The Contest Data Server (CDS) is a software component designed to allow secure, authenticated HTTP connections to contest data residing on a contest network. It provides REST entry points for accessing a variety of contest-related services, allowing clients to access those services via standard HTTP requests.
The CDS provides authentication services using configuration data supplied by the Contest Administrator (CA). Authenticated users can be assigned roles by the CA; user access to specific services is governed by the role(s) assigned to them.
The set of services made available by the CDS is dependent on the facilities available on the contest network. Examples of services which the CDS knows how to support (assuming that the contest network provides the back-end data required and that the CA configures their use into the CDS) include:
- an overview description of the contest (title, date, etc.)
- a Countdown Clock for the start of the contest
- the current contest time (time remaining in the contest)
- the contest configuration, as defined by any of several standard file types (contest.yaml, problemset.yaml, teams.tsv, etc.)
- the current backup copy of any specified team’s home directory
- the event feed as provided by the Contest Control System (CCS)
- images for each team and for each team’s University Logo
- “reaction videos” showing a team’s web camera at the moment they received a run submission response from the judges
- the current contest scoreboard
- an RSS feed for the contest
- the set of files which a team submitted to the judges for a specific run
Note that a Docker image also exists for the CDS.
Download
The latest stable CDS version is 2.5.1082, released on 30 May 2024 at 12:35:39 from commit 78af2ada.
Download stable release v2.5.1082
The latest prerelease is v2.6.1170, built on 17 December 2024 at 13:10:37 from commit cfa2e214.
Download prerelease build v2.6.1170
Documentation
The CDS documentation can also be downloaded.