a href="https://mikelynch.org">mike lynch</a> | <a href="https://aus.social/@mikelynch">@mikelynch@aus.social</a> | <a href="https://git.tilde.town/bombinans/poptimal">source</a> | <a href="https://mikelynch.org/2025/Mar/09/poptimal/">about</a></p>
+<p>v1.2.3 | by <a href="https://mikelynch.org">mike lynch</a> | <a href="https://aus.social/@mikelynch">@mikelynch@aus.social</a> | <a href="https://git.tilde.town/bombinans/poptimal">source</a> | <a href="https://mikelynch.org/2025/Mar/09/poptimal/">about</a></p>
 
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