Veer Server

Switch > Vendor Weights

Title content is provided by three different vendors: akamai, llnw and lumen. The veer server provides a policy that assigns a weight to each vendor. The higher the weight for a vendor, the higher the probability that the Switch downloads the content from that vendor.

The veer server was introduced in system version 14.0.0 and only accepts requests with a valid device certificate.

• Header
• Methods

Headers

Header	Description
Host	veer.hac.lp1.d4c.nintendo.net
User-Agent	User agent
Accept	application/json

User Agents

The user agent looks as follows: NintendoSDK Firmware/<firmware version>-<revision> (platform:NX; did:<device id>; eid:lp1). The firmware version and revision number are obtained from the system version title.

Here is an example: NintendoSDK Firmware/15.0.0-4.0 (platform:NX; did:6265ca40780b1c0d; eid:lp1)

Methods

Method	Path
GET	/v1/policy.json
GET	/v2/policy.json
GET	/v3/policy.json

System version	API version
14.0.0 - 14.1.2	v2
15.0.0 - 18.1.0	v3

Param	Description
context	selection, reselection_by_system_due_to_error, reselection_by_system_due_to_timeout or reselection_by_user

Note that v1 was never used by the Switch.

Response for v1:

{
  "weights": [{"vendor": "akamai", "weight":100}],
  "uuid": "3c37a3ea-4f26-42b3-bddf-1988f8f322cb"
}

Response for v2:

{
  "weights": [
    {"vendor": "akamai", "weight":100},
    {"vendor": "llnw", "weight":0}
  ],
  "uuid":"9b2d588a-7f85-46e8-8347-2b4f32288b41"
}

Response for v3:

{
  "weights": [
    {"vendor": "akamai", "weight": 81},
    {"vendor": "llnw", "weight": 19}
  ],
  "uuid": "2cd1b8b6-c1e7-4238-96c3-0e18ec9c2945",
  "ttl": 86400
}