Try to make a better communication (between pods) module

20 files changed, 484 insertions, 430 deletions

diff --git a/client/src/vendor.ts b/client/src/vendor.ts
index cf1524578..8f029191a 100644
--- a/client/src/vendor.ts
+++ b/client/src/vendor.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import 'rxjs/Observable';
 import 'rxjs/Subject';
 import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
 import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/mergeMap';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/throw';
 
 import 'bootstrap-loader';
 import 'ng2-file-upload';
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/v1/index.js b/server/controllers/api/v1/index.js
index 7b3ec32c0..e0c29a8a2 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/v1/index.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/v1/index.js
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ const express = require('express')
 const router = express.Router()
 
 const podsController = require('./pods')
-const remoteVideosController = require('./remoteVideos')
+const remoteController = require('./remote')
 const usersController = require('./users')
 const videosController = require('./videos')
 
 router.use('/pods', podsController)
-router.use('/remotevideos', remoteVideosController)
+router.use('/remote', remoteController)
 router.use('/users', usersController)
 router.use('/videos', videosController)
 router.use('/*', badRequest)
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/v1/pods.js b/server/controllers/api/v1/pods.js
index ecaeba666..881b2090d 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/v1/pods.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/v1/pods.js
@@ -9,19 +9,18 @@ const middlewares = require('../../../middlewares')
 const Pods = require('../../../models/pods')
 const oAuth2 = middlewares.oauth2
 const reqValidator = middlewares.reqValidators.pods
-const secureMiddleware = middlewares.secure
-const secureRequest = middlewares.reqValidators.remote.secureRequest
+const signatureValidator = middlewares.reqValidators.remote.signature
 const videos = require('../../../lib/videos')
 const Videos = require('../../../models/videos')
 
 const router = express.Router()
 
-router.get('/', listPods)
+router.get('/', listPodsUrl)
 router.post('/', reqValidator.podsAdd, addPods)
 router.get('/makefriends', oAuth2.authenticate, reqValidator.makeFriends, makeFriends)
 router.get('/quitfriends', oAuth2.authenticate, quitFriends)
 // Post because this is a secured request
-router.post('/remove', secureRequest, secureMiddleware.decryptBody, removePods)
+router.post('/remove', signatureValidator, removePods)
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -30,22 +29,17 @@ module.exports = router
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 function addPods (req, res, next) {
-  const informations = req.body.data
+  const informations = req.body
 
   async.waterfall([
     function addPod (callback) {
-      Pods.add(informations, function (err) {
-        return callback(err)
-      })
+      Pods.add(informations, callback)
     },
 
-    function createVideosOfThisPod (callback) {
-      // Create the remote videos from the new pod
-      videos.createRemoteVideos(informations.videos, function (err) {
-        if (err) logger.error('Cannot create remote videos.', { error: err })
+    function sendMyVideos (podCreated, callback) {
+      friends.sendOwnedVideosToPod(podCreated._id)
 
-        return callback(err)
-      })
+      callback(null)
     },
 
     function fetchMyCertificate (callback) {
@@ -57,30 +51,19 @@ function addPods (req, res, next) {
 
         return callback(null, cert)
       })
-    },
-
-    function getListOfMyVideos (cert, callback) {
-      Videos.listOwned(function (err, videosList) {
-        if (err) {
-          logger.error('Cannot get the list of owned videos.')
-          return callback(err)
-        }
-
-        return callback(null, cert, videosList)
-      })
     }
-  ], function (err, cert, videosList) {
+  ], function (err, cert) {
     if (err) return next(err)
 
-    return res.json({ cert: cert, videos: videosList })
+    return res.json({ cert: cert })
   })
 }
 
-function listPods (req, res, next) {
-  Pods.list(function (err, podsList) {
+function listPodsUrl (req, res, next) {
+  Pods.listAllUrls(function (err, podsUrlList) {
     if (err) return next(err)
 
