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Sub-task of #437 (closed).

Group Messages

The group descriptor is a BDF list with three elements: name (string), author_name (string) and public_key (raw). Posts are signed with the corresponding private key.

0: Post

A blog post.

• type (int) - Must be 0
• content (string) - The content of the blog post
• signature (raw) - A signature over a list with the following elements:
  • group_id (raw) - Taken from the message header
  • timestamp (int) - Taken from the message header
  • type (int) - As described above
  • content (string) - As described above

Dependencies: None

1: Comment

A comment on a blog post.

• type (int) - Must be 1
• content (string or null) - An optional comment added to the post
• parent_original_id (raw) - The ID of a post or comment in this group or another group
• parent_id (raw) - The ID of a post, comment, wrapped post or wrapped comment in this group, which had the ID parent_original_id in the group where it was originally posted
• signature (raw) - A signature over a list with the following elements:
  • group_id (raw) - Taken from the message header
  • timestamp (int) - Taken from the message header
  • type (int) - As described above
  • content (string or null) - As described above
  • parent_original_id (raw) - As described above
  • parent_id (raw) - As described above

Dependencies: parent_id

2: Wrapped Post

A post from another group that has been reposted to this group. Not shared with other subscribers unless it is a transitive dependency of a valid post or comment in this group.

• type (int) - Must be 2
• post_group_descriptor (raw) - The descriptor of the group where the post was originally posted
• post_timestamp (int) - Taken from the original post
• post_content(string) - Taken from the original post
• post_signature (raw) - Taken from the original post

Dependencies: None

3: Wrapped Comment

A comment from another group that has been reposted to this group. Not shared with other subscribers unless it is a transitive dependency of a valid post or comment in this group.

• type (int) - Must be 3
• comment_group_descriptor (raw) - The descriptor of the group where the comment was originally posted
• comment_timestamp (int) - Taken from the original comment
• comment_content (string or null) - Taken from the original comment
• comment_parent_original_id (raw) - Taken from the original comment
• comment_parent_id (raw) - Taken from the original comment
• comment_signature (raw) - Taken from the original comment
• parent_id (raw) - The ID of a post, comment, wrapped post or wrapped comment in this group, which had the ID comment_parent_original_id in the group where it was originally posted

Dependencies: parent_id