Also document the directory server federation API

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Paul "LeoNerd" Evans 9 years ago
parent fc1e01f373
commit 5f391b5617

@ -747,3 +747,22 @@ result field. If such is present, then the result should contain only a field
of that name, with no others present. If not, the result should contain as much
of the user's profile as the home server has available and can make public.
Directory
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The server API for directory queries is also based on Federation Queries.
Querying directory information::
Query type: directory
Arguments:
room_alias: the room alias to query
Returns: JSON object containing the following keys:
room_id: string giving the underlying room ID the alias maps to
servers: list of strings giving the join candidates
The list of join candidates is a list of server names that are likely to hold
the given room; these are servers that the requesting server may wish to try
joining with. This list may or may not include the server answering the query.

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