The Mercure Protocol
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Network Working Group K. Dunglas
Internet-Draft Les-Tilleuls.coop
Intended status: Informational 27 August 2019
Expires: 28 February 2020
The Mercure Protocol
draft-dunglas-mercure-04
Abstract
Mercure is a protocol enabling the pushing of data updates to web
browsers and other HTTP clients in a fast, reliable and battery-
efficient way. It is especially useful for publishing real-time
updates of resources served through web APIs to reactive web and
mobile apps.
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Table of Contents
1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.1. Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.2. Subscribers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6. Reconnection and State Reconciliation . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7. Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
10. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1. Terminology
The keywords MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, SHOULD,
*SHOULD NOT*, RECOMMENDED, MAY, and OPTIONAL, when they appear in
this document, are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
* Topic: The unit to which one can subscribe to changes. The topic
MUST be identified by an IRI [!@RFC3987] or by a string. Using an
HTTPS [RFC7230] or HTTP [RFC7230] URI [RFC3986] is RECOMMENDED.
* Publisher: An owner of a topic. Notifies the hub when the topic
feed has been updated. As in almost all pubsub systems, the
publisher is unaware of the subscribers, if any. Other pubsub
systems might call the publisher the "source". Typically a
website or a web API, but can also be a web browser.
* Subscriber: A client application that subscribes to real-time
updates of topics. Typically a Progressive Web App or a Mobile
App, but can also be a server.
* Target: A subscriber, or a group of subscribers. A publisher is
able to securely dispatch updates to specific targets. The target
MUST be identified by an IRI [!@RFC3987] or by a string. Using an
HTTPS [RFC7230] or HTTP [RFC7230] URI is RECOMMENDED.
* Hub: A server that handles subscription requests and distributes
the content to subscribers when the corresponding topics have been
updated. Any hub MAY implement its own policies on who can use
it.
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2. Discovery
If the publisher is a server, it SHOULD advertise the URL of one or
more hubs to the subscriber, allowing it to receive live updates when
topics are updated. If more than one hub URL is specified, it is
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