[tor-bugs] #13135 [Onionoo]: Support various fingerprint formats

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#13135: Support various fingerprint formats
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     Reporter:  Sebastian    |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  needs_review
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Onionoo      |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by karsten):

 Sebastian, while re-reading the ticket to see what's left to do, I figured
 that you didn't only ask for the various descriptor digests to be listed,
 but you also want to search for them, right?  That's also doable, but
 slightly harder to implement.

 I also realized that you don't just want the digests of the most recent
 descriptors that are known to Onionoo (which might be whatever metrics-db
 fetches from gabelmoo and moria1 at :05 of the hour, not what's contained
 in the latest consensus or microdesc consensus), but a set of digests of
 descriptors published in the last X (6? 12? 24? 48?) hours.

 So, before I go build something, I'd like to hear what exact use cases you
 have in mind.  Can you say which of the following use cases would be
 useful to have, and for whom and in which situation?  (I guess I'm asking
 for ''user stories'' here...)

  - Search for (partial) base64-encoded fingerprint (already implemented,
 will be deployed on November 15)
  - Display base64-encoded fingerprint (should be implemented in
 Atlas/Globe by converting the hex fingerprint to base64)

  - Search for hex-encoded server descriptor digest
  - Search for base64-encoded server descriptor digest
  - Display hex-encoded or base64-encoded (whichever is more useful)
 digests of all server descriptors published in last X hours

  - Search for hex-encoded extra-info descriptor digest
  - Search for base64-encoded extra-info descriptor digest
  - Display hex-encoded or base64-encoded (whichever is more useful)
 digests of all extra-info descriptors published in last X hours

  - Search for hex-encoded microdescriptor digest
  - Search for base64-encoded microdescriptor digest
  - Display hex-encoded or base64-encoded (whichever is more useful)
 digests of all microdescriptors generated from descriptors published in
 last X hours

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