-    res.json(podsList)
+    res.json(podsUrlList)
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/v1/remote.js b/server/controllers/api/v1/remote.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ced8470d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/api/v1/remote.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const async = require('async')
+const express = require('express')
+
+const middlewares = require('../../../middlewares')
+const secureMiddleware = middlewares.secure
+const reqValidator = middlewares.reqValidators.remote
+const logger = require('../../../helpers/logger')
+const Videos = require('../../../models/videos')
+const videos = require('../../../lib/videos')
+
+const router = express.Router()
+
+router.post('/videos',
+  reqValidator.signature,
+  reqValidator.dataToDecrypt,
+  secureMiddleware.decryptBody,
+  reqValidator.remoteVideos,
+  remoteVideos
+)
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module.exports = router
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function remoteVideos (req, res, next) {
+  const requests = req.body.data
+  const fromUrl = req.body.signature.url
+
+  // We need to process in the same order to keep consistency
+  // TODO: optimization
+  async.eachSeries(requests, function (request, callbackEach) {
+    const video = request.data
+
+    if (request.type === 'add') {
+      addRemoteVideo(video, callbackEach)
+    } else if (request.type === 'remove') {
+      removeRemoteVideo(video, fromUrl, callbackEach)
+    }
+  })
+
+  // We don't need to keep the other pod waiting
+  return res.type('json').status(204).end()
+}
+
+function addRemoteVideo (videoToCreate, callback) {
+  videos.createRemoteVideos([ videoToCreate ], function (err, remoteVideos) {
+    if (err) {
+      logger.error('Cannot create remote videos.', { error: err })
+      // Don't break the process
+    }
+
+    return callback()
+  })
+}
+
+function removeRemoteVideo (videoToRemove, fromUrl, callback) {
+  const magnetUris = [ videoToRemove.magnetUri ]
+
+  // We need the list because we have to remove some other stuffs (thumbnail etc)
+  Videos.listFromUrlAndMagnets(fromUrl, magnetUris, function (err, videosList) {
+    if (err) {
+      logger.error('Cannot list videos from url and magnets.', { error: err })
+      // Don't break the process
+      return callback()
+    }
+
+    videos.removeRemoteVideos(videosList, function (err) {
+      if (err) {
+        logger.error('Cannot remove remote videos.', { error: err })
+        // Don't break the process
+      }
+
+      return callback()
+    })
+  })
+}
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/v1/remoteVideos.js b/server/controllers/api/v1/remoteVideos.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f41c0411..000000000
--- a/server/controllers/api/v1/remoteVideos.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const express = require('express')
-const map = require('lodash/map')
-
-const middlewares = require('../../../middlewares')
-const secureMiddleware = middlewares.secure
-const reqValidator = middlewares.reqValidators.remote
-const logger = require('../../../helpers/logger')
-const Videos = require('../../../models/videos')
-const videos = require('../../../lib/videos')
-
-const router = express.Router()
-
-router.post('/add',
-  reqValidator.secureRequest,
-  secureMiddleware.decryptBody,
-  reqValidator.remoteVideosAdd,
-  addRemoteVideos
-)
-
-router.post('/remove',
-  reqValidator.secureRequest,
-  secureMiddleware.decryptBody,
-  reqValidator.remoteVideosRemove,
-  removeRemoteVideo
-)
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-module.exports = router
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-function addRemoteVideos (req, res, next) {
-  const videosToCreate = req.body.data
-  videos.createRemoteVideos(videosToCreate, function (err, remoteVideos) {
-    if (err) {
-      logger.error('Cannot create remote videos.', { error: err })
-      return next(err)
-    }
-
-    res.type('json').status(201).end()
-  })
-}
-
-function removeRemoteVideo (req, res, next) {
-  const fromUrl = req.body.signature.url
-  const magnetUris = map(req.body.data, 'magnetUri')
-
-  Videos.listFromUrlAndMagnets(fromUrl, magnetUris, function (err, videosList) {
-    if (err) {
-      logger.error('Cannot list videos from url and magnets.', { error: err })
-      return next(err)
-    }
-
-    videos.removeRemoteVideos(videosList, function (err) {
-      if (err) {
-        logger.error('Cannot remove remote videos.', { error: err })
-        return next(err)
-      }
-
-      res.type('json').status(204).end()
-    })
-  })
-}
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/v1/videos.js b/server/controllers/api/v1/videos.js
index 5449cbcfa..2edb31122 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/v1/videos.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/v1/videos.js
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 const async = require('async')
 const config = require('config')
 const express = require('express')
-const fs = require('fs')
-const path = require('path')
 const multer = require('multer')
 
 const constants = require('../../../initializers/constants')
@@ -46,7 +44,6 @@ const storage = multer.diskStorage({
 })
 
 const reqFiles = multer({ storage: storage }).fields([{ name: 'videofile', maxCount: 1 }])
-const thumbnailsDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', '..', config.get('storage.thumbnails'))
 
 router.get('/',
   reqValidatorPagination.pagination,
@@ -127,34 +124,25 @@ function addVideo (req, res, next) {
           return callback(err)
         }
 
-        return callback(null, torrent, thumbnailName, videoData, insertedVideo)
+        return callback(null, insertedVideo)
       })
     },
 
-    function getThumbnailBase64 (torrent, thumbnailName, videoData, insertedVideo, callback) {
-      videoData.createdDate = insertedVideo.createdDate
-
-      fs.readFile(thumbnailsDir + thumbnailName, function (err, thumbnailData) {
+    function sendToFriends (insertedVideo, callback) {
+      videos.convertVideoToRemote(insertedVideo, function (err, remoteVideo) {
         if (err) {
           // TODO unseed the video
           // TODO remove thumbnail
-          // TODO: remove video
-          logger.error('Cannot read the thumbnail of the video')
+          // TODO delete from DB
+          logger.error('Cannot convert video to remote.')
           return callback(err)
         }
 
-        return callback(null, videoData, thumbnailData)
-      })
-    },
-
-    function sendToFriends (videoData, thumbnailData, callback) {
-      // Set the image in base64
-      videoData.thumbnailBase64 = new Buffer(thumbnailData).toString('base64')
+        // Now we'll add the video's meta data to our friends
+        friends.addVideoToFriends(remoteVideo)
 
