Proposal: Binary stream support on multiplexed ws

[AdamMagaluk]

Currently binary streams are not available on multiplexed ws.

My proposal is to allow subscriptions to binary streams and have the data returned as the data field as a base64 string per chunk received. Data queries wouldn't be applied. Limits could either be applied per chunk (could be ambiguous) or applied to data length. eg give me 1kb then stop.

Eg.

{
  "type": "event",
  "topic": "Detroit/camera/a5cb1a72-c3e7-47b6-818d-6d81b16e9ed4/video-feed",
  "subscriptionId": 1,
  "timestamp": 1442944840135,
  "data": "ewogICJhcHBOYW1lIZW5kbGUiOiAiLi9hcHAvbWFpbi1idWlsZC50cyIKfQ=="
}

[mdobson]

• Would there be a size limit per data field?
• Would there be syntax to ask for things in megabytes, kilobytes, and bytes?

Other than those questions 👍

[AdamMagaluk]

1. I don't think so.
2. I don't think that's necessary, the 1kb was just an example. I assume you would represent it as bytes.