{ "openapi": "3.1.0", "info": { "title": "Project CARS UDP Telemetry API", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "Local API for decoded Project CARS UDP telemetry. The game sends binary UDP packets; this app decodes them into JSON, serves current state snapshots, exposes a server-sent events stream, and calculates a race overview leaderboard." }, "servers": [ { "url": "http://localhost:3000", "description": "Default local development server" } ], "tags": [ { "name": "State", "description": "Decoded packet state snapshots" }, { "name": "Leaderboard", "description": "Server-calculated race overview" }, { "name": "Events", "description": "Live telemetry stream. The current server implementation uses Server-Sent Events at /events; it does not expose a WebSocket upgrade endpoint." }, { "name": "Ingest", "description": "Telemetry frame ingestion" }, { "name": "Pages", "description": "Static browser pages served by the local app" }, { "name": "Schemas", "description": "Reusable JSON schemas" } ], "x-websocket-routes": [], "x-streaming-routes": [ { "protocol": "sse", "path": "/events", "events": ["state", "packet", "leaderboard"] } ], "paths": { "/": { "get": { "tags": ["Pages"], "summary": "Open packet viewer page", "description": "Serves the main packet inspection UI from public/index.html.", "operationId": "getPacketViewerPage", "responses": { "200": { "description": "HTML packet viewer page", "content": { "text/html": { "schema": { "type": "string" } } } } } } }, "/overview.html": { "get": { "tags": ["Pages"], "summary": "Open race overview page", "description": "Serves the leaderboard/race overview UI.", "operationId": "getOverviewPage", "responses": { "200": { "description": "HTML race overview page", "content": { "text/html": { "schema": { "type": "string" } } } } } } }, "/swagger.html": { "get": { "tags": ["Pages"], "summary": "Open Swagger documentation page", "description": "Serves the browser documentation UI for this OpenAPI document.", "operationId": "getSwaggerPage", "responses": { "200": { "description": "HTML Swagger page", "content": { "text/html": { "schema": { "type": "string" } } } } } } }, "/api/state": { "get": { "tags": ["State"], "summary": "Get latest decoded UDP packet state", "description": "Returns the latest merged packet by UDP packet type plus the most recent parsed packets, newest first.", "operationId": "getState", "responses": { "200": { "description": "Current decoded packet state", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "/schemas/udp-packets.schema.json" } } } } } } }, "/api/leaderboard": { "get": { "tags": ["Leaderboard"], "summary": "Get calculated leaderboard overview", "description": "Returns participant rows merged from UDP packets, including timing, status, nationality override, car name, lap splits, sector splits, pit state, and decoded race flag data.", "operationId": "getLeaderboard", "responses": { "200": { "description": "Current leaderboard overview", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "/schemas/udp-packets.schema.json#/$defs/leaderboard" } } } } } } }, "/api/ingest/shared-memory": { "post": { "tags": ["Ingest"], "summary": "Ingest shared-memory bridge packets", "description": "Receives packet-like JSON frames from scripts/shared_memory_bridge.py and merges them into the same state used by the UDP parser and