3 Commits
Author SHA1 Message Date
clawbot 967930f9bc Make Alt and a digit set the send target as /window does (closes #221)
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In neoirc-cli, Alt and a digit switched the window but kept the send
target, so typed text went to the window the user had left. The key
now runs /window with that digit through the input handler.

/window 0 now clears the send target. The status window has no target,
but the command used to keep the previous one.

Model: opus-5-5
2026-10-28 01:30:33 +01:00
clawbot fe23bb5045 Stop startup when a setting does not parse (closes #219)
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config.New read the number and true/false settings with viper's
GetInt, GetFloat64 and GetBool. These return zero or false for a value
that does not parse, so a typo silently changed how the server ran.

config.New now parses these settings with strconv and checks the
duration settings with time.ParseDuration. Each number and duration
must also be finite and above zero. PORT and NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS may
be zero: port 0 lets the system pick a port, and 0 bits turns proof of
work off. A bad value makes config.New return an error naming the
setting and its value, and startup stops. Unset settings keep their
defaults.

Model: opus-5-5
2026-10-28 00:47:53 +01:00
clawbot 83a1585ddc Rewrite schema/README.md sentence by sentence
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Rewrite the description of the JSON Schema files from scratch, without
tables. Describe the fields of a message as the HTTP API sends them:
the reply name in `command` and its number in `code`. Drop the
federation section, which describes nothing the server does. List each
place where a schema file disagrees with the HTTP API, so that a reader
is not misled. The files themselves are unchanged.

Part of #190.

Model: fable-5-1 (writing); opus-5-5 (rework)
2026-10-27 16:09:17 +01:00
7 changed files with 3643 additions and 1650 deletions
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@@ -627,6 +627,10 @@ func (a *App) cmdWindow(args string) {
nick, buf.Name, "connected",
)
} else {
a.mu.Lock()
a.target = ""
a.mu.Unlock()
a.ui.SetStatus(nick, "", "connected")
}
}
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@@ -219,6 +219,63 @@ func TestJoinResponse(t *testing.T) {
}
}
// TestAltDigit checks that Alt and a digit shows that window and
// makes its channel or user the target, as /window does. Window
// 0, the status window, leaves no target.
func TestAltDigit(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
tests := []struct {
name string
digit rune
// The buffer shown and the target after the key.
wantBuffer string
wantTarget string
}{
{
name: "channel window",
digit: '1',
wantBuffer: testChannel,
wantTarget: testChannel,
},
{
name: "status window",
digit: '0',
wantBuffer: "(status)",
wantTarget: "",
},
}
for _, test := range tests {
t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
app := &App{ui: NewUI(), nick: testNick, target: testOtherNick}
app.ui.OnInput(app.handleInput)
runUI(t, app.ui)
// Window 1 is the channel. Window 2, the one shown, is
// the other user's.
app.ui.SwitchToBuffer(testChannel)
app.ui.SwitchToBuffer(testOtherNick)
key := tcell.NewEventKey(tcell.KeyRune, test.digit, tcell.ModAlt)
app.ui.app.GetInputCapture()(key)
var shown string
app.ui.app.QueueUpdate(func() {
shown = app.ui.buffers[app.ui.currentBuffer].Name
})
if shown != test.wantBuffer || app.target != test.wantTarget {
t.Fatalf("got buffer %s and target %q, want %s and %q",
shown, app.target, test.wantBuffer, test.wantTarget)
}
})
}
}
// TestOwnEventFromOtherClient checks that a message, notice,
// join or part that the user's session makes from another
// client shows as one line in the buffer it belongs to.
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@@ -240,10 +240,13 @@ func (ui *UI) initKeyCapture() {
return event
}
// Alt and a digit runs /window with that digit.