-      // Now we'll add the video's meta data to our friends
-      friends.addVideoToFriends(videoData)
-
-      return callback(null)
+        return callback(null)
+      })
     }
 
   ], function andFinally (err) {
diff --git a/server/helpers/customValidators.js b/server/helpers/customValidators.js
index 9c3ff38ef..a6cf680e5 100644
--- a/server/helpers/customValidators.js
+++ b/server/helpers/customValidators.js
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ const VIDEOS_CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS = constants.VIDEOS_CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS
 
 const customValidators = {
   exists: exists,
-  isEachAddRemoteVideosValid: isEachAddRemoteVideosValid,
-  isEachRemoveRemoteVideosValid: isEachRemoveRemoteVideosValid,
+  isEachRemoteVideosValid: isEachRemoteVideosValid,
   isArray: isArray,
   isVideoAuthorValid: isVideoAuthorValid,
   isVideoDateValid: isVideoDateValid,
@@ -25,23 +24,26 @@ function exists (value) {
   return value !== undefined && value !== null
 }
 
-function isEachAddRemoteVideosValid (videos) {
-  return videos.every(function (video) {
-    return isVideoAuthorValid(video.author) &&
-           isVideoDateValid(video.createdDate) &&
-           isVideoDescriptionValid(video.description) &&
-           isVideoDurationValid(video.duration) &&
-           isVideoMagnetUriValid(video.magnetUri) &&
-           isVideoNameValid(video.name) &&
-           isVideoPodUrlValid(video.podUrl) &&
-           isVideoTagsValid(video.tags) &&
-           isVideoThumbnailValid(video.thumbnailBase64)
-  })
-}
-
-function isEachRemoveRemoteVideosValid (videos) {
-  return videos.every(function (video) {
-    return isVideoMagnetUriValid(video.magnetUri)
+function isEachRemoteVideosValid (requests) {
+  return requests.every(function (request) {
+    const video = request.data
+    return (
+      isRequestTypeAddValid(request.type) &&
+      isVideoAuthorValid(video.author) &&
+      isVideoDateValid(video.createdDate) &&
+      isVideoDescriptionValid(video.description) &&
+      isVideoDurationValid(video.duration) &&
+      isVideoMagnetUriValid(video.magnetUri) &&
+      isVideoNameValid(video.name) &&
+      isVideoPodUrlValid(video.podUrl) &&
+      isVideoTagsValid(video.tags) &&
+      isVideoThumbnailValid(video.thumbnailBase64)
+    ) ||
+    (
+      isRequestTypeRemoveValid(request.type) &&
+      isVideoNameValid(video.name) &&
+      isVideoMagnetUriValid(video.magnetUri)
+    )
   })
 }
 
@@ -49,6 +51,14 @@ function isArray (value) {
   return Array.isArray(value)
 }
 
+function isRequestTypeAddValid (value) {
+  return value === 'add'
+}
+
+function isRequestTypeRemoveValid (value) {
+  return value === 'remove'
+}
+
 function isVideoAuthorValid (value) {
   return validator.isLength(value, VIDEOS_CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS.AUTHOR)
 }
diff --git a/server/helpers/requests.js b/server/helpers/requests.js
index 1e1bb4111..871342d60 100644
--- a/server/helpers/requests.js
+++ b/server/helpers/requests.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const async = require('async')
 const config = require('config')
-const request = require('request')
 const replay = require('request-replay')
+const request = require('request')
 
 const constants = require('../initializers/constants')
-const logger = require('./logger')
 const peertubeCrypto = require('./peertubeCrypto')
 
 const http = config.get('webserver.https') ? 'https' : 'http'
@@ -14,93 +12,67 @@ const host = config.get('webserver.host')
 const port = config.get('webserver.port')
 
 const requests = {
-  makeMultipleRetryRequest: makeMultipleRetryRequest
+  makeRetryRequest: makeRetryRequest,
+  makeSecureRequest: makeSecureRequest
 }
 
-function makeMultipleRetryRequest (allData, pods, callbackEach, callback) {
-  if (!callback) {
-    callback = callbackEach
-    callbackEach = null
-  }
+function makeRetryRequest (params, callback) {
+  replay(
+    request(params, callback),
+    {
+      retries: constants.RETRY_REQUESTS,
+      factor: 3,
+      maxTimeout: Infinity,
+      errorCodes: [ 'EADDRINFO', 'ETIMEDOUT', 'ECONNRESET', 'ESOCKETTIMEDOUT', 'ENOTFOUND', 'ECONNREFUSED' ]
+    }
+  )
+}
 
-  const url = http + '://' + host + ':' + port
-  let signature
+function makeSecureRequest (params, callback) {
+  const myUrl = http + '://' + host + ':' + port
 
-  // Add signature if it is specified in the params
-  if (allData.method === 'POST' && allData.data && allData.sign === true) {
-    signature = peertubeCrypto.sign(url)
+  const requestParams = {
+    url: params.toPod.url + params.path
   }
 
