Tutorial: static

static

Whiteflag API Static Components

The directory static/ contains static data provided by the API when running. This data consists of the Whiteflag API definition, a socket listener for Whiteflag messages and a Whiteflag signs and signals icon set. The server provides the static content on the / root endpoint, e.g. http://localhost:5746/.

In addition, protocol specific static content, such as json schemas, are in lib/protocol/static. The server provides the static protocol data on the /protocol endpoint, e.g. http://localhost:5746/protocol/.

Other static data in static subdirectories may also exists, but this data is not provided by the server to clients. For example, there is also a test/static/ directory, which contains static data for testing, such as the JSON core schema meta-schema to validate the Whiteflag JSON schemas, which is done by the test/static.js test script.

Whitflag API Definition

The API definition is specified in static/openapi.json in accordance with the OpenAPI specification. The index.html uses a standalone JavaScript version of Redoc to render the API defintion into a human readible webpage.

Redoc is not maintained as an NPM package and the following files must therefore be manually be updated from the source repository (see the Redoc documentation):

  • static/js/redoc.standalone.js
  • static/js/redoc.standalone.js.map

Whitflag API Message Listener

A simple web based message listener is available in static/listen/. The server provides the listener on the /listen endpoint, e.g. http://localhost:5746/listen. The listener uses the socket.io socket that is provided by the API on the /socket endpoint.

The index.html loads the client side scripts /socket/socket.io.js and /listen/listener.js to connect the browser to the API socket on the /socket endpoint, displaying incoming messages directly on the web page.

Whiteflag Icons

An icon set for Whiteflag signs and signals can be found in static/icons/. The server provides the icons under the /icons endpoint, e.g. http://localhost:5746/icons.

The icons names have the following convention: <message code><subject code>.png.

The icons set does not currently cover all signs and signals from the Whiteflag protocol specification.