webapi.txt: minor edits

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Brian Warner 2008-12-08 15:32:56 -07:00
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@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ PUT, or DELETE. POST operations can be thought of as a method call: sending
some message to the object referenced by the URL. In Tahoe, POST is also used
for operations that must be triggered by an HTML form (including upload and
delete), because otherwise a regular web browser has no way to accomplish
these tasks.
these tasks. In general, everything that can be done with a PUT or DELETE can
also be done with a POST.
Tahoe's web API is designed for two different consumers. The first is a
program that needs to manipulate the virtual file system. Such programs are
@ -860,7 +861,7 @@ POST $URL?t=start-deep-check (must add &ophandle=XYZ)
invoked. The 'check-results' field is the same as
that returned by t=check&output=JSON, described
above.
stats: a dictionary with the same keys as the t=deep-stats command
stats: a dictionary with the same keys as the t=start-deep-stats command
(described below)
POST $URL?t=check&repair=true
@ -942,7 +943,7 @@ POST $URL?t=start-deep-check&repair=true (must add &ophandle=XYZ)
invoked. The 'check-results' field is the same as
that returned by t=check&repair=true&output=JSON,
described above.
stats: a dictionary with the same keys as the t=deep-stats command
stats: a dictionary with the same keys as the t=start-deep-stats command
(described below)
POST $DIRURL?t=start-manifest (must add &ophandle=XYZ)
@ -972,7 +973,7 @@ POST $DIRURL?t=start-manifest (must add &ophandle=XYZ)
manifest: list of (path, cap) tuples, where path is a list of strings.
verifycaps: list of (printable) verify cap strings
storage-index: list of (base32) storage index strings
stats: a dictionary with the same keys as the t=deep-stats command
stats: a dictionary with the same keys as the t=start-deep-stats command
(described below)
POST $DIRURL?t=start-deep-size (must add &ophandle=XYZ)