-  // Make a request for each pod
-  async.each(pods, function (pod, callbackEachAsync) {
-    function callbackEachRetryRequest (err, response, body, url, pod) {
-      if (callbackEach !== null) {
-        callbackEach(err, response, body, url, pod, function () {
-          callbackEachAsync()
-        })
-      } else {
-        callbackEachAsync()
-      }
-    }
+  // Add data with POST requst ?
+  if (params.method === 'POST') {
+    requestParams.json = {}
 
-    const params = {
-      url: pod.url + allData.path,
-      method: allData.method
+    // Add signature if it is specified in the params
+    if (params.sign === true) {
+      requestParams.json.signature = {
+        url: myUrl,
+        signature: peertubeCrypto.sign(myUrl)
+      }
     }
 
-    // Add data with POST requst ?
-    if (allData.method === 'POST' && allData.data) {
-      // Encrypt data ?
-      if (allData.encrypt === true) {
-        peertubeCrypto.encrypt(pod.publicKey, JSON.stringify(allData.data), function (err, encrypted) {
+    // If there are data informations
+    if (params.data) {
+      // Encrypt data
+      if (params.encrypt === true) {
+        peertubeCrypto.encrypt(params.toPod.publicKey, JSON.stringify(params.data), function (err, encrypted) {
           if (err) return callback(err)
 
-          params.json = {
-            data: encrypted.data,
-            key: encrypted.key
-          }
+          requestParams.json.data = encrypted.data
+          requestParams.json.key = encrypted.key
 
-          makeRetryRequest(params, url, pod, signature, callbackEachRetryRequest)
+          request.post(requestParams, callback)
         })
       } else {
-        params.json = { data: allData.data }
-        makeRetryRequest(params, url, pod, signature, callbackEachRetryRequest)
+        // No encryption
+        requestParams.json.data = params.data
+        request.post(requestParams, callback)
       }
     } else {
-      makeRetryRequest(params, url, pod, signature, callbackEachRetryRequest)
+      // No data
+      request.post(requestParams, callback)
     }
-  }, callback)
+  } else {
+    request.get(requestParams, callback)
+  }
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 module.exports = requests
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-function makeRetryRequest (params, fromUrl, toPod, signature, callbackEach) {
-  // Append the signature
-  if (signature) {
-    params.json.signature = {
-      url: fromUrl,
-      signature: signature
-    }
-  }
-
-  logger.debug('Make retry requests to %s.', toPod.url)
-
-  replay(
-    request.post(params, function (err, response, body) {
-      callbackEach(err, response, body, params.url, toPod)
-    }),
-    {
-      retries: constants.REQUEST_RETRIES,
-      factor: 3,
-      maxTimeout: Infinity,
-      errorCodes: [ 'EADDRINFO', 'ETIMEDOUT', 'ECONNRESET', 'ESOCKETTIMEDOUT', 'ENOTFOUND', 'ECONNREFUSED' ]
-    }
-  ).on('replay', function (replay) {
-    logger.info('Replaying request to %s. Request failed: %d %s. Replay number: #%d. Will retry in: %d ms.',
-      params.url, replay.error.code, replay.error.message, replay.number, replay.delay)
-  })
-}
diff --git a/server/initializers/constants.js b/server/initializers/constants.js
index 22cbb1361..caeb340cf 100644
--- a/server/initializers/constants.js
+++ b/server/initializers/constants.js
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ const PODS_SCORE = {
   BONUS: 10
 }
 
-// Number of retries we make for the make retry requests (to friends...)
-let REQUEST_RETRIES = 10
+// Number of requests in parallel we can make
+const REQUESTS_IN_PARALLEL = 10
 
-// Different types or requests for the request scheduler module
-const REQUEST_SCHEDULER_TYPE = [ 'add', 'remove' ]
+// Number of requests to retry for replay requests module
+const RETRY_REQUESTS = 5
 
 // Sortable columns per schema
 const SEARCHABLE_COLUMNS = {
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ if (isTestInstance() === true) {
   FRIEND_BASE_SCORE = 20
   INTERVAL = 10000
   VIDEOS_CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS.DURATION.max = 14
-  REQUEST_RETRIES = 2
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -67,8 +66,8 @@ module.exports = {
   INTERVAL: INTERVAL,
   PAGINATION_COUNT_DEFAULT: PAGINATION_COUNT_DEFAULT,
   PODS_SCORE: PODS_SCORE,
-  REQUEST_RETRIES: REQUEST_RETRIES,
-  REQUEST_SCHEDULER_TYPE: REQUEST_SCHEDULER_TYPE,
+  REQUESTS_IN_PARALLEL: REQUESTS_IN_PARALLEL,
+  RETRY_REQUESTS: RETRY_REQUESTS,
   SEARCHABLE_COLUMNS: SEARCHABLE_COLUMNS,
   SORTABLE_COLUMNS: SORTABLE_COLUMNS,
   THUMBNAILS_SIZE: THUMBNAILS_SIZE,
diff --git a/server/lib/friends.js b/server/lib/friends.js
index e986fa006..d81a603ad 100644
--- a/server/lib/friends.js
+++ b/server/lib/friends.js
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ const pods = {
   getMyCertificate: getMyCertificate,
   makeFriends: makeFriends,
   quitFriends: quitFriends,
-  removeVideoToFriends: removeVideoToFriends
+  removeVideoToFriends: removeVideoToFriends,
+  sendOwnedVideosToPod: sendOwnedVideosToPod
 }
 
 function addVideoToFriends (video) {
-  // To avoid duplicates
-  const id = video.name + video.magnetUri
   // ensure namePath is null
   video.namePath = null
-  requestsScheduler.addRequest(id, 'add', video)
+
+  requestsScheduler.addRequest('add', video)
 }
 
 function hasFriends (callback) {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function makeFriends (callback) {
 
     const urls = config.get('network.friends')
 
-    async.each(urls, function (url, callbackEach) {
+    async.eachSeries(urls, function (url, callbackEach) {
       computeForeignPodsList(url, podsScore, callbackEach)
     }, function (err) {
       if (err) return callback(err)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function quitFriends (callback) {
   // Stop pool requests
   requestsScheduler.deactivate()
   // Flush pool requests
-  requestsScheduler.forceSend()
+  requestsScheduler.flush()
 
   async.waterfall([
     function getPodsList (callbackAsync) {
@@ -86,19 +86,25 @@ function quitFriends (callback) {
     },
 
     function announceIQuitMyFriends (pods, callbackAsync) {
-      const request = {
+      const requestParams = {
         method: 'POST',
         path: '/api/' + constants.API_VERSION + '/pods/remove',
-        sign: true,
-        encrypt: true,
-        data: {
-          url: 'me' // Fake data
-        }
+        sign: true
       }
 
       // Announce we quit them
-      requests.makeMultipleRetryRequest(request, pods, function (err) {
-        return callbackAsync(err)
+      // We don't care if the request fails
+      // The other pod will exclude us automatically after a while
+      async.eachLimit(pods, constants.REQUESTS_IN_PARALLEL, function (pod, callbackEach) {
+        requestParams.toPod = pod
+        requests.makeSecureRequest(requestParams, callbackEach)
+      }, function (err) {
+        if (err) {
+          logger.error('Some errors while quitting friends.', { err: err })
+          // Don't stop the process
+        }
+
+        return callbackAsync()
       })
     },
 
@@ -136,9 +142,28 @@ function quitFriends (callback) {
 }
 
 function removeVideoToFriends (video) {
-  // To avoid duplicates
-  const id = video.name + video.magnetUri
-  requestsScheduler.addRequest(id, 'remove', video)
+  requestsScheduler.addRequest('remove', video)
+}
+
+function sendOwnedVideosToPod (podId) {
+  Videos.listOwned(function (err, videosList) {
+    if (err) {
+      logger.error('Cannot get the list of videos we own.')
+      return
+    }
+
+    videosList.forEach(function (video) {
+      videos.convertVideoToRemote(video, function (err, remoteVideo) {
+        if (err) {
+          logger.error('Cannot convert video to remote.', { error: err })
+          // Don't break the process
+          return
+        }
+
+        requestsScheduler.addRequestTo([ podId ], 'add', remoteVideo)
+      })
+    })
+  })
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -148,18 +173,19 @@ module.exports = pods
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 function computeForeignPodsList (url, podsScore, callback) {
-  // Let's give 1 point to the pod we ask the friends list
-  podsScore[url] = 1
-
   getForeignPodsList(url, function (err, foreignPodsList) {
     if (err) return callback(err)
-    if (foreignPodsList.length === 0) return callback()
+
+    if (!foreignPodsList) foreignPodsList = []
+
+    // Let's give 1 point to the pod we ask the friends list
+    foreignPodsList.push({ url: url })
 
     foreignPodsList.forEach(function (foreignPod) {
-      const foreignUrl = foreignPod.url
+      const foreignPodUrl = foreignPod.url
 
-      if (podsScore[foreignUrl]) podsScore[foreignUrl]++
-      else podsScore[foreignUrl] = 1
+      if (podsScore[foreignPodUrl]) podsScore[foreignPodUrl]++
+      else podsScore[foreignPodUrl] = 1
     })
 
     callback()
@@ -194,63 +220,43 @@ function makeRequestsToWinningPods (cert, podsList, callback) {
   // Flush pool requests
   requestsScheduler.forceSend()
 
-  // Get the list of our videos to send to our new friends
-  Videos.listOwned(function (err, videosList) {
-    if (err) {
-      logger.error('Cannot get the list of videos we own.')
-      return callback(err)
-    }
-
-    const data = {
-      url: http + '://' + host + ':' + port,
-      publicKey: cert,
-      videos: videosList
+  async.eachLimit(podsList, constants.REQUESTS_IN_PARALLEL, function (pod, callbackEach) {
+    const params = {
+      url: pod.url + '/api/' + constants.API_VERSION + '/pods/',
+      method: 'POST',
+      json: {
+        url: http + '://' + host + ':' + port,
+        publicKey: cert
+      }
     }
 
