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This is a state tracker for the game of [Hanabi]. It exposes a REST API for
interacting with the state of multiple games.
# Current state
At the moment, the system can track for multiple games:
* Cards in each player's hand
* Cards in the deck
* Cards successfully played
* Cards discarded/unsuccessfully played
* Fuse tokens
* Information tokens
# API exposed
## `/game`
### PUT
Create a new game, returning the game ID as `{id: 3}`, for instance.
Arguments: e.g. `-d "player=bob" -d "player=sue" -d "player=joe"`
## `/game/<id>`
### GET
Download a complete dump of the specified game in its current state.
## `/game/<id>/<player>`
### GET
Download the currently-visible state of the game from the perspective of the
given player.
## `/discard/<game>/<player>`
### POST
Have the specified player make the "discard" move in the specified game.
This will regain a knowledge token, if there are any to be gained, and will
draw a new card.
Supply the data `card_index=0`, for example, where `0` is the index of the card
to be discarded. (Card order is maintained strictly, so `0` refers to the first
card from the left in one's hand.)
## `/play/<game>/<player>`
### POST
Have the specified player attempt to play a card in the specified game.
If the play is unsuccessful, a life will be lost.
Supply the data `card_index=0`, for example, where `0` is the index of the card
to be played. (Card order is maintained strictly, so `0` refers to the first
card from the left in one's hand.)
## `/inform/<game>/<player>`
### POST
Have the specified player give a recipient information about their hand.
Supply the data `recipient=Patrick` to specify the recipient of the information,
and either one of the following:
* data `colour=Red` to specify that you are pointing out red cards.
* data `rank=5` to specify that you are pointing out cards of rank 5.
Returns a list of the indices of the matching cards in that player's hand.
## `/history/<game>`
### GET
Retrieve the complete history of the specified game, output as a list of
string descriptions.
## `/history/<game>/<player>`
### GET
Retrieve the history of the specified game from the point of view of the given
player, output as a list of string descriptions.
# Future work ideas
* Make the data storage format version-aware.
* Track which information has been revealed about each specific card.
* Decide/implement a way to tell the players about moves which have been made.
[Hanabi]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanabi_(card_game)