chime-experiment/comet

Provide a REST endpoint interface to `register_start`

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#119 opened on Apr 12, 2026

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Description

Interactions with comet are currently only possible using either the kotekan dataset broker or the python API. This effectively prevents us from writing external systems (brokers, etc...) in anything other than python, and forces a comet dependency on python code for nothing more than a single function call at startup.

It would be nice to be able to register a startup time and config via a broker endpoint. This would likely require moving the registration logic out of Manager.regsiter_start into the broker, and reworking Manager.register_start to simply jsonify its input and send that to the broker.

This might require a bit of additional thought, since it does slightly break the responsibility scope of the broker and manager.

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Research direction
Understand the current registration flow in Manager.register start, design a REST endpoint in the broker to accept the same input, refactor Manager to send requests to that endpoint, and ensure backward compatibility.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backendapi
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Feature
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
PythonREST APIs
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40