non standard nextgen restocoin

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restocoin

RESTful tribune like protocol.

Get request

Bouchots MUST expose an HTTP endpoint for messages retrieving.

This endpoint MUST accepts HTTP request using GET method.

Endpoint path MUST end with /post:

Query string parameters

since

Optional last known by coincoin post norloge in Full ISO format.

Response body

Bouchots SHOULD produce a JSON as response body with latest posts (newer than since if set).

{
    "posts": [
        {
            "msg": "plop",
            "from": "dave"
            "at": "2017-06-29T13:45:02.666"
            "href": "/post/12345678"
        }
    ]
}

Post request

Bouchots MUST expose an HTTP endpoint for posting messages.

This endpoint MUST accepts HTTP request using POST method.

Endpoint path MUST end with /post:

Request body

Post endpoint MUST accept following request body in JSON format:

{
    "message": "plop",
    "from": "dave"
    "since": "2017-06-29T13:45:02.666"
}

message

Mandatory message body in BML-ROC format.

Bouchots SHOULD expect error invalid BML-ROC, invalid encoding and generally shit posting from moules.

from

Moule’s nickname.

since

Optional last known by coincoin post norloge in Full ISO format.

Response

Response body

If since parameters is set, Bouchots SHOULD produce a JSON as response body with posts newer than since.

BML-ROC

Replace standard BML with a well defined and RESTful markup language.

Goals:

  • easy to parse.
  • readable as plain text.
  • RESTful

bigorno

Bigorno is way to hail someone prefix his nickname with markdown like link ending with /moule/${mouleId} path:

[Dave](/moule/devnewton) how are you?

Coincoins SHOULD hail user when a post is received with his bigorno.

duck

User can post an ascii art left or right ducks:

\_o< \_o<   >o_/

Ducks can have the following character as head:

oO0ô°øòó@

Coincoins MAY use ducks in hunt.

norloge

Restocoin use markdown-link-like norloge ending with /post/${postId} path:

[10:12:42](/post/123456780) plop

Absolute URL MUST be used for cross bouchot posting:

[10:12:42](https://hadoken.free.fr/post/123456780) plop

Formatting

Markdown like formatting markup:

*emphasis*

_underline_

**strong**

~~strikethrough~~

`printf();`

Coincoins SHOULD use these to format posts:

emphasis

underline

strong

strikethrough

printf();

totoz

Reference a totoz with markdown like links ending with /totoz/${totozId} path:

[good](/totoz/good)

Coincoins MAY display the referenced totoz image.