Clarify differences between /devices
and /keys/query
#1539
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clarification
An area where the expected behaviour is understood, but the spec could do with being more explicit
Both
POST /keys/query
andGET /devices
return a list of devices, so it's not entirely clear what the differences are.The primary differences are:
/keys/query
returns only those devices which have uploaded encryption keys, whereas/devices
returns all devices. This in particular is slightly subtle and the spec makes no reference to it./devices
cannot be used to query the device list of another user (it is strictly for the use of the local user to populate a "where am I logged in?" dialogue) whereas/keys/query
can be used to get device information for other usersThe text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: