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Problem: HTTP API docs wrong regarding the mode parameter (#2481) 

Solution: Edit those docs to be accurate
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Troy McConaghy 2018-08-27 15:01:55 +02:00 committed by Lev Berman
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@ -135,13 +135,21 @@ Transactions
:query string mode: (Optional) One of the three supported modes to send a transaction: ``async``, ``sync``, ``commit``. The default is ``async``.
The ``mode`` query parameter inhereted from the mode parameter in Tendermint's
`broadcast API
<http://tendermint.readthedocs.io/projects/tools/en/master/using-tendermint.html#broadcast-api>`_.
``mode=async`` means the HTTP response will come back immediately, without
even checking to see if the transaction is valid.
``mode=sync`` means the HTTP response will come back once the node has
checked the validity of the transaction.
Once the posted transaction arrives at a BigchainDB node,
that node will check to see if the transaction is valid.
If it's invalid, the node will return an HTTP 400 (error).
Otherwise, the node will send the transaction to Tendermint (in the same node) using the
`Tendermint broadcast API
<https://tendermint.com/docs/tendermint-core/using-tendermint.html#broadcast-api>`_.
The meaning of the ``mode`` query parameter is inherited from the mode parameter in
`Tendermint's broadcast API
<https://tendermint.com/docs/tendermint-core/using-tendermint.html#broadcast-api>`_.
``mode=async`` means the HTTP response will come back immediately,
before Tendermint asks BigchainDB Server to check the validity of the transaction (a second time).
``mode=sync`` means the HTTP response will come back
after Tendermint gets a response from BigchainDB Server
regarding the validity of the transaction.
``mode=commit`` means the HTTP response will come back once the transaction
is in a committed block.