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services/chat/proto/chat.proto
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syntax = "proto3";
package chat;
option go_package = "github.com/micro/services/chat/proto;chat";
service Chat {
// New creates a chat for a group of users. The RPC is idempotent so if it's called multiple times
// for the same users, the same response will be returned. It's good practice to design APIs as
// idempotent since this enables safe retries.
rpc New(NewRequest) returns (NewResponse);
// History returns the historical messages in a chat
rpc History(HistoryRequest) returns (HistoryResponse);
// Send a single message to the chat
rpc Send(SendRequest) returns (SendResponse);
// Connect to a chat using a bidirectional stream enabling the client to send and recieve messages
// over a single RPC. When a message is sent on the stream, it will be added to the chat history
// and sent to the other connected users. When opening the connection, the client should provide
// the chat_id and user_id in the context so the server knows which messages to stream.
rpc Connect(stream Message) returns (stream Message);
}
// NewRequest contains the infromation needed to create a new chat
message NewRequest {
repeated string user_ids = 1;
}
// NewResponse contains the chat id for the users
message NewResponse {
string chat_id = 1;
}
// HistoryRequest contains the id of the chat we want the history for. This RPC will return all
// historical messages, however in a real life application we'd introduce some form of pagination
// here, only loading the older messages when required.
message HistoryRequest {
string chat_id = 1;
}
// HistoryResponse contains the historical messages in a chat
message HistoryResponse {
repeated Message messages = 1;
}
// SendRequest contains a single message to send to a chat
message SendRequest {
// a client side id, should be validated by the server to make the request retry safe
string client_id = 1;
// id of the chat the message is being sent to / from
string chat_id = 2;
// id of the user who sent the message
string user_id = 3;
// subject of the message
string subject = 4;
// text of the message
string text = 5;
}
// SendResponse is a blank message returned when a message is successfully created
message SendResponse {}
// Message sent to a chat
message Message {
// id of the message, allocated by the server
string id = 1;
// a client side id, should be validated by the server to make the request retry safe
string client_id = 2;
// id of the chat the message is being sent to / from
string chat_id = 3;
// id of the user who sent the message
string user_id = 4;
// time time the message was sent in unix format
int64 sent_at = 5;
// subject of the message
string subject = 6;
// text of the message
string text = 7;
}