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# What is respondd?
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## Introduction
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respondd is a server distributing information within a network.
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For doing so, respondd spawns a UDP socket (in Gluon 1001/udp), optionally joining a multicast group. When a request is received, the information requested is transmitted to the requester.
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All information is organized in a non-hierarchical namespace. Each entry identifies a *request name* (e.g. `statistics`, `nodeinfo`, ...) implemented by at least one "provider" C module.
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The respond is the result of merging the outputs of all providers for the given request name.
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Some providers are implemented in [/package/gluon-respondd](https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/tree/master).
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## Usage
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```
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respondd [-p <port>] [-g <group> -i <if0> [-i <if1> ..]] [-d <dir>]
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-p <int> port number to listen on
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-g <ip6> multicast group, e.g. ff02::2:1001
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-i <string> interface on which the group is joined
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-d <string> data provider directory (default: current directory)
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-h this help
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```
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## Procotol
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Request and response are encoded as byte strings. These strings are sent as UDP packets. Fragmentation is not supported (except by the IP stack), responses are compressed using the *deflate* algorithm.
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- The request is the the word '`GET`' followed by any number of request name, separated by spaces.
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- The response is a compressed JSON document. The top level object will contain a property for each
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requested name, the rest of the structure is determined by the actual data.
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- (Using just a single request name, without '`GET`', as request will return the data uncompressed
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and without an enclosing object. This kind of request is deprecated.)
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### Example
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Requesting `nodeinfo` as implemented in the Gluon modules.
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#### Request
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```
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GET nodeinfo
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```
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#### Response (decompressed)
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```json
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{
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"nodeinfo": {
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"software": {
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"autoupdater": {
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"branch": "stable",
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"enabled": true
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},
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"batman-adv": {
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"version": "2015.1",
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"compat": 15
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},
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"fastd": {
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"version": "v17",
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"enabled": false
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},
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"firmware": {
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"base": "gluon-v2016.1.5-8-gdeac14e",
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"release": "20160615"
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},
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"status-page": {
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"api": 1
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}
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},
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"network": {
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"addresses": [
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"fda0:cab1:e1e5:5116:eade:27ff:fe65:a5af",
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"fe80::eade:27ff:fe65:a5af",
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"2a03:2260:3011:1160:eade:27ff:fe65:a5af"
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],
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"mesh": {
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"bat0": {
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"interfaces": {
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"wireless": [
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"ea:e3:29:65:a5:af",
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"ea:e3:28:65:a5:af"
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],
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"other": [
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"ea:df:27:65:a5:af"
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]
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}
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}
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},
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"mac": "e8:de:27:65:a5:af"
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},
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"location": {
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"latitude": 51.10727924,
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"longitude": 7.00933367
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},
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"owner": {
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"contact": "me@petabyteboy.de"
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},
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"system": {
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"site_code": "lln"
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},
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"node_id": "e8de2765a5af",
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"hostname": "PetaByteBoy",
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"hardware": {
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"model": "TP-Link TL-WDR3600 v1",
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"nproc": 1
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}
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}
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}
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```
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## Implementing modules
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respondd providers are C modules (shared objects). These modules should include
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\<json-c/json.h> and \<respondd.h>, the latter of which provides the following definitions:
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