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.Dd $Mdocdate$
.Dt HONK 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm honk
.Nd API access
.Sh DESCRIPTION
In addition to the standard web interface, some functionality is
available via the
.Nm
HTTP API.
.Pp
With the exception of login, all requests should contain
the following form values.
.Bl -tag -width action
.It Fa action
The desired action.
See below.
.It Fa token
An authorization token.
.El
.Pp
The API URL for all actions other than login and logout is
.Pa /api .
.Ss login
Send a POST request to
.Pa /dologin
with the following form values.
.Bl -tag -width username
.It Fa username
User name.
.It Fa password
Pass phrase.
.It Fa gettoken
Must be
.Dq 1 .
.El
.Pp
This will return a token to be used for future requests.
The token is valid for one year.
.Ss logout
Send a request to
.Pa /logout
with the
.Fa token
to be expired.
.Ss honk
The
.Fa action
value should be
.Dq honk .
The following values are recognized:
.Bl -tag -width placename
.It Fa noise
The contents of the honk in markdown format.
.It Fa donk
A file to attach.
.It Fa donkdesc
A description for the attached file.
.It Fa placename
The name of an associated location.
.It Fa placeurl
The url of an associated location.
.It Fa placelat
The latitude of an associated location.
.It Fa placelong
The longitude of an associated location.
.It Fa timestart
The start time of an event.
.It Fa rid
The ActivityPub ID that this honk is in reply to.
.El
.Pp
Upon success, the honk action will return the URL for the created honk.
.Ss gethonks
The
.Dq gethonks
.Fa action
can be used to query for honks.
The following parameters are used.
.Bl -tag -width placename
.It Fa page
Should be one of
.Dq home
or
.Dq atme .
.It Fa after
Only return honks after the specified ID.
.It Fa wait
If there are no results, wait this many seconds for something to appear.
.El
.Pp
The result will be returned as json.
.Sh EXAMPLES
Refer to the sample code in the
.Pa toys
directory.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr vim 3