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docs: add some more docs on making your own backend

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Nick Craig-Wood 2023-08-05 04:25:27 +01:00
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@ -428,14 +428,19 @@ Getting going
* box is a good one to start from if you have a directory-based remote
* b2 is a good one to start from if you have a bucket-based remote
* Add your remote to the imports in `backend/all/all.go`
* HTTP based remotes are easiest to maintain if they use rclone's rest module, but if there is a really good go SDK then use that instead.
* HTTP based remotes are easiest to maintain if they use rclone's [lib/rest](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/rest) module, but if there is a really good go SDK then use that instead.
* Try to implement as many optional methods as possible as it makes the remote more usable.
* Use lib/encoder to make sure we can encode any path name and `rclone info` to help determine the encodings needed
* Use [lib/encoder](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/encoder) to make sure we can encode any path name and `rclone info` to help determine the encodings needed
* `rclone purge -v TestRemote:rclone-info`
* `rclone test info --all --remote-encoding None -vv --write-json remote.json TestRemote:rclone-info`
* `go run cmd/test/info/internal/build_csv/main.go -o remote.csv remote.json`
* open `remote.csv` in a spreadsheet and examine
Important:
* Please use [lib/rest](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/rest) if you are implementing a REST like backend and parsing XML/JSON in the backend. It makes maintenance much easier.
* If your backend is HTTP based then please use rclone's Client or Transport from [fs/fshttp](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/fshttp) - this adds features like `--dump bodies`, `--tpslimit`, `--user-agent` without you having to code anything!
Unit tests
* Create a config entry called `TestRemote` for the unit tests to use