Re: Api & Client Rewrite

2016-12-24 Thread Pablo Ojanguren
Hi Evan, That's cool. Two questions... - Is there any advantage providing the API's data as protobuf insteand just JSON? It might be easier just to provide the latest. - It seems good idea to have a separated URL context for the API Also, there are some improvements in SwellRT's servlets regardi

Re: Api & Client Rewrite

2016-12-24 Thread Evan Hughes
1) The Json representation is made from the protobuf using proto3's json form. So think of the proto files as a specification in essence and they do reduce the data bandwidth needed and the amount of storage needed. 2) The atmosphere websockets implementation is a bit dated and can be written usin

Re: Api & Client Rewrite

2016-12-24 Thread Brandon Brinkley
This is timely, as I have just recently renewed my interest in Wave with the idea of potentially bundling it with a few other services that could be useful for small teams (e.g. students, auditors, etc.). I haven't had a chance to look at it much yet, but I would want to either share the authentica

Re: Api & Client Rewrite

2016-12-24 Thread Evan Hughes
I believe it was in the works but cant hurt to add it to the jira as a feature request. On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 at 22:04 Brandon Brinkley wrote: > This is timely, as I have just recently renewed my interest in Wave with > the idea of potentially bundling it with a few other services that could be >

Re: Api & Client Rewrite

2016-12-24 Thread Evan Hughes
@pablo though maybe json should be the standard since through the websocket trying every possible message would be a waste. I still think the proto format is a good specifier. On 24/12/2016 10:08 PM, "Evan Hughes" wrote: > I believe it was in the works but cant hurt to add it to the jira as a >