JMAP Blob management extension
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JMAP                                                    B. Gondwana, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                                  Fastmail
Updates: 8620 (if approved)                             16 November 2020
Intended status: Standards Track                                        
Expires: 20 May 2021

                     JMAP Blob management extension
                      draft-gondwana-jmap-blob-01

Abstract

   The JMAP base protocol (RFC8620) provides the ability to upload and
   download arbitrary binary data via HTTP PUT and GET on defined
   endpoint.  This binary data is called a "Blob".

   This extension adds additional ways to handle Blobs, by making inline
   method calls within a standard JMAP request.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Conventions Used In This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Blobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  Blob/set  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
       3.1.1.  create  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
       3.1.2.  update  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
       3.1.3.  destroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.2.  Blob/get  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.3.  Blob/lookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   4.  Security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5.  IANA considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   7.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   8.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

1.  Introduction

   Sometimes JMAP ([RFC8620]) interactions require creating a Blob and
   then referencing it.  In the same way that IMAP Literals ([RFC7888])
   were extended to reduce roundtrips for simple data, embedding simple
   small blobs into the JMAP method stream can reduce roundtrips.

   Likewise, when fetching an object, it can be useful to also fetch the
   raw content of that object without a separate roundtrip.

   Where JMAP is being proxied through a system which is providing
   additional access restrictions, it can be useful to be able to see
   where a blob is referenced in order to decide whether to allow it to
   be downloaded.

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2.  Conventions Used In This Document

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

3.  Blobs

   A blob is a sequence of zero or more octets.

   The JMAP base spec [RFC8210] defines the "Blob/copy" method, which is
   unchanged by this specfication.

3.1.  Blob/set

   This is a standard JMAP "set" method.

3.1.1.  create

   *Properties:*

   Any one of:

   *  data:asText: String|null

   *  data:asBase64: String|null

   *  data:asHex: String|null

   *  catenate: [SetObject] _list of byte sources in order_