-    requests.makeMultipleRetryRequest(
-      { method: 'POST', path: '/api/' + constants.API_VERSION + '/pods/', data: data },
-
-      podsList,
-
-      // Callback called after each request
-      function eachRequest (err, response, body, url, pod, callbackEachRequest) {
-        // We add the pod if it responded correctly with its public certificate
-        if (!err && response.statusCode === 200) {
-          Pods.add({ url: pod.url, publicKey: body.cert, score: constants.FRIEND_BASE_SCORE }, function (err) {
-            if (err) {
-              logger.error('Error with adding %s pod.', pod.url, { error: err })
-              return callbackEachRequest()
-            }
-
-            videos.createRemoteVideos(body.videos, function (err) {
-              if (err) {
-                logger.error('Error with adding videos of pod.', pod.url, { error: err })
-                return callbackEachRequest()
-              }
-
-              logger.debug('Adding remote videos from %s.', pod.url, { videos: body.videos })
-              return callbackEachRequest()
-            })
-          })
-        } else {
-          logger.error('Error with adding %s pod.', pod.url, { error: err || new Error('Status not 200') })
-          return callbackEachRequest()
-        }
-      },
+    requests.makeRetryRequest(params, function (err, res, body) {
+      if (err) {
+        logger.error('Error with adding %s pod.', pod.url, { error: err })
+        // Don't break the process
+        return callbackEach()
+      }
 
-      // Final callback, we've ended all the requests
-      function endRequests (err) {
-        // Now we made new friends, we can re activate the pool of requests
-        requestsScheduler.activate()
+      if (res.statusCode === 200) {
+        Pods.add({ url: pod.url, publicKey: body.cert, score: constants.FRIEND_BASE_SCORE }, function (err, podCreated) {
+          if (err) logger.error('Cannot add friend %s pod.', pod.url)
 
-        if (err) {
-          logger.error('There was some errors when we wanted to make friends.')
-          return callback(err)
-        }
+          // Add our videos to the request scheduler
+          sendOwnedVideosToPod(podCreated._id)
 
-        logger.debug('makeRequestsToWinningPods finished.')
-        return callback(null)
+          return callbackEach()
+        })
+      } else {
+        logger.error('Status not 200 for %s pod.', pod.url)
+        return callbackEach()
       }
-    )
+    })
+  }, function endRequests () {
+    // Final callback, we've ended all the requests
+    // Now we made new friends, we can re activate the pool of requests
+    requestsScheduler.activate()
+
+    logger.debug('makeRequestsToWinningPods finished.')
+    return callback()
   })
 }
diff --git a/server/lib/requestsScheduler.js b/server/lib/requestsScheduler.js
index 78570209d..ac75e5b93 100644
--- a/server/lib/requestsScheduler.js
+++ b/server/lib/requestsScheduler.js
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ const requests = require('../helpers/requests')
 const videos = require('../lib/videos')
 const Videos = require('../models/videos')
 
-const REQUEST_SCHEDULER_TYPE = constants.REQUEST_SCHEDULER_TYPE
 let timer = null
 
 const requestsScheduler = {
   activate: activate,
   addRequest: addRequest,
+  addRequestTo: addRequestTo,
   deactivate: deactivate,
+  flush: flush,
   forceSend: forceSend
 }
 
@@ -27,35 +28,37 @@ function activate () {
 }
 
 // Add request to the scheduler
-function addRequest (id, type, request) {
-  logger.debug('Add request to the requests scheduler.', { id: id, type: type, request: request })
+function addRequest (type, data) {
+  logger.debug('Add request of type %s to the requests scheduler.', type, { data: data })
 
-  Requests.findById(id, function (err, entity) {
+  const request = {
+    type: type,
+    data: data
+  }
+
+  Pods.listAllIds(function (err, podIds) {
     if (err) {
-      logger.error('Error when trying to find a request.', { error: err })
-      return // Abort
+      logger.debug('Cannot list pod ids.')
+      return
     }
 
-    // If there were already a request with this id in the scheduler...
-    if (entity) {
-      if (entity.type === type) {
-        logger.error('Cannot insert two same requests.')
-        return // Abort
-      }
+    // No friends
+    if (!podIds) return
 
-      // Remove the request of the other type
-      Requests.removeRequestById(id, function (err) {
-        if (err) {
-          logger.error('Cannot remove a request.', { error: err })
-          return // Abort
-        }
-      })
-    } else {
-      Requests.create(id, type, request, function (err) {
-        if (err) logger.error('Cannot create a request.', { error: err })
-        return // Abort
-      })
-    }
+    Requests.create(request, podIds, function (err) {
+      if (err) logger.error('Cannot create a request.', { error: err })
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+function addRequestTo (podIds, type, data) {
+  const request = {
+    type: type,
+    data: data
+  }
+
+  Requests.create(request, podIds, function (err) {
+    if (err) logger.error('Cannot create a request.', { error: err })
   })
 }
 
