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diff --git a/docs/specification.rst b/docs/specification.rst index 44eddcaf87..239e51b4f3 100644 --- a/docs/specification.rst +++ b/docs/specification.rst @@ -1726,6 +1726,79 @@ destination home server names, and the actual nested content. "origin":"blue", "destination":"orange", "content":...} + + +Protocol URLs +============= +.. WARNING:: + This section may be misleading or inaccurate. + +All these URLs are namespaced within a prefix of:: + + /_matrix/federation/v1/... + +For active pushing of messages representing live activity "as it happens":: + + PUT .../send/:transaction_id/ + Body: JSON encoding of a single Transaction + Response: TODO + +The transaction_id path argument will override any ID given in the JSON body. +The destination name will be set to that of the receiving server itself. Each +embedded PDU in the transaction body will be processed. + + +To fetch a particular PDU:: + + GET .../pdu/:origin/:pdu_id/ + Response: JSON encoding of a single Transaction containing one PDU + +Retrieves a given PDU from the server. The response will contain a single new +Transaction, inside which will be the requested PDU. + + +To fetch all the state of a given context:: + + GET .../state/:context/ + Response: JSON encoding of a single Transaction containing multiple PDUs + +Retrieves a snapshot of the entire current state of the given context. The +response will contain a single Transaction, inside which will be a list of +PDUs that encode the state. + +To backfill events on a given context:: + + GET .../backfill/:context/ + Query args: v, limit + Response: JSON encoding of a single Transaction containing multiple PDUs + +Retrieves a sliding-window history of previous PDUs that occurred on the +given context. Starting from the PDU ID(s) given in the "v" argument, the +PDUs that preceeded it are retrieved, up to a total number given by the +"limit" argument. These are then returned in a new Transaction containing all +off the PDUs. + + +To stream events all the events:: + + GET .../pull/ + Query args: origin, v + Response: JSON encoding of a single Transaction consisting of multiple PDUs + +Retrieves all of the transactions later than any version given by the "v" +arguments. + + +To make a query:: + + GET .../query/:query_type + Query args: as specified by the individual query types + Response: JSON encoding of a response object + +Performs a single query request on the receiving home server. The Query Type +part of the path specifies the kind of query being made, and its query +arguments have a meaning specific to that kind of query. The response is a +JSON-encoded object whose meaning also depends on the kind of query. Backfilling ----------- |