leaderboard.", "operationId": "ingestSharedMemory", "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "/schemas/udp-packets.schema.json#/$defs/sharedMemoryIngestRequest" } } } }, "responses": { "200": { "description": "Frame accepted", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "/schemas/udp-packets.schema.json#/$defs/ingestAccepted" } } } }, "400": { "description": "Invalid frame", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "/schemas/udp-packets.schema.json#/$defs/errorResponse" } } } } } } }, "/events": { "get": { "tags": ["Events"], "summary": "Open live telemetry SSE stream", "description": "Server-Sent Events stream. This is the app's live route; there is no WebSocket upgrade route in the current server. On connection it sends a `state` event. For each parsed UDP packet it sends a `packet` event containing the packet, state and leaderboard, followed by a `leaderboard` event containing just the leaderboard.", "operationId": "streamEvents", "x-streaming-protocol": "sse", "x-sse-events": { "state": { "schema": { "$ref": "/schemas/udp-packets.schema.json#/$defs/stateEvent" }, "example": { "latest": { "3": { "receivedAt": "2026-05-18T06:31:12.812Z", "source": "192.168.1.55:5606", "base": { "packetNumber": 1210, "categoryPacketNumber": 309, "partialPacketIndex": 0, "partialPacketNumber": 1, "packetType": 3, "packetVersion": 1 }, "name": "Timings", "size": 1064, "data": { "numParticipants": 2, "eventTimeRemaining": 1275.442, "participants": [ { "slot": 0, "racePosition": 1, "active": true, "currentLap": 5, "currentTime": 402.733, "mpParticipantIndex": 1001 } ] } } }, "recent": [], "leaderboard": { "rows": [ { "id": 1001, "slot": 0, "position": 1, "status": { "code": "racing", "label": "Racing", "tone": "good" }, "driver": "Alex Taylor", "lap": 5, "currentTime": 402.733 } ], "note": "1 participant merged from UDP packets", "session": { "trackName": "Bathurst - Mount Panorama", "sessionType": "Race", "timeLeft": 1275.442, "weather": "22 C air / 31 C track / rain 0", "lastUpdate": "2026-05-18T06:31:12.812Z" } } } }, "packet": { "schema": { "$ref": "/schemas/udp-packets.schema.json#/$defs/packetEvent" }, "example": { "packet": { "receivedAt": "2026-05-18T06:31:13.020Z", "source": "192.168.1.55:5606", "base": { "packetNumber": 1211, "categoryPacketNumber": 310, "partialPacketIndex": 0, "partialPacketNumber": 1, "packetType": 3, "packetVersion": 1 }, "name": "Timings", "size": 1064, "data": { "numParticipants": 2, "eventTimeRemaining": 1274.991, "participants": [ { "slot": 0, "racePosition": 1, "active": true, "sector": 2, "currentLap": 5, "currentTime": 403.184, "currentSectorTime": 32.333, "mpParticipantIndex": 1001 } ] } }, "state": { "latest": {}, "recent": [] }, "leaderboard": { "rows": [], "note": "Waiting for participant or timing packets", "session": { "trackName": "-", "sessionType": "-", "weather": "-" } } } }, "leaderboard": { "schema": { "$ref": "/schemas/udp-packets.schema.json#/$defs/leaderboard" }, "example": { "rows": [ { "id": 1001, "slot": 0, "sortPosition": 1, "position": 1, "active": true, "status": { "code": "racing", "label": "Racing", "tone": "good" }, "driver": "Alex Taylor", "nationality": { "code": "GBR", "country": "United Kingdom", "source": "udp" }, "vehicle": "Formula A", "lap": 5, "sector": 2, "currentTime": 403.184, "lastLapTime": 83.214, "fastestLapTime": 