Protocols/OSCAR/Messages

OSCAR Protocol

Introduction • Terms • Clients

Basic

Datatypes • FLAP • SNAC • TLV

UUIDs • Errors • Tool IDs

Host Interaction

Rate Limits • Migration • Messages

Other Services

ADMIN • ADVERT • ALERT

BART • BOS • BUCP • CHAT

CHAT_NAV

Tutorials

Sign On • BART • Rendezvous

ICBM • Locate • Buddies

Foodgroups

OSERVICE (0x0001)

LOCATE (0x0002)

BUDDY (0x0003)

ICBM (0x0004)

ADVERT (0x0005)

INVITE (0x0006)

ADMIN (0x0007)

POPUP (0x0008)

PD (0x0009)

USER_LOOKUP (0x000A)

STATS (0x000B)

TRANSLATE (0x000C)

CHAT_NAV (0x000D)

CHAT (0x000E)

ODIR (0x000F)

BART (0x0010)

FEEDBAG (0x0013)

ICQ (0x0015)

BUCP (0x0017)

ALERT (0x0018)

PLUGIN (0x0022)

UNNAMED_FG_24 (0x0024)

MDIR (0x0025)

ARS (0x044A)

Message

From Aleksandr Shutko: Message format in extended data for rendezvous channel.

Message format in extended data for rendezvous channel

xx   byte   message type  xx   byte   message flags  xx xx   word (LE)   status code  xx xx   word (LE)   priority code  xx xx   word (LE)   message string length  xx ..   string   message string (null-terminated) If message type is MTYPE_PLAIN:  xx xx xx xx   dword (LE)   text color (rgbn, optional)  xx xx xx xx   dword (LE)   background color (rgbn, optional)  xx xx xx xx   dword (LE)   guid string length (optional)  xx ..   string   guid string (optional)

Message Types

   Message types. Each OSCAR message has type. It can be just plain message,
   url message, contact list, wwp, email express or another. Only one byte used for
   message type. Here is the list of known message types:

0x01	MTYPE_PLAIN	Plain text (simple) message
0x02	MTYPE_CHAT	Chat request message
0x03	MTYPE_FILEREQ	File request / file ok message
0x04	MTYPE_URL	URL message (0xFE formatted)
0x06	MTYPE_AUTHREQ	Authorization request message (0xFE formatted)
0x07	MTYPE_AUTHDENY	Authorization denied message (0xFE formatted)
0x08	MTYPE_AUTHOK	Authorization given message (empty)
0x09	MTYPE_SERVER	Message from OSCAR server (0xFE formatted)
0x0C	MTYPE_ADDED	"You-were-added" message (0xFE formatted)
0x0D	MTYPE_WWP	Web pager message (0xFE formatted)
0x0E	MTYPE_EEXPRESS	Email express message (0xFE formatted)
0x13	MTYPE_CONTACTS	Contact list message
0x1A	MTYPE_PLUGIN	Plugin message described by text string
0xE8	MTYPE_AUTOAWAY	Auto away message
0xE9	MTYPE_AUTOBUSY	Auto occupied message
0xEA	MTYPE_AUTONA	Auto not available message
0xEB	MTYPE_AUTODND	Auto do not disturb message
0xEC	MTYPE_AUTOFFC	Auto free for chat message

Message Flags

   Message flags. Message flag used to indicate additional message properties.

like auto message, multiple recipients message, etc. Message flag field occupy 1 byte. Here is the list of known message flag codes:

0x01   MFLAG_NORMAL     Normal message   0x03   MFLAG_AUTO     Auto-message flag   0x80   MFLG_MULTI     This is multiple recipients message