Corona Virus API

This is a very drafty document, first looking at what APIs are needed, then defining them.

API requirements

This, and probably each of the APIs will change, but each change will - at some point need careful management.

URL definition - how the client interacts with the server
Database schema - what data is stored
Database query API - the interface to a layer sitting on top of the data, so that data storage can be changed without changing the code that uses it.
Local Storage - how data stored on the browser, possibly with its own data query API
Interface to location tracking data via some plugins - see /server/tracers/template.js
what else?

URI definition

Straw-person idea, will edit as first cut is built

/checkin?... pinged when a user should be recorded

loc Location in the format browsers provide it
arr Time arrived this location
dep Time left this location
userid Unique random id of person

/register?... voluntarily record information about a user

userid Unique random id of person
email
phone Phone number in international format
facebook Facebook id
whatsapp Whatsapp id

/consents?... Information about what I consent to.

This would align with any privacy statement, consent can be withdrawn at any time.

LOCATION PLUGINS

We need a consistent API that can be used with plugins