@@ -64,6 +67,14 @@ function deactivate () {
   clearInterval(timer)
 }
 
+function flush () {
+  Requests.removeAll(function (err) {
+    if (err) {
+      logger.error('Cannot flush the requests.', { error: err })
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 function forceSend () {
   logger.info('Force requests scheduler sending.')
   makeRequests()
@@ -76,54 +87,28 @@ module.exports = requestsScheduler
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // Make a requests to friends of a certain type
-function makeRequest (type, requestsToMake, callback) {
+function makeRequest (toPod, requestsToMake, callback) {
   if (!callback) callback = function () {}
 
-  Pods.list(function (err, pods) {
-    if (err) return callback(err)
-
-    const params = {
-      encrypt: true, // Security
-      sign: true, // To prove our identity
-      method: 'POST',
-      path: null, // We build the path later
-      data: requestsToMake // Requests we need to make
-    }
-
-    // If this is a valid type, we build the path
-    if (REQUEST_SCHEDULER_TYPE.indexOf(type) > -1) {
-      params.path = '/api/' + constants.API_VERSION + '/remotevideos/' + type
-    } else {
-      return callback(new Error('Unkown pool request type.'))
-    }
-
-    const badPods = []
-    const goodPods = []
-
-    // Make multiple retry requests to all of pods
-    // The function fire some useful callbacks
-    requests.makeMultipleRetryRequest(params, pods, callbackEachPodFinished, callbackAllPodsFinished)
-
-    function callbackEachPodFinished (err, response, body, url, pod, callbackEachPodFinished) {
-      // We failed the request, add the pod unreachable to the bad pods list
-      if (err || (response.statusCode !== 200 && response.statusCode !== 201 && response.statusCode !== 204)) {
-        badPods.push(pod._id)
-        logger.error('Error sending secure request to %s pod.', url, { error: err || new Error('Status code not 20x') })
-      } else {
-        // Request success
-        goodPods.push(pod._id)
-      }
-
-      return callbackEachPodFinished()
+  const params = {
+    toPod: toPod,
+    encrypt: true, // Security
+    sign: true, // To prove our identity
+    method: 'POST',
+    path: '/api/' + constants.API_VERSION + '/remote/videos',
+    data: requestsToMake // Requests we need to make
+  }
+
+  // Make multiple retry requests to all of pods
+  // The function fire some useful callbacks
+  requests.makeSecureRequest(params, function (err, res) {
+    if (err || (res.statusCode !== 200 && res.statusCode !== 201 && res.statusCode !== 204)) {
+      logger.error('Error sending secure request to %s pod.', toPod.url, { error: err || new Error('Status code not 20x') })
+
+      return callback(false)
     }
 
-    function callbackAllPodsFinished (err) {
-      if (err) return callback(err)
-
-      // All the requests were made, we update the pods score
-      updatePodsScore(goodPods, badPods)
-      callback(null)
-    }
+    return callback(true)
   })
 }
 
@@ -143,38 +128,65 @@ function makeRequests () {
 
     logger.info('Making requests to friends.')
 
+    // Requests by pods id
     const requestsToMake = {}
-    for (const type of REQUEST_SCHEDULER_TYPE) {
-      requestsToMake[type] = {
-        ids: [],
-        requests: []
-      }
-    }
 
-    // For each requests to make, we add it to the correct request type
     requests.forEach(function (poolRequest) {
-      if (REQUEST_SCHEDULER_TYPE.indexOf(poolRequest.type) > -1) {
-        const requestTypeToMake = requestsToMake[poolRequest.type]
-        requestTypeToMake.requests.push(poolRequest.request)
-        requestTypeToMake.ids.push(poolRequest._id)
-      } else {
-        logger.error('Unkown request type.', { request_type: poolRequest.type })
-        return // abort
-      }
+      poolRequest.to.forEach(function (toPodId) {
+        if (!requestsToMake[toPodId]) {
+          requestsToMake[toPodId] = {
+            ids: [],
+            datas: []
+          }
+        }
+
+        requestsToMake[toPodId].ids.push(poolRequest._id)
+        requestsToMake[toPodId].datas.push(poolRequest.request)
+      })
     })
 
-    for (let type of Object.keys(requestsToMake)) {
-      const requestTypeToMake = requestsToMake[type]
-      // If there are requests for this type
-      if (requestTypeToMake.requests.length !== 0) {
-        makeRequest(type, requestTypeToMake.requests, function (err) {
-          if (err) logger.error('Errors when sent ' + type + ' requests.', { error: err })
+    const goodPods = []
+    const badPods = []
 
