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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Pub/Sub Addresses |
| 3 | +description: An overview of all the standardized event bus addresses |
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| 38 | +Server State extensions have access to various `publish`/`subscribe` methods to |
| 39 | +trigger and listen for common occurrences within the Server State server. |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +Handling such events via a Pub/Sub system allows us to handle things like |
| 42 | +logging with interchangeable plugins instead of attempting to find a "one size |
| 43 | +fits all" solution that doesn't exist. |
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| 47 | +## Addresses |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +### Logging (`_LOG/`) |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +Logging resides within the `_LOG/*` address space. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +As a payload, you can pass an array of any JSON-serializable value, but strings |
| 54 | +are preferred, if possible. |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +#### `_LOG/DEBUG` |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +**Expected payload:** `JSONSerializable[]` |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +For logging debug messages. |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +#### `_LOG/INFO` |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +**Expected payload:** `JSONSerializable[]` |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +For logging informative messages. |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +#### `_LOG/WARN` |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +**Expected payload:** `JSONSerializable[]` |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +For logging warnings. |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +#### `_LOG/ERROR` |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +**Expected payload:** `JSONSerializable[]` |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +For logging error messages. |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +### Notifications (`_NOTIFY/`) |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +Notifying a user/admin about an occurance is a common task. Server State |
| 83 | +provides a standardized interface so that users can configure Server State to |
| 84 | +notify them via a platform of their choice. |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +:::tip Time-critical notifications |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +Every address within the notifications namespace `_NOTIFY` also has a "critical" |
| 89 | +version with a `/critical` appendix. |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +"Critical" notifications should be seen as a sub-category, i.e., an extension |
| 92 | +listening for all notifications should also include critical notifications. |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +Non-critical notifications don't require immediate attention and can, therefore, |
| 95 | +be sent as a digest at a later time. |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +Critical notifications, on the other hand, should get sent to their target |
| 98 | +audience as soon as possible. |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +::: |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +#### `_NOTIFY/general` |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +**Expected payload:** `string` |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +For notifying all users about an event. **Not for time-critical notifications!** |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +#### `_NOTIFY/general/critical` |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | +**Expected payload:** `string` |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +Critical variant of [`_NOTIFY/general`](#_notifygeneral) |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +#### `_NOTIFY/admin` |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +**Expected payload:** `string` |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +For notifying admins about an event. **Not for time-critical notifications!** |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +#### `_NOTIFY/admin/critical` |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | +**Expected payload:** `string` |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | +Critical variant of [`_NOTIFY/admin`](#_notifyadmin) |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +## Custom Message Addresses |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | +With a few exceptions, addresses are "open" to everyone. |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | +Therefore, if your extension needs custom addresses, you can use any address |
| 131 | +name, even if it's not pre-defined. |
| 132 | + |
| 133 | +:::caution Reserved addresses |
| 134 | + |
| 135 | +Your extension may not define its own `_`-prefixed addresses. |
| 136 | + |
| 137 | +Apart from that, there are no "hard" restrictions. |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | +::: |
| 140 | + |
| 141 | +**To avoid address naming conflicts**, we strongly suggest prefixing |
| 142 | +extension-specific addresses with `EXTENSIONID/`. |
| 143 | + |
| 144 | +Thus, if, for example, your extension was `ABCDEF`, your address names should |
| 145 | +match the following pattern: |
| 146 | + |
| 147 | +```text title="Name pattern for plugin ABCDEF" |
| 148 | +ABCDEF/* |
| 149 | +``` |
| 150 | + |
| 151 | +:::info |
| 152 | + |
| 153 | +We enforce this convention for officially recommended extensions. |
| 154 | + |
| 155 | +::: |
| 156 | + |
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