Consolidate the ping and status request APIs

controllers/ping.go

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package controllers
-
-import (
-	"net/http"
-
-	"github.com/owncast/owncast/core"
-	"github.com/owncast/owncast/utils"
-)
-
-func Ping(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	id := utils.GenerateClientIDFromRequest(r)
-	core.SetViewerIdActive(id)
-}

controllers/status.go

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ func GetStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response); err != nil {
 		InternalErrorHandler(w, err)
 	}
+
+	// Mark the user who requested this status as an active viewer
+	id := utils.GenerateClientIDFromRequest(r)
+	core.SetViewerIdActive(id)
 }
 
 type webStatusResponse struct {

router/router.go

@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ func Start() error {
 	// return the list of video variants available
 	http.HandleFunc("/api/video/variants", controllers.GetVideoStreamOutputVariants)
 
-	// tell the backend you're an active viewer
-	http.HandleFunc("/api/ping", controllers.Ping)
-
 	// Authenticated admin requests
 
 	// Current inbound broadcaster