// SwitchBuffer alone would leave the target as it was.
r := event.Rune()
if r >= '0' && r <= '9' {
idx := int(r - '0')
ui.SwitchBuffer(idx)
if ui.onInput != nil {
ui.onInput("/window " + string(r))
}
return nil
}
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@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ package config
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"log/slog"
"math"
"os"
"strconv"
"time"
"github.com/spf13/viper"
"go.uber.org/fx"
@@ -28,6 +32,8 @@ Type /help for available commands.`
const DefaultDBURL = "file:///var/lib/neoirc/state.db" +
"?_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=busy_timeout(5000)"
var errOutOfRange = errors.New("setting out of range")
// Params defines the dependencies for creating a Config.
type Params struct {
fx.In
@@ -63,6 +69,8 @@ type Config struct {
}
// New creates a new Config by reading from files and environment variables.
// It returns an error when a number, true/false or duration setting does
// not parse or is out of range.
func New(
_ fx.Lifecycle, params Params,
) (*Config, error) {
@@ -107,29 +115,27 @@ func New(
cfg := &Config{
DBURL: viper.GetString("DBURL"),
Debug: viper.GetBool("DEBUG"),
Port: viper.GetInt("PORT"),
SentryDSN: viper.GetString("SENTRY_DSN"),
MaintenanceMode: viper.GetBool("MAINTENANCE_MODE"),
MetricsUsername: viper.GetString("METRICS_USERNAME"),
MetricsPassword: viper.GetString("METRICS_PASSWORD"),
MessageMaxAge: viper.GetString("MESSAGE_MAX_AGE"),
MaxMessageSize: viper.GetInt("MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE"),
QueueMaxAge: viper.GetString("QUEUE_MAX_AGE"),
MOTD: viper.GetString("MOTD"),
ServerName: viper.GetString("SERVER_NAME"),
FederationKey: viper.GetString("FEDERATION_KEY"),
SessionIdleTimeout: viper.GetString("SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT"),
HashcashBits: viper.GetInt("NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS"),
OperName: viper.GetString("NEOIRC_OPER_NAME"),
OperPassword: viper.GetString("NEOIRC_OPER_PASSWORD"),
LoginRateLimit: viper.GetFloat64("LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT"),
LoginRateBurst: viper.GetInt("LOGIN_RATE_BURST"),
IRCListenAddr: viper.GetString("IRC_LISTEN_ADDR"),
log: log,
params: &params,
}
err = parseSettings(cfg)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// Viper counts an empty environment variable as unset, but an
// empty IRC_LISTEN_ADDR must turn the IRC listener off.
ircListenAddr, set := os.LookupEnv("IRC_LISTEN_ADDR")
@@ -144,3 +150,93 @@ func New(
return cfg, nil
}
// parseSettings reads the number and true/false settings into cfg and
// checks the duration settings. Each number and duration must be above
// zero. PORT and NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS may also be zero: port 0 lets the
// system pick a port, and 0 bits turns proof of work off. The error
// names each setting that does not parse or is out of range.
func parseSettings(cfg *Config) error {
return errors.Join(
parseInt("PORT", 0, &cfg.Port),
parseInt("MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE", 1, &cfg.MaxMessageSize),
parseInt("NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS", 0, &cfg.HashcashBits),
parseInt("LOGIN_RATE_BURST", 1, &cfg.LoginRateBurst),
parseFloat("LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT", &cfg.LoginRateLimit),
parseBool("DEBUG", &cfg.Debug),
parseBool("MAINTENANCE_MODE", &cfg.MaintenanceMode),
checkDuration("MESSAGE_MAX_AGE", cfg.MessageMaxAge),
checkDuration("QUEUE_MAX_AGE", cfg.QueueMaxAge),
checkDuration("SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT", cfg.SessionIdleTimeout),
)
}
// parseInt sets *value to the setting key read as a whole number. It
// returns an error when the value does not parse or is below minimum.
func parseInt(key string, minimum int, value *int) error {
raw := viper.GetString(key)
parsed, err := strconv.Atoi(raw)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %s: %w", key, err)
}
if parsed < minimum {
return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s is %s, but must be at least %d",
errOutOfRange, key, raw, minimum)
}
*value = parsed
return nil
}
// parseFloat sets *value to the setting key read as a floating-point
// number. It returns an error when the value does not parse or is not a
// finite number above zero.
