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diff --git a/doc/protocol.md b/doc/protocol.md index 3c53a2a..74bdbd2 100644 --- a/doc/protocol.md +++ b/doc/protocol.md @@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Messages init ---- -The streamer-id and tags are optional. All other fields are mandatory. If the streamer-id -is not defined all data-update messages must contain a streamer-id. +All fields except version are optional. The values in this message are treated as +defaults which will be used if the corresponding value is missing in subsequent +update messages. { "version": 1, @@ -18,15 +19,19 @@ is not defined all data-update messages must contain a streamer-id. data-update ----------- -All elements inside data are optional. The update must contain all data gathered between -start-time and start-time + duration-ms. -If defined by the init message the streamer-id is optional as well and when present it's -values override the values of the init message. +All values which have been defined by the init message are optional. In any case the +values from data updates override values from init. Stateless interfaces will not use +init messages and therefore all values must be defined here. +If an interface (i.e. REST) has other means to detect protocol versions the version +field may be omitted entirely. { + "version": 1, + "hostname": "myhostname", + "streamer-id": { "content-id": "av-orig", "format": "flash", "quality": "medium" }, + "tags": [ "elevate", "2014", "discourse" ] "start-time": "2014-08-03T12:34:56.123Z", "duration-ms": 5000, - "streamer-id": { "content-id": "av-orig", "format": "flash", "quality": "medium" }, "data": { "clients": [ { "ip": "127.0.0.1", "port": 1234, "bytes-sent": 12094, "user-agent": "Mozilla Version 28", .... }, |