-          // We made the requests, so we can remove them from the scheduler
-          Requests.removeRequests(requestTypeToMake.ids)
+    async.eachLimit(Object.keys(requestsToMake), constants.REQUESTS_IN_PARALLEL, function (toPodId, callbackEach) {
+      const requestToMake = requestsToMake[toPodId]
+
+      // FIXME: mongodb request inside a loop :/
+      Pods.findById(toPodId, function (err, toPod) {
+        if (err) return logger.error('Error finding pod by id.', { err: err })
+
+        // Maybe the pod is not our friend anymore so simply remove them
+        if (!toPod) {
+          Requests.removePodOf(requestToMake.ids, toPodId)
+          return callbackEach()
+        }
+
+        makeRequest(toPod, requestToMake.datas, function (success) {
+          if (err) {
+            logger.error('Errors when sent request to %s.', toPod.url, { error: err })
+            // Do not stop the process just for one error
+            return callbackEach()
+          }
+
+          if (success === true) {
+            logger.debug('Removing requests for %s pod.', toPodId, { requestsIds: requestToMake.ids })
+
+            // Remove the pod id of these request ids
+            Requests.removePodOf(requestToMake.ids, toPodId)
+            goodPods.push(toPodId)
+          } else {
+            badPods.push(toPodId)
+          }
+
+          callbackEach()
         })
-      }
-    }
+      })
+    }, function () {
+      // All the requests were made, we update the pods score
+      updatePodsScore(goodPods, badPods)
+      // Flush requests with no pod
+      Requests.removeWithEmptyTo()
+    })
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/server/lib/videos.js b/server/lib/videos.js
index e0db0e1d5..a74c77dc4 100644
--- a/server/lib/videos.js
+++ b/server/lib/videos.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const uploadDir = pathUtils.join(__dirname, '..', '..', config.get('storage.uplo
 const thumbnailsDir = pathUtils.join(__dirname, '..', '..', config.get('storage.thumbnails'))
 
 const videos = {
+  convertVideoToRemote: convertVideoToRemote,
   createRemoteVideos: createRemoteVideos,
   getVideoDuration: getVideoDuration,
   getVideoState: getVideoState,
@@ -27,6 +28,29 @@ const videos = {
   seedAllExisting: seedAllExisting
 }
 
+function convertVideoToRemote (video, callback) {
+  fs.readFile(thumbnailsDir + video.thumbnail, function (err, thumbnailData) {
+    if (err) {
+      logger.error('Cannot read the thumbnail of the video')
+      return callback(err)
+    }
+
+    const remoteVideo = {
+      name: video.name,
+      description: video.description,
+      magnetUri: video.magnetUri,
+      author: video.author,
+      duration: video.duration,
+      thumbnailBase64: new Buffer(thumbnailData).toString('base64'),
+      tags: video.tags,
+      createdDate: video.createdDate,
+      podUrl: video.podUrl
+    }
+
+    return callback(null, remoteVideo)
+  })
+}
+
 function createRemoteVideos (videos, callback) {
   // Create the remote videos from the new pod
   createRemoteVideoObjects(videos, function (err, remoteVideos) {
@@ -154,7 +178,8 @@ function createRemoteVideoObjects (videos, callback) {
           podUrl: video.podUrl,
           duration: video.duration,
           thumbnail: thumbnailName,
-          tags: video.tags
+          tags: video.tags,
+          author: video.author
         }
         remoteVideos.push(params)
 
diff --git a/server/middlewares/reqValidators/pods.js b/server/middlewares/reqValidators/pods.js
index 77449480c..78a4b76c1 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/reqValidators/pods.js
+++ b/server/middlewares/reqValidators/pods.js
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ function makeFriends (req, res, next) {
 }
 
 function podsAdd (req, res, next) {
-  req.checkBody('data.url', 'Should have an url').notEmpty().isURL({ require_protocol: true })
-  req.checkBody('data.publicKey', 'Should have a public key').notEmpty()
+  req.checkBody('url', 'Should have an url').notEmpty().isURL({ require_protocol: true })
+  req.checkBody('publicKey', 'Should have a public key').notEmpty()
+
+  // TODO: check we don't have it already
 
   logger.debug('Checking podsAdd parameters', { parameters: req.body })
 
diff --git a/server/middlewares/reqValidators/remote.js b/server/middlewares/reqValidators/remote.js
index b5f3118b0..a23673d89 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/reqValidators/remote.js
+++ b/server/middlewares/reqValidators/remote.js
@@ -4,36 +4,34 @@ const checkErrors = require('./utils').checkErrors
 const logger = require('../../helpers/logger')
 
 const reqValidatorsRemote = {
-  remoteVideosAdd: remoteVideosAdd,
-  remoteVideosRemove: remoteVideosRemove,
-  secureRequest: secureRequest
+  dataToDecrypt: dataToDecrypt,
+  remoteVideos: remoteVideos,
+  signature: signature
 }
 
-function remoteVideosAdd (req, res, next) {
-  req.checkBody('data').isArray()
-  req.checkBody('data').isEachAddRemoteVideosValid()
+function dataToDecrypt (req, res, next) {
+  req.checkBody('key', 'Should have a key').notEmpty()
+  req.checkBody('data', 'Should have data').notEmpty()
 
-  logger.debug('Checking remoteVideosAdd parameters', { parameters: req.body })
+  logger.debug('Checking dataToDecrypt parameters', { parameters: { keyLength: req.body.key.length, bodyