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[Aaron Brown <>]

Hey Folks,

The current extended json login message is now just looks like this right:

{
   “msg”: “v3.5.5”,
   “tests”: “54"
}

There’s a MultiplePorts branch that is doing multiple streams, along with 
interval snapshots and some other features. Given that the new tests accept 
test parameters (e.g. “c2s duration”, “snapshot delay”, etc), my thought is 
to change the extended login message some:

{
  “msg”: “v3.5.5”,
  “requested_tests”: {
      “2”: {     # TEST_C2S
          “duration”: 15,
          “streams”: 5
      },
      “4”: {     # TEST_S2C
          “duration”: 10,
          “streams”: 1
      },
      “16”: {},   # requesting the TEST_STATUS test
      “32”: {},   # requesting the TEST_META test
  }
}

If a client requested an unknown test argument, then the server would deny 
the request. Assuming the client doesn’t care about the extended parameters, 
it could just send the old request style, or it could send the new request 
style with no requested options. Existing servers would simply deny the test 
since there’s no “test” option included. 

What do folks think?

Cheers,
Aaron