Revert "Consolidate the ping and status request APIs"

This reverts commit b96cd2e93e.

controllers/ping.go

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+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

@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ 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

@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ 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