82.901 } ], "note": "1 participant merged from UDP packets", "session": { "trackName": "Bathurst - Mount Panorama", "sessionType": "Race", "timeLeft": 1274.991, "weather": "22 C air / 31 C track / rain 0", "lastUpdate": "2026-05-18T06:31:13.020Z" } } } }, "responses": { "200": { "description": "SSE stream of telemetry updates", "content": { "text/event-stream": { "schema": { "type": "string", "description": "Server-Sent Events stream. Event names currently include `state`, `packet`, and `leaderboard`; payload schemas are documented in `x-sse-events`." }, "examples": { "state": { "summary": "State event after timing and participant packets", "value": "event: state\ndata: {\"latest\":{\"2\":{\"receivedAt\":\"2026-05-18T06:31:12.420Z\",\"source\":\"192.168.1.55:5606\",\"base\":{\"packetNumber\":1201,\"categoryPacketNumber\":42,\"partialPacketIndex\":1,\"partialPacketNumber\":2,\"packetType\":2,\"packetVersion\":1},\"name\":\"Participants\",\"size\":1136,\"data\":{\"participantsChangedTimestamp\":88342,\"participants\":[{\"slot\":0,\"localSlot\":0,\"partialPacketIndex\":1,\"name\":\"Alex Taylor\",\"nationality\":85,\"index\":1001},{\"slot\":1,\"localSlot\":1,\"partialPacketIndex\":1,\"name\":\"Sam Rivera\",\"nationality\":226,\"index\":1002}]}},\"3\":{\"receivedAt\":\"2026-05-18T06:31:12.812Z\",\"source\":\"192.168.1.55:5606\",\"base\":{\"packetNumber\":1210,\"categoryPacketNumber\":309,\"partialPacketIndex\":0,\"partialPacketNumber\":1,\"packetType\":3,\"packetVersion\":1},\"name\":\"Timings\",\"size\":1064,\"data\":{\"numParticipants\":2,\"participantsChangedTimestamp\":88342,\"eventTimeRemaining\":1275.442,\"splitTimeAhead\":0,\"splitTimeBehind\":1.248,\"splitTime\":1.248,\"localParticipantIndex\":0,\"participants\":[{\"slot\":0,\"worldPosition\":[124,0,842],\"orientation\":[0,1024,0],\"currentLapDistance\":2840,\"racePosition\":1,\"active\":true,\"sector\":2,\"sectorRaw\":2,\"sectorExtraPrecision\":0,\"highestFlag\":0,\"pitModeSchedule\":0,\"carIndex\":45,\"raceState\":2,\"currentLap\":5,\"currentTime\":402.733,\"currentSectorTime\":31.882,\"mpParticipantIndex\":1001},{\"slot\":1,\"worldPosition\":[118,0,806],\"orientation\":[0,1008,0],\"currentLapDistance\":2790,\"racePosition\":2,\"active\":true,\"sector\":2,\"sectorRaw\":2,\"sectorExtraPrecision\":0,\"highestFlag\":2,\"pitModeSchedule\":0,\"carIndex\":47,\"raceState\":2,\"currentLap\":5,\"currentTime\":403.981,\"currentSectorTime\":33.130,\"mpParticipantIndex\":1002}]}}},\"recent\":[{\"receivedAt\":\"2026-05-18T06:31:12.812Z\",\"source\":\"192.168.1.55:5606\",\"base\":{\"packetNumber\":1210,\"categoryPacketNumber\":309,\"partialPacketIndex\":0,\"partialPacketNumber\":1,\"packetType\":3,\"packetVersion\":1},\"name\":\"Timings\",\"size\":1064,\"data\":{\"numParticipants\":2,\"eventTimeRemaining\":1275.442,\"participants\":[]}}],\"leaderboard\":{\"rows\":[{\"id\":1001,\"slot\":0,\"sortPosition\":1,\"position\":1,\"active\":true,\"status\":{\"code\":\"racing\",\"label\":\"Racing\",\"tone\":\"good\"},\"driver\":\"Alex Taylor\",\"nationality\":{\"code\":\"GBR\",\"country\":\"United Kingdom\",\"source\":\"udp\"},\"vehicle\":\"Formula A\",\"vehicleShortName\":\"FORM\",\"lap\":5,\"sector\":2,\"currentTime\":402.733,\"currentSectorTime\":31.882,\"lastLapTime\":83.214,\"fastestLapTime\":82.901,\"pitModeSchedule\":0,\"highestFlag\":0,\"raceState\":2,\"raceStateCode\":2,\"invalidatedLap\":false,\"carIndex\":45},{\"id\":1002,\"slot\":1,\"sortPosition\":2,\"position\":2,\"active\":true,\"status\":{\"code\":\"blue_flag\",\"label\":\"Blue