PFS2

Server

Codebase

http://svn.mozilla.org/projects/pfs2/trunk/

Schema

• Checked in here
• plugins
• mimes
• plugins_mimes

Environments

Dev - local

Request

Current PFS parameters

mimetype=application/x-java-appletapp
ID={ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}
appVersion=1.5.0.4
clientOS=Win
chromeLocale=en-US

Current VersionCheck parameters:

reqVersion=1
id={49f3fc85-dcfe-4e42-9301-226ebe658509}
version=0.6.1
maxAppVersion=2.0.0.*
status=userEnabled,incompatible
appID={ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}
appVersion=3.0b3pre
appOS=Darwin
appABI=x86-gcc3
locale=en-US

PFS 2 Example call - GET to:

 http://pfs2.mozilla.org/?appID={ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}&mimetype=application/x-shockwave-flash&appVersion=2008052906&appRelease=3.0&clientOS=Windows%20NT%205.1&chromeLocale=en-US&callback=later

• callback - optional, makes the output JSONP instead of JSON

Response

Is the following data a sample of the JSON output of PFS2?

[ {
  "name" : "Plugin",
  "version" : "1.0",
  "filename" : "plugin.dll",
  "vendor" : "Mozilla",
  "url" : "http://mozilla.com/",
  "icon_url" : "http://mozilla.com/favicon.ico",
  "latest_version" : "1.0",
  "installer_location" : "http://mozilla.com/installer.exe",
  "installer_hash" : "sha256:592eca7e6f2731c65e344c4514bd7efa0a7ec8a203d97b4f5aadb14c44379178",
  "installer_shows_ui" : "false",
  "license_url" : "http://mozilla.com/license.html",
  "needs_restart" : "true",
  "description" : "This is a Mozilla plugin that does things.",
  "platforms" : [
    { "name" : "Mac OSX" },
    { "name" : "Windows NT 6.0" } 
  ], 
  "xpcomabi" : "x86",
  "mime_types" : [ { 
    "mime" : "text/plain",
    "description" : "HTML",
    "suffixes" : ".html, .xhtml, .htm"
  } ]
} ]

Client

Codebases

• mozilla.com
• Perfidies of the Web

Perfidies is the PFS2 client. It will be usable for plugin page, web badges, etc.

PFS2 inputs

• App ID is hardcoded in the JS. We'll update this script when a new appId is available. Firefox always uses the same app id and it won't change any time soon.
• appID={ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}
• mimetype - navigator.plugins[x].type roughly
• appVersion = navigator.buildid roughly
• appRelease = navigator.appVersion roughly
• clientOS = navigator.oscpu roughly
• chromeLocale = navigator.language

Environments

• dev - I have a dev instance up
• trunk - https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/
• stage - https://www.authstage.mozilla.com/
• prod - http://www.mozilla.com/

Related Information

• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Plugins:PluginCheck
• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Projects/Plugin_Update_Referrals
• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Website/Sprints/PluginProblem
• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:ThePluginProblem
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465898 -
• http://theunfocused.net/2009/08/22/status-update-2/