docs: resolve videodb review findings

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Affaan Mustafa
2026-03-10 21:18:33 -07:00
parent 2581bebfd9
commit db2bf16427
5 changed files with 188 additions and 134 deletions

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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Code-level details for VideoDB capture sessions. For workflow guide, see [captur
Real-time events from capture sessions and AI pipelines. No webhooks or polling required.
Use [scripts/ws_listener.py](../scripts/ws_listener.py) to connect and dump events to `/tmp/videodb_events.jsonl`.
Use [scripts/ws_listener.py](../scripts/ws_listener.py) to connect and dump events to `${VIDEODB_EVENTS_DIR:-$HOME/.local/state/videodb}/videodb_events.jsonl`.
### Event Channels
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ The script outputs `WS_ID=<connection_id>` on the first line, then listens indef
**Get the ws_id:**
```bash
cat /tmp/videodb_ws_id
cat "${VIDEODB_EVENTS_DIR:-$HOME/.local/state/videodb}/videodb_ws_id"
```
**Stop the listener:**
```bash
kill $(cat /tmp/videodb_ws_pid)
kill "$(cat "${VIDEODB_EVENTS_DIR:-$HOME/.local/state/videodb}/videodb_ws_pid")"
```
**Functions that accept `ws_connection_id`:**
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ kill $(cat /tmp/videodb_ws_pid)
| `conn.create_capture_session()` | Session lifecycle events |
| RTStream methods | See [rtstream-reference.md](rtstream-reference.md) |
**Output files** (in output directory, default `/tmp`):
**Output files** (in output directory, default `${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}/videodb`):
- `videodb_ws_id` - WebSocket connection ID
- `videodb_events.jsonl` - All events
- `videodb_ws_pid` - Process ID for easy termination
@@ -176,20 +176,27 @@ Each line is a JSON object with added timestamps:
```python
import json
events = [json.loads(l) for l in open("/tmp/videodb_events.jsonl")]
# Filter by channel
transcripts = [e for e in events if e.get("channel") == "transcript"]
# Filter by time (last 10 minutes)
import time
cutoff = time.time() - 600
recent = [e for e in events if e["unix_ts"] > cutoff]
from pathlib import Path
# Filter visual events containing keyword
visual = [e for e in events
if e.get("channel") == "visual_index"
and "code" in e.get("data", {}).get("text", "").lower()]
events_path = Path.home() / ".local" / "state" / "videodb" / "videodb_events.jsonl"
transcripts = []
recent = []
visual = []
cutoff = time.time() - 600
with events_path.open(encoding="utf-8") as handle:
for line in handle:
event = json.loads(line)
if event.get("channel") == "transcript":
transcripts.append(event)
if event.get("unix_ts", 0) > cutoff:
recent.append(event)
if (
event.get("channel") == "visual_index"
and "code" in event.get("data", {}).get("text", "").lower()
):
visual.append(event)
```
---
@@ -224,7 +231,9 @@ ws_id = ws.connection_id
### Create a Capture Session
```python
ws_id = open("/tmp/videodb_ws_id").read().strip()
from pathlib import Path
ws_id = (Path.home() / ".local" / "state" / "videodb" / "videodb_ws_id").read_text().strip()
session = conn.create_capture_session(
end_user_id="user-123", # required
@@ -390,7 +399,8 @@ For RTStream methods (indexing, transcription, alerts, batch config), see [rtstr
┌───────────────┐ WebSocket: capture_session.exported
│ exported │ ──> Access video_id, stream_url, player_url
└───────────────┘
unrecoverable capture error
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┌───────────────┐ WebSocket: capture_session.failed