Apps to Core communication protocol

The communication protocol is based on WebSocket at the moment with Socket.io support. Apps to Core messages have guaranteed destination, which is the core server. Core to Apps communication is using socket.io broadcasting feature. Core broadcasts a message using a unique id to all the apps and it is apps' responsibility to be able to pick up the messages (idea reviewing required).

Apps to Core communication

Name	Description	Key: string	Values
Register App	Signals core to register current app to the database	REGISTER_APP	jump
Incoming action	App received a message from external source	INCOMING_MESSAGE	jump
Ping	Pings the core to check uptime	PING	jump