mqtt-topic-frontend_thing_update.md

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 title: 'MQTT Topic: frontend_thing_update'
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 # `frontend_thing_update`
 
 :warning: This is still WIP
@@ -14,12 +10,14 @@ title: 'MQTT Topic: frontend_thing_update'
   "version": 5
   "uuid": <string>                 
   "name": <string>
-  "description": <string>,
-  "project": {
+  "description": <string>
+  "ingest_type": <string>
+  "mqtt_device_type": <string> | null
+  "project": <PROJECT>
+ <PROJECT> = {
       "name": <string>,
       "uuid": <string>,
-  },
-  "ingest_type": <string>
+}
   "database": {
       "username": <string>
       "password": <string>          # encrypted
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ title: 'MQTT Topic: frontend_thing_update'
       "ro_url": <string>            # i.e. postgresql://ro_user@postgres:5432/foodb
       "schema": <string>            # i.e. foodb (same as in url)
   },
-  "qaqc":     ...                   # TODO
+  "qaqc":  <QC>
   "parsers": {
     'default': <integer>,
     'parsers': [
@@ -42,26 +40,33 @@ title: 'MQTT Topic: frontend_thing_update'
           'skiprows': <integer>,
           'timestamp_column': <integer>,
           'timestamp_format': <string>,
-          'pandas_read_csv': <None | Object>
+          'pandas_read_csv': <object> | null   # a dictionary of kwargs passed to `pandas.read_csv`
         }
       }
     ]
   }
-  "mqtt_device_type": <string> | null
-  "raw_data_storage": {
+  "raw_data_storage": <S3>
+  "mqtt": <MQTT>
+  "external_sftp": <EXT_SFTP>
+  "external_api": <EXT_API>         
+}
+
+<S3> = {
       "bucket_name": <string>
       "username": <string>
       "password": <string>          # encrypted
       "filename_pattern": <string>
-  },
-  "mqtt": {
+}
+
+<MQTT> = {
       "username": <string>
       "password_hash": <string>
       "password": <string>          # encrypted, deprecated
       "topic": <string>
       "uri": <string>
-  },
-  "external_sftp": {
+}
+
+<EXT_SFTP> = {
       "sync_enabled": <bool>
       "uri": <string>
       "path": <string>
@@ -70,9 +75,16 @@ title: 'MQTT Topic: frontend_thing_update'
       "sync_interval": <number>
       "public_key": <string>
       "private_key": <string>       # encrypted
-  },
-  "external_api":    ...            # TODO
 }
+
+
+<EXT_API> =  {
+    "type": <string> | null,
+    "enabled": <bool> | null
+    "sync_interval": <integer> | null
+    "settings": <object> | null
+}
+
 ```
 
 ## Version 6