SG Ground Truth

dotted image

entity.Shot.image returns the Shot's thumbnail as a presigned S3 URL under attributes, same object, fresh signature, in the same call. image is_not null matched 50 Shots whose image reads null.

API

Q Does a dotted entity.Shot.image return a presigned URL the way image does on the Shot itself?

Endpoint POST /entity/tasks/_search ; GET /entity/tasks/<id> ; GET /entity/shots/<id>/image

Docs claim Silent on image through a dotted path.

Actual

300 Shots; filter image is_not null matches 300, image is null matches 0
  image read on those 300: a signed S3 URL 250, null 50
tasks?fields=entity,entity.Shot.image: 1500 rows on a Shot
  returned under attributes on 1500
  Shot's image a URL (1250 rows): a signed S3 URL on 1250; same path as the Shot's own, different signature
  Shot's image null (250 rows): null on 250
  query keys X-Amz-Algorithm, X-Amz-Credential, X-Amz-Date, X-Amz-Expires, X-Amz-Security-Token,
             X-Amz-Signature, X-Amz-SignedHeaders, response-content-disposition, x-amz-meta-user-id, ...
versions?fields=entity.Shot.image: 99 rows, all on Shots whose image reads null; null on 99
tasks, entity.Shot.image is_not null -> 200 {"id": 1500}; is null -> 200 {"id": 0}
GET /entity/tasks/<id>?fields=entity.Shot.image -> 200, a signed S3 URL
GET /entity/shots/<id>/image -> 200 application/json {"data": "<media-url>", "links": {...}}

Teaches

  • A dotted image column costs nothing extra. It is returned under attributes keyed by the dotted name, as the same S3 object the Shot's own image names, re-signed for this read (field_types/image). Key a cache on the object path, never on the full URL.
  • image is_not null and a null read disagree. On the probed site 50 Shots match is_not null and read null, and the dotted filter matched all 1500 Tasks while 250 of them read null. Filter to narrow, then test the value you read.
  • GET /entity/shots/<id>/image returns the same URL wrapped in {"data": ...}, one call per row. Prefer the dotted field on the row you already fetch.

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