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Jonne Haß edited this page Jun 15, 2013 · 16 revisions

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Current draft: "http://pad.spored.de/ro/r.qWmvhSZg7rk4OQam":http://pad.spored.de/ro/r.qWmvhSZg7rk4OQam Implementation: "https://github.com/MrZYX/diaspora/tree/mobile_api":https://github.com/MrZYX/diaspora/tree/mobile_api WIP docs: "https://gist.github.com/01c93096c30dc44caf71":https://gist.github.com/01c93096c30dc44caf71

h1. Old Info

This is a draft for designing Diaspora's API version 1. This is neither complete nor correct, it's just a collection of ideas.

"Here's the main discussion of the API":http://groups.google.com/group/diaspora-dev/browse_thread/thread/eeaf48ac16e35877/1246731e9cf114ba

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction ** "General notes":#general_notes ** "Authentication":#authentication
  • Stream methods ** "GET /stream":#get_stream
  • Post functions ** "GET /post/[post]":#get_post
  • Conversation ** "GET /conversations":#get_conversations ** "GET /conversation/[conversation]":#get_conversation

h2(#general_notes). General notes

We want to use as much already existing standards as possible, so we decided to use "JSON Activity Streams":http://activitystrea.ms/specs/json/1.0/ for everything related with streams and messages and "Portable Contacts":http://portablecontacts.net/draft-spec.html for everything regarding profiles.

h2(#authentication). Authentication

In this first version we are going to use http basic auth until OAuth is fully implemented and tested. Devise supports http basic auth and that's easy to enable.

h2. Stream

h3(#get_stream). GET /stream

Returns a JSON of the stream items. (ActivityStreams)

h4. Parameters

no parameters

h4. Example

bc. GET /stream?sort_order=created_at { "items": [ { "id": "456", "published": "2011-02-10T15:04:55Z", "actor": { "id": "42", "displayName": "Jane Doe", "name": "Jane Doe", "nickname": "jane@pod.example.org", "preferredUsername": "jane", "birthday": "1975-02-14", "gender": "who knows", "note": "Janes profile description" "picture": "http://example.com/uploads/images/foo.png" }, "verb": "post", "object": { "content": "Hello, epic Diasporaverse" } }, { "id": "564", "published": "2011-02-11T14:03:55Z", "actor": { "id": "23", "displayName": "John Doe", "name": "John Doe", "nickname": "john@pod.example.org", "preferredUsername": "john", "birthday": "1975-02-14", "gender": "who knows", "note": "Johns profile description" "picture": "http://example.com/uploads/images/foo.png" }, "verb": "post", "object": { "content": "Good morning!" } } ] }

h2. Posts

h3(#get_post). GET /post/[post]

Returns a JSON containing the requested post. (ActivityStreams)

h4. Parameters

  • post: The post ID

h4. Example

bc. GET /posts/456 { "id": "456", "published": "2011-02-10T15:04:55Z", "actor": { "id": "42", "displayName": "Jane Doe", "name": "Jane Doe", "nickname": "jane@pod.example.org", "preferredUsername": "jane", "birthday": "1975-02-14", "gender": "who knows", "note": "Janes profile description" "picture": "http://example.com/uploads/images/foo.png" }, "verb": "post", "object": { "content": "Hello, epic Diasporaverse" } }

h2. Conversations

h3(#get_conversations). GET /conversations

Returns a JSON containing all conversations. (extended ActivitySreams)

h4. Parameters

none

h4. Example

bc. GET /conversations { "conversations": [ { "id": "123", "subject": "Hello, you", "created_at": "2011-02-10T15:04:55Z", "updated_at": "2011-02-10T15:04:55Z", "lastAuthor": { "id": "42", "displayName": "Jane Doe", "name": "Jane Doe", "nickname": "jane@pod.example.org", "preferredUsername": "jane", "birthday": "1975-02-14", "gender": "who knows", "note": "Janes profile description", "picture": "http://example.com/uploads/images/foo.png" } }, { "id": "456", "subject": "BugBug!", "created_at": "2011-02-10T15:04:55Z", "updated_at": "2011-02-10T15:04:55Z", "lastAuthor": { "id": "23", "displayName": "John Doe", "name": "John Doe", "nickname": "John@pod.example.org", "preferredUsername": "John", "birthday": "1975-02-14", "gender": "who knows", "note": "John profile description", "picture": "http://example.com/uploads/images/foo.png" } } ] }

h3(#get_conversation). GET /conversation/[conversation]

Returns a JSON (ActivityStreams) containing all messages of the given conversation

h4. Parameters

  • conversation: the id of a conversation

h4. Example

See GET /stream, this will look similar.

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