flag\",\"tone\":\"warn\"},\"driver\":\"Sam Rivera\",\"nationality\":{\"code\":\"USA\",\"country\":\"United States\",\"source\":\"udp\"},\"vehicle\":\"Formula A\",\"vehicleShortName\":\"FORM\",\"lap\":5,\"sector\":2,\"currentTime\":403.981,\"currentSectorTime\":33.13,\"lastLapTime\":84.012,\"fastestLapTime\":83.441,\"pitModeSchedule\":0,\"highestFlag\":2,\"flag\":{\"raw\":2,\"colour\":2,\"reason\":0,\"observed\":\"blue\"},\"raceState\":2,\"raceStateCode\":2,\"invalidatedLap\":false,\"carIndex\":47}],\"note\":\"2 participants merged from UDP packets\",\"session\":{\"trackName\":\"Bathurst - Mount Panorama\",\"sessionType\":\"Race\",\"timeLeft\":1275.442,\"weather\":\"22 C air / 31 C track / rain 0\",\"lastUpdate\":\"2026-05-18T06:31:12.812Z\"}}}\n\n" }, "packet": { "summary": "Packet event with state and leaderboard", "value": "event: packet\ndata: {\"packet\":{\"receivedAt\":\"2026-05-18T06:31:13.020Z\",\"source\":\"192.168.1.55:5606\",\"base\":{\"packetNumber\":1211,\"categoryPacketNumber\":310,\"partialPacketIndex\":0,\"partialPacketNumber\":1,\"packetType\":3,\"packetVersion\":1},\"name\":\"Timings\",\"size\":1064,\"data\":{\"numParticipants\":2,\"participantsChangedTimestamp\":88342,\"eventTimeRemaining\":1274.991,\"splitTimeAhead\":0,\"splitTimeBehind\":1.192,\"splitTime\":1.192,\"localParticipantIndex\":0,\"participants\":[{\"slot\":0,\"worldPosition\":[128,0,851],\"orientation\":[0,1026,0],\"currentLapDistance\":2875,\"racePosition\":1,\"active\":true,\"sector\":2,\"sectorRaw\":2,\"sectorExtraPrecision\":0,\"highestFlag\":0,\"pitModeSchedule\":0,\"carIndex\":45,\"raceState\":2,\"currentLap\":5,\"currentTime\":403.184,\"currentSectorTime\":32.333,\"mpParticipantIndex\":1001}] }},\"state\":{\"latest\":{\"3\":{\"receivedAt\":\"2026-05-18T06:31:13.020Z\",\"source\":\"192.168.1.55:5606\",\"base\":{\"packetNumber\":1211,\"categoryPacketNumber\":310,\"partialPacketIndex\":0,\"partialPacketNumber\":1,\"packetType\":3,\"packetVersion\":1},\"name\":\"Timings\",\"size\":1064,\"data\":{\"numParticipants\":2,\"eventTimeRemaining\":1274.991,\"participants\":[]}}},\"recent\":[{\"receivedAt\":\"2026-05-18T06:31:13.020Z\",\"source\":\"192.168.1.55:5606\",\"base\":{\"packetNumber\":1211,\"categoryPacketNumber\":310,\"partialPacketIndex\":0,\"partialPacketNumber\":1,\"packetType\":3,\"packetVersion\":1},\"name\":\"Timings\",\"size\":1064,\"data\":{\"numParticipants\":2,\"eventTimeRemaining\":1274.991,\"participants\":[]}}]},\"leaderboard\":{\"rows\":[{\"id\":1001,\"slot\":0,\"sortPosition\":1,\"position\":1,\"active\":true,\"status\":{\"code\":\"racing\",\"label\":\"Racing\",\"tone\":\"good\"},\"driver\":\"Alex Taylor\",\"lap\":5,\"sector\":2,\"currentTime\":403.184,\"currentSectorTime\":32.333}],\"note\":\"1 participant merged from UDP packets\",\"session\":{\"trackName\":\"Bathurst - Mount Panorama\",\"sessionType\":\"Race\",\"timeLeft\":1274.991,\"weather\":\"22 C air / 31 C track / rain 0\",\"lastUpdate\":\"2026-05-18T06:31:13.020Z\"}}}\n\n" }, "leaderboard": { "summary": "Leaderboard update event", "value": "event: leaderboard\ndata: {\"rows\":[{\"id\":1001,\"slot\":0,\"sortPosition\":1,\"position\":1,\"active\":true,\"status\":{\"code\":\"racing\",\"label\":\"Racing\",\"tone\":\"good\"},\"driver\":\"Alex Taylor\",\"nationality\":{\"code\":\"GBR\",\"country\":\"United Kingdom\",\"source\":\"udp\"},\"vehicle\":\"Formula A\",\"vehicleShortName\":\"FORM\",\"lap\":5,\"sector\":2,\"currentTime\":403.184,\"currentSectorTime\":32.333,\"checkpointSplit\":{\"source\":\"checkpoint\",\"basis\":\"raceOrder\",\"checkpoint\":\"L5 S2\",\"time\":403.184,\"delta\":0},\"lastLapTime\":83.214,\"latestLapSplit\":null,\"fastestLapTime\":82.901,\"bestLapSplit\":null,\"fastestSectors\":[27.101,28.334,27.466],\"pitModeSchedule\":0,\"pit\":{\"raw\":0,\"pitMode\":0,\"pitSchedule\":0},\"highestFlag\":0,\"flag\":{\"raw\":0,\"colour\":0,\"reason\":0},\"raceState\":2,\"raceStateCode\":2,\"invalidatedLap\":false,\"carIndex\":45},{\"id\":1002,\"slot\":1,\"sortPosition\":2,\"position\":2,\"active\":true,\"status\":{\"code\":\"blue_flag\",\"label\":\"Blue flag\",\"tone\":\"warn\"},\"driver\":\"Sam Rivera\",\"nationality\":{\"code\":\"USA\",\"country\":\"United States\",\"source\":\"udp\"},\"vehicle\":\"Formula A\",\"vehicleShortName\":\"FORM\",\"lap\":5,\"sector\":2,\"currentTime\":404.376,\"currentSectorTime\":33.525,\"checkpointSplit\":{\"source\":\"checkpoint\",\"basis\":\"raceOrder\",\"checkpoint\":\"L5 S2\",\"comparedTo\":\"P1\",\"time\":404.376,\"delta\":1.192},\"lastLapTime\":84.012,\"latestLapSplit\":{\"comparedTo\":\"P1\",\"time\":84.012,\"referenceTime\":83.214,\"delta\":0.798},\"fastestLapTime\":83.441,\"bestLapSplit\":{\"comparedTo\":\"P1\",\"time\":83.441,\"referenceTime\":82.901,\"delta\":0.54},\"fastestSectors\":[27.488,28.619,27.334],\"pitModeSchedule\":0,\"pit\":{\"raw\":0,\"pitMode\":0,\"pitSchedule\":0},\"highestFlag\":2,\"flag\":{\"raw\":2,\"colour\":2,\"reason\":0,\"observed\":\"blue\"},\"raceState\":2,\"raceStateCode\":2,\"invalidatedLap\":false,\"carIndex\":47}],\"note\":\"2 participants merged from UDP packets\",\"session\":{\"trackName\":\"Bathurst - Mount Panorama\",\"sessionType\":\"Race\",\"timeLeft\":1274.991,\"weather\":\"22 C air / 31 C track / rain 0\",\"lastUpdate\":\"2026-05-18T06:31:13.020Z\"}}\n\n" } } } } } } } }, "/openapi.json": { "get": { "tags": ["Schemas"], "summary": "Get this OpenAPI document from the static public route", "operationId": "getOpenApiSpec", "responses": { "200": { "description": "OpenAPI 3.1 document", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object" } } } } } } }, "/api/openapi.json": { "get": { "tags": ["Schemas"], "summary": "Get this OpenAPI document from the API alias", "description": "Serves the same public/openapi.json document as /openapi.json.", "operationId": "getOpenApiSpecApiAlias", "responses": { "200": { "description": "OpenAPI 3.1 document", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object" } } } } } } }, "/schemas/udp-packets.schema.json": { "get": { "tags": ["Schemas"], "summary": "Get decoded UDP packet JSON Schema", "description": "JSON Schema used by the OpenAPI document for decoded packet state and leaderboard responses.", "operationId": "getUdpPacketSchema", "responses": { "200": { "description": "JSON Schema for decoded UDP packets", "content": { "application/schema+json": { "schema": { "$ref": "/schemas/udp-packets.schema.json" } }, "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "/schemas/udp-packets.schema.json" } } } } } } } } }