Peerinfo — GNUnet documentation

# Peerinfo

## Definition

Variables in single quotes `'...'` can or must be changed according to your specific case.

`friend` is to enable the optional friend information. It is either `yes` or can be left away.

### Peer

A peer consists of an `identifier` and one or more `addresses` with `expiration dates`.

### Peerinfo Response

The response of the peerinfo API is a JSON Array:

    [
       {
         "peer":'identifier',
         "array": [
                    {
                      "address":'peer_address',
                      "expires":'address_expiration'
                    },
                    ...
                  ]
       },
       ...
     ]

`ìdentifier` is a 52-character, alphanumeric identifier of the peer.

`peer_address` is one URI as string.

`address_expiration` is the date, when the address expires, e.g. “Wed Aug 1 10:00:00 2018”.

### Error Response

An error response is sent in the JSON format: `{"error":"*error_description*"}`

Following numbers are added for references inside the documentation only.

Error descriptions are:

    Nr. Error Description           - Explanation
    1)  Unknown Error               - Error is not specified
    2)  No peers found              - Peers were not found, this is combined with the HTTP Error Code 404 Not Found

Error `1)` is always possible and is not listed in following requests.

ATTENTION: Any error message from the Peerinfo API (not REST API) can occur and can be returned in the error response. These responses are not listed here.

## Requests

### GET Request

Title | Returns all peers and resolves their addresses
URL | `/peerinfo`
Method | GET
URL Params | `?friend='friend'` optional
Data Params | none
Success Response | Peerinfo Response or Response Code: `500 Internal Server Error`
Error Response | {“error”:”error_desc”} 2

### OPTIONS Request

Title | Gets request options
URL | `/peerinfo`
Method | OPTIONS
URL Params | none
Data Params | none
Success Response |
Error Response | none