+
+## Websocket messages
+
+Websockets server communicates with the web page with json encoded
+text messages. The only supported message from the web page to the
+server is subscription message. Recognized elements are:
+
+- **type** - a string that must be "subscribe"
+- **backlog** - an integer specifying how many previous locations to
+ to send for the start. Limit is per-imei.
+- **imei** - a list of 16-character strings with IMEIs of the
+ tracker terminals to watch.
+
+Each subscription request nullifies preexisting list of IMEIs
+associated with the client, and replaces it with the list supplied
+in the message.
+
+Example of a subscription request:
+
+```
+{"imei":["8354369077195199"],
+ "type":"subscribe",
+ "timestamp":1652134234657,
+ "backlog":5}
+```
+
+Server sends to the client a backlog of last locations of the
+terminals, that it fetches from the database maintained by the
+storage service, one location per websocket message. It then
+continues to send further messages when they are received from
+the module, in real time.
+
+Example of a location message:
+
+```
+{"imei": "8354369077195199",
+ "timestamp": "2022-05-09 21:52:34.643277+00:00",
+ "longitude": 17.465816,
+ "latitude": 47.52013}
+```