func parseFloat(key string, value *float64) error {
raw := viper.GetString(key)
parsed, err := strconv.ParseFloat(raw, 64)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %s: %w", key, err)
}
if math.IsNaN(parsed) || math.IsInf(parsed, 0) || parsed <= 0 {
return fmt.Errorf(
"%w: %s is %s, but must be a finite number above zero",
errOutOfRange, key, raw)
}
*value = parsed
return nil
}
// parseBool sets *value to the setting key read as true or false.
func parseBool(key string, value *bool) error {
parsed, err := strconv.ParseBool(viper.GetString(key))
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %s: %w", key, err)
}
*value = parsed
return nil
}
// checkDuration returns an error naming the setting key when value is
// not a Go duration above zero.
func checkDuration(key, value string) error {
duration, err := time.ParseDuration(value)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %s: %w", key, err)
}
if duration <= 0 {
return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s is %s, but must be above zero",
errOutOfRange, key, value)
}
return nil
}
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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package config_test
import (
"os"
"strings"
"testing"
"time"
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ import (
"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/internal/logger"
)
func newConfig(t *testing.T) *config.Config {
// loadConfig runs config.New and returns its result.
func loadConfig(t *testing.T) (*config.Config, error) {
t.Helper()
globs := &globals.Globals{
@@ -24,9 +26,15 @@ func newConfig(t *testing.T) *config.Config {
t.Fatal(err)
}
cfg, err := config.New(
return config.New(
nil, config.Params{Globals: globs, Logger: log},
)
}
func newConfig(t *testing.T) *config.Config {
t.Helper()
cfg, err := loadConfig(t)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
@@ -34,6 +42,145 @@ func newConfig(t *testing.T) *config.Config {
return cfg
}
func TestUnsetSettingsKeepDefaults(t *testing.T) {
// Viper counts an empty environment variable as unset.
t.Setenv("PORT", "")
t.Setenv("MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE", "")
t.Setenv("NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS", "")
t.Setenv("LOGIN_RATE_BURST", "")
t.Setenv("LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT", "")
t.Setenv("DEBUG", "")
t.Setenv("MAINTENANCE_MODE", "")
t.Setenv("MESSAGE_MAX_AGE", "")
t.Setenv("QUEUE_MAX_AGE", "")
t.Setenv("SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT", "")
// Each duration setting defaults to 30 days.
const thirtyDays = "720h"
want := settings{
Port: 8080,
MaxMessageSize: 4096,
HashcashBits: 20,
LoginRateBurst: 5,
LoginRateLimit: 1,
Debug: false,
MaintenanceMode: false,
MessageMaxAge: thirtyDays,
QueueMaxAge: thirtyDays,
SessionIdleTimeout: thirtyDays,
}
got := settingsOf(newConfig(t))
if got != want {
t.Errorf("settings = %+v, want %+v", got, want)
}
}
func TestValidSettingsAreUsed(t *testing.T) {
// Each whole number is the lowest value its setting allows, and 1ns
// is the shortest duration allowed.
t.Setenv("PORT", "0")
t.Setenv("MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE", "1")
t.Setenv("NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS", "0")
t.Setenv("LOGIN_RATE_BURST", "1")
t.Setenv("LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT", "0.5")
t.Setenv("DEBUG", "true")
t.Setenv("MAINTENANCE_MODE", "true")
t.Setenv("MESSAGE_MAX_AGE", "1ns")
t.Setenv("QUEUE_MAX_AGE", "1h30m")
t.Setenv("SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT", "45m")
want := settings{
Port: 0,
MaxMessageSize: 1,
HashcashBits: 0,
LoginRateBurst: 1,
LoginRateLimit: 0.5,
Debug: true,
MaintenanceMode: true,
MessageMaxAge: "1ns",
QueueMaxAge: "1h30m",
SessionIdleTimeout: "45m",
}
got := settingsOf(newConfig(t))
if got != want {
t.Errorf("settings = %+v, want %+v", got, want)
}
}
// settings holds the Config fields whose settings config.New parses.
