Message Types

The Instant Messaging Protocol supports various message types:

• "register": Register a new peer with the server

• "discover": Request a list of all connected peers

• "message": Encrypted peer-to-peer messages

• "peer_disconnected": Notification when a peer disconnects

• "request_public_key": Request a peer's public key

• "public_key_response": Response containing a peer's public key

• "server_question": Question from the server to a peer

• "peer_response": Response from a peer to a server question

• "debug_question": Debug message to trigger a server question

• "error": Error notification with details