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diff --git a/DOCS/man/ipc.rst b/DOCS/man/ipc.rst index 1a5eadfe49..0c551e8706 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/ipc.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/ipc.rst @@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ Because events can occur at any time, it may be difficult at times to determine which response goes with which command. Commands may optionally include a ``request_id`` which, if provided in the command request, will be copied verbatim into the response. mpv does not intrepret the ``request_id`` in any -way; it is solely for the use of the requester. +way; it is solely for the use of the requester. The only requirement is that +the ``request_id`` field must be an integer (a number without fractional parts +in the range ``-2^63..2^63-1``). Using other types is deprecated and will +currently show a warning. In the future, this will raise an error. For example, this request: @@ -122,6 +125,11 @@ Would generate this response: { "error": "success", "data": 1.468135, "request_id": 100 } +If you don't specify a ``request_id``, command replies will set it to 0. + +Commands may run asynchronously in the future, instead of blocking the socket +until a reply is sent. + All commands, replies, and events are separated from each other with a line break character (``\n``). |