type settings struct {
Port int
MaxMessageSize int
HashcashBits int
LoginRateBurst int
LoginRateLimit float64
Debug bool
MaintenanceMode bool
MessageMaxAge string
QueueMaxAge string
SessionIdleTimeout string
}
func settingsOf(cfg *config.Config) settings {
return settings{
Port: cfg.Port,
MaxMessageSize: cfg.MaxMessageSize,
HashcashBits: cfg.HashcashBits,
LoginRateBurst: cfg.LoginRateBurst,
LoginRateLimit: cfg.LoginRateLimit,
Debug: cfg.Debug,
MaintenanceMode: cfg.MaintenanceMode,
MessageMaxAge: cfg.MessageMaxAge,
QueueMaxAge: cfg.QueueMaxAge,
SessionIdleTimeout: cfg.SessionIdleTimeout,
}
}
func TestBadSettingStopsStartup(t *testing.T) {
// For each setting, the first value does not parse and the others
// parse but are out of range.
tests := []struct {
key string
values []string
}{
{key: "PORT", values: []string{"80a", "-1"}},
{key: "MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE", values: []string{"4k", "0", "-4096"}},
{key: "NEOIRC_HASHCASH_BITS", values: []string{"twenty", "-1"}},
{key: "LOGIN_RATE_BURST", values: []string{"five", "0", "-5"}},
{key: "LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT", values: []string{
"fast", "0", "-1", "NaN", "Inf", "-Inf",
}},
{key: "DEBUG", values: []string{"yes"}},
{key: "MAINTENANCE_MODE", values: []string{"on"}},
{key: "MESSAGE_MAX_AGE", values: []string{"30d", "0", "-1h"}},
{key: "QUEUE_MAX_AGE", values: []string{"720", "0s", "-24h"}},
{key: "SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT", values: []string{"a month", "0", "-1m"}},
}
for _, test := range tests {
for _, value := range test.values {
t.Run(test.key+"="+value, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Setenv(test.key, value)
_, err := loadConfig(t)
if err == nil {
t.Fatalf("%s=%q: got no error", test.key, value)
}
msg := err.Error()
if !strings.Contains(msg, test.key) ||
!strings.Contains(msg, value) {
t.Errorf("error %q does not name %s and %q",
msg, test.key, value)
}
})
}
}
}
func TestIRCListenAddrUnsetKeepsDefault(t *testing.T) {
// t.Setenv puts back whatever value was there after the test.
t.Setenv("IRC_LISTEN_ADDR", "")
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# Message Schemas
# Message schemas
JSON Schema definitions (draft 2020-12) for the neoirc protocol. Messages use
**IRC command names and numeric reply codes** (RFC 1459/2812) encoded as JSON
over HTTP.
This directory holds JSON Schema files (draft 2020-12) for the messages that the
neoirc HTTP API carries. `message.json` describes the fields that every message
can have. `commands/` has files for some commands. `numerics/` has files for
some of the numeric replies. A numeric reply is a server reply named by a
three-digit number, such as `001`. `README.md` at the repository root documents
the protocol.
## Envelope
The server can also run an IRC listener for ordinary IRC clients. The IRC
listener sends plain IRC lines, which these files do not describe.
Every message is a JSON object with a `command` field. The format maps directly
to IRC wire format:
## Message fields
Every message is one JSON object, which `message.json` calls the envelope. These
are the fields it can have:
- `command`: the IRC command name, such as `PRIVMSG`, or the name of a numeric
reply, such as `RPL_WELCOME`. Always present.
- `code`: the number of a numeric reply, such as `1` for `RPL_WELCOME`. Absent
on other messages.
- `id`: the message's UUID, a unique ID that the server assigns.
- `from`: the sender's nick, or the server name on a server message.
- `to`: the target, such as a channel name starting with `#` or a nick.
- `params`: an array of strings with the message's other parameters, in order.
`KICK` events and many numeric replies have it. The HTTP API ignores `params`
sent by a client.
- `body`: an array of strings. It is never a bare string. In a `PRIVMSG` or
`NOTICE`, each string is one line of text.
- `ts`: the time the server stored the message. It is an RFC 3339 time in UTC,
such as `2026-10-27T12:00:00.123Z`.
- `meta`: an object of extra data, such as a hashcash stamp in `meta.hashcash`.
