DAAP - Server Info Request
This request serves to return information about the server, such
as the versions of the protocols it is using, its name, and its
capabilities.
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Sample Request
GET /server-info HTTP/1.1
Host: daap.example.com
Accept: */*
User-Agent: iTunes/4.0 (Macintosh; N; PPC)
Client-DAAP-Version: 1.0
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Sample Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 18:00:28 GMT
DAAP-Server: iTunes/4.0 (Mac OS X)
Content-Type: application/x-dmap-tagged
Content-Length: 122
Content-Encoding: gzip
Server Info
The dmap.serverinforesponse ('msrv') is the root container of
the response. It contains the following fields:
| name |
type |
description |
| dmap.status |
mstt |
Response status code as in every response |
| dmap.protocolversion |
mpro |
Version of the DMAP protocol, currently
1.0.0 |
| daap.protocolversion |
apro |
Version of the DAAP protocol, currently
1.0.0 |
| dmap.itemname |
minm |
Server name |
| dmap.loginrequired |
mslr |
If present, the client must log in
to run queries |
| dmap.timeoutinterval |
mstm |
The amount of time before a connection
times out |
| dmap.supportsautologout |
msal |
If present, the server can automatically
log clients out |
| dmap.supportsupdate |
msup |
If present, the server supports /update |
| dmap.supportspersistentids |
mspi |
If present, the server supports persitent
IDs |
| dmap.supportsextensions |
msex |
If present, the server supports extensions
(?) |
| dmap.supportsbrowse |
msbr |
If present, the server supports browse
(?) |
| dmap.supportsquery |
msqy |
If present, the server supports query
(?) |
| dmap.supportsindex |
msix |
If present, the server supports index
(?) |
| dmap.supportsresolve |
msrs |
If present, the server supports /resolve |
| dmap.databasescount |
msdc |
The number of databases the server knows about |
All the items with (?) after them are things that I'm not sure
about. They most probably are request types that I haven't encountered
yet. Also, I'm not entirely sure how iTunes would react to a
server that claimed that it didn't have certain functionality,
like login or persistent IDs.
dmap.serverinforesponse = {
dmap.status = 200
dmap.protocolversion = "1.0"
daap.protocolversion = "1.0"
dmap.itemname = "Example Server"
dmap.loginrequired = 0
dmap.timeoutinterval = 1800
dmap.supportsautologout = 0
dmap.supportsupdate = 0
dmap.supportspersistentids = 0
dmap.supportsextensions = 0
dmap.supportsbrowse = 0
dmap.supportsquery = 0
dmap.supportsindex = 0
dmap.supportsresolve = 0
dmap.databasescount = 1
}
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