Nodes transmit journal updates to other nodes, but do not automatically transmit the resources. It is the responsibility of the node receiving the journal update to request resources it does not have.
Request Object
When a resource request is transmitted, it must be sent inside of a valid resource object, which must be signed by the node sending the request.
Description
Used to request a specific resource from another node.
This object contains the following properties:
request (object, required)
Holds the request properties.
request.type (string, required)
Indicates the request type. This must be the string resource.
request.identifier (string, required)
Responses to this request will include this identifier in the response object. Implementations of this protocol should attempt to make this property unique per request and per node, and should keep the value within reasonable limits, such as under 128 characters.
request.author (string, required)
The key fingerprint of the user who published the resource being requested.
request.resource (string, required)
The resource identifier of the resource being requested.
Schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"request": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^resource$"
},
"identifier": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": ".{0,40}"
},
"author": {
"type": "string"
},
"resource": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [ "type", "identifier", "author", "resource" ]
}
},
"required": ["request"]
}