A hashcash stamp is a short string that takes a computer some work to make. A
`PRIVMSG` to a channel with mode `+H` needs one. The HTTP API relays the
`meta` of a `PRIVMSG` or `NOTICE` unchanged. It drops the `meta` of every
other command.
Here is one `PRIVMSG` as the IRC listener sends it and as the HTTP API sends it.
The JSON leaves out `id`, `ts` and `meta`:
```
IRC: :nick PRIVMSG #channel :hello world
JSON: {"command": "PRIVMSG", "from": "nick", "to": "#channel", "body": ["hello world"]}
IRC: :server 353 nick = #channel :user1 @op1 +voice1
JSON: {"command": "353", "to": "nick", "params": ["=", "#channel"], "body": ["user1 @op1 +voice1"]}
Multiline: {"command": "PRIVMSG", "to": "#ch", "body": ["line 1", "line 2"]}
Structured: {"command": "PUBKEY", "body": {"alg": "ed25519", "key": "base64..."}}
IRC: :alice!alice@* PRIVMSG #general :hello world
JSON: {"command": "PRIVMSG", "from": "alice", "to": "#general", "body": ["hello world"]}
```
Common fields (see `message.json` for full schema):
In the JSON, a numeric reply has its name in `command` and its number in `code`.
This `353` reply lists the members of `#general`. The JSON again leaves out
`id`, `ts` and `meta`:
| Field | Type | Description |
| --------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `id` | string (uuid) | Server-assigned message UUID |
| `command` | string | IRC command or 3-digit numeric code |
| `from` | string | Source nick or server name (IRC prefix) |
| `to` | string | Target: #channel or nick |
| `params` | string[] | Middle parameters (mainly for numerics) |
| `body` | array \| object | Structured body — never a raw string (see below) |
| `ts` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp (server-assigned, not in raw IRC) |
| `meta` | object | Extensible metadata (signatures, hashes, etc.) |
```
{"command": "RPL_NAMREPLY", "code": 353, "from": "neoirc", "to": "alice",
"params": ["=", "#general"], "body": ["@op1!op1@host1 alice!alice@host2"]}
```
**Structured bodies:** `body` is always an array of strings (for text) or an
object (for structured data like PUBKEY). Never a raw string. This enables:
A `PRIVMSG` whose `body` has two strings is a two-line message:
- Multiline messages without escape sequences
- Deterministic canonicalization via RFC 8785 JCS for signing
- Structured data where needed
```
{"command": "PRIVMSG", "to": "#general", "body": ["line one", "line two"]}
```
## Commands
## Files
IRC commands used for client↔server and server↔server communication.
Commands, in `commands/`:
| Command | File | RFC | Description |
| --------- | ----------------------- | ----------- | -------------------------- |
| `PRIVMSG` | `commands/PRIVMSG.json` | 1459 §4.4.1 | Message to channel or user |
| `NOTICE` | `commands/NOTICE.json` | 1459 §4.4.2 | Notice (no auto-reply) |
| `JOIN` | `commands/JOIN.json` | 1459 §4.2.1 | Join a channel |
| `PART` | `commands/PART.json` | 1459 §4.2.2 | Leave a channel |
| `QUIT` | `commands/QUIT.json` | 1459 §4.1.6 | User disconnected |
| `NICK` | `commands/NICK.json` | 1459 §4.1.2 | Change nickname |
| `TOPIC` | `commands/TOPIC.json` | 1459 §4.2.4 | Get/set channel topic |
| `MODE` | `commands/MODE.json` | 1459 §4.2.3 | Set channel/user modes |
| `KICK` | `commands/KICK.json` | 1459 §4.2.8 | Kick user from channel |
| `PING` | `commands/PING.json` | 1459 §4.6.2 | Keepalive |
| `PONG` | `commands/PONG.json` | 1459 §4.6.3 | Keepalive response |
| `PUBKEY` | `commands/PUBKEY.json` | (extension) | Announce/relay signing key |
- `PRIVMSG.json`: a message to a channel or a user.
- `NOTICE.json`: a notice, which is a message that a client must not answer
automatically.
- `JOIN.json`: a user joined a channel.
- `PART.json`: a user left a channel.
- `QUIT.json`: a user left the server.
- `NICK.json`: a user changed nick.
- `TOPIC.json`: a channel topic was set.
- `MODE.json`: a channel mode was changed.
- `KICK.json`: a channel operator removed a user from a channel.
- `PING.json`: a check that the server still answers.
- `PONG.json`: the answer to a `PING`.
- `PUBKEY.json`: an announcement of a user's public signing key. The server has
no such command. It answers a `PUBKEY` with `ERR_UNKNOWNCOMMAND` (`421`).
## Numeric Replies
Numeric replies, in `numerics/`:
Three-digit codes for server responses, per IRC convention.
- `001.json`: `RPL_WELCOME`, which welcomes a new user.
- `002.json`: `RPL_YOURHOST`, the server's name and version.
- `003.json`: `RPL_CREATED`, which says when the server was created.
- `004.json`: `RPL_MYINFO`, the server's version and its lists of modes.
- `322.json`: `RPL_LIST`, one channel in the answer to `LIST`.
- `323.json`: `RPL_LISTEND`, the end of the answer to `LIST`.
- `332.json`: `RPL_TOPIC`, a channel's topic.
- `353.json`: `RPL_NAMREPLY`, a channel's members.
- `366.json`: `RPL_ENDOFNAMES`, the end of the member list.
- `372.json`: `RPL_MOTD`, one line of the message of the day.
- `375.json`: `RPL_MOTDSTART`, the start of the message of the day.
- `376.json`: `RPL_ENDOFMOTD`, the end of the message of the day.
- `401.json`: `ERR_NOSUCHNICK`, the nick does not exist.
- `403.json`: `ERR_NOSUCHCHANNEL`, the channel does not exist.
- `433.json`: `ERR_NICKNAMEINUSE`, the nick is taken.
- `442.json`: `ERR_NOTONCHANNEL`, the user is not on that channel.
- `482.json`: `ERR_CHANOPRIVSNEEDED`, the user is not a channel operator.
### Success / Informational (0xx–3xx)
## Where the files differ from the HTTP API
| Code | Name | File | Description |
| ----- | -------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| `001` | RPL_WELCOME | `numerics/001.json` | Welcome after session creation |
| `002` | RPL_YOURHOST | `numerics/002.json` | Server host info |
| `003` | RPL_CREATED | `numerics/003.json` | Server creation date |
| `004` | RPL_MYINFO | `numerics/004.json` | Server info and modes |
| `322` | RPL_LIST | `numerics/322.json` | Channel list entry |
| `323` | RPL_LISTEND | `numerics/323.json` | End of channel list |
| `332` | RPL_TOPIC | `numerics/332.json` | Channel topic |
| `353` | RPL_NAMREPLY | `numerics/353.json` | Channel member list |
| `366` | RPL_ENDOFNAMES | `numerics/366.json` | End of NAMES list |
| `372` | RPL_MOTD | `numerics/372.json` | MOTD line |
| `375` | RPL_MOTDSTART | `numerics/375.json` | Start of MOTD |
| `376` | RPL_ENDOFMOTD | `numerics/376.json` | End of MOTD |
Where a schema file and the HTTP API disagree, the HTTP API is right:
### Errors (4xx)
- `message.json` and the files in `numerics/` put the three-digit code in
`command`. They have no `code` field. The HTTP API puts the reply's name in
`command` and its number in `code`.
- `message.json` allows an object as `body`. The HTTP API reads only arrays of
strings. A `PRIVMSG` with an object as `body` gets `ERR_NOTEXTTOSEND` (`412`).
- `message.json` says `to` is a channel or a nick. A `WALLOPS` message has `*`
there.
- `message.json` allows `meta` on every message. The HTTP API keeps a client's
`meta` only on a `PRIVMSG` or `NOTICE`.
- `message.json` describes signature fields in `meta`. The server never checks a
signature.
- `message.json` does not describe `meta.hashcash`. The HTTP API reads it in a
`PRIVMSG` to a channel with mode `+H`.
- `JOIN.json` has no `body`. A client's `JOIN` can carry the channel key in
`body`. When a user joins, the `JOIN` event repeats the channel name in
`body`.
- `JOIN.json` allows a channel name of any length. The server allows at most 63
characters after the `#`. It answers a longer name with `ERR_NOSUCHCHANNEL`
(`403`).
- `KICK.json` puts the kicked nick in `params`. The HTTP API reads a client's
`KICK` from `body`: the nick, then an optional reason.
- `MODE.json` puts the mode change in `params`. The HTTP API uses `body`
instead. A client sends the change and any value as separate strings, such as
`"+o"` and `"bob"`. In a `MODE` event, `body` holds the change as one string,
such as `"+o bob"`, or as two strings, such as `"+k"` and `"secret"`.
- `NOTICE.json` allows `*` as `to`. The server answers a `NOTICE` to `*` with
`ERR_NOSUCHNICK` (`401`).
- `NOTICE.json` has an example notice from the server to `*`. The server sends
no such notice.
- `PING.json` and `PONG.json` describe a token that the `PONG` repeats. The HTTP
API ignores the `body` of a `PING`. Its answer is the HTTP response
`{"command": "PONG", "from": "<server name>"}`.
- `PING.json` and `PONG.json` also describe messages between servers. The server
does not connect to other IRC servers.
- `PUBKEY.json` describes a command the server does not have.
- `QUIT.json` says that `QUIT` comes only from the server. A client can send it
too, to end its session. A client's `QUIT` can carry a reason in `body`.
- `TOPIC.json` says a `TOPIC` without a `body` queries the topic. The HTTP API
answers such a `TOPIC` with `ERR_NEEDMOREPARAMS` (`461`).
- `TOPIC.json` says an empty array clears the topic. The HTTP API answers `[]`
with `ERR_NEEDMOREPARAMS` (`461`). A `body` of `[""]` clears the topic.
- `003.json` describes the server's creation date. The HTTP API sends the date
the server last started.
- `004.json` has example mode lists. The HTTP API sends an empty string as the
user modes and `ikmnostl` as the channel modes.
- `322.json` says `LIST` gets one reply per channel. The server leaves out a
secret channel, one with mode `+s`, unless the user is on it.
- `332.json` says `RPL_TOPIC` answers a `TOPIC` query. The HTTP API has no such
query. It sends `RPL_TOPIC` after a client sets the topic, and after a `JOIN`
to a channel that has one.
- `353.json` says `body` lists nicks. The HTTP API lists `nick!user@host` in
place of each nick, such as `@op1!op1@host1`.
- `353.json` says the first parameter marks a channel as public, private or
secret. The server always sends `=`, the mark for a public channel.
- `376.json` gives the text as `End of /MOTD command`. The HTTP API adds a full
stop.
- `401.json` gives the text as `No such nick/channel`. The server sends
`No such nick` in answer to a `PRIVMSG` or `NOTICE` to an unknown nick.
- `433.json` has an example with `*` as `to`. The HTTP API sends `433` only in
answer to a `NICK`, with the user's nick as `to`.
| Code | Name | File | Description |
| ----- | -------------------- | ------------------- | ----------------------- |
| `401` | ERR_NOSUCHNICK | `numerics/401.json` | No such nick/channel |
| `403` | ERR_NOSUCHCHANNEL | `numerics/403.json` | No such channel |
| `433` | ERR_NICKNAMEINUSE | `numerics/433.json` | Nickname already in use |
| `442` | ERR_NOTONCHANNEL | `numerics/442.json` | Not on that channel |
| `482` | ERR_CHANOPRIVSNEEDED | `numerics/482.json` | Not channel operator |
## Federation (S2S)
Server-to-server messages use the same command format. Federated servers relay
messages with an additional `origin` field in `meta` to track the source server.
The PING/PONG commands serve as inter-server keepalives. State sync after link
establishment uses a burst of JOIN, NICK, TOPIC, and MODE commands.
The HTTP API also accepts some messages that the files do not allow, such as a
`JOIN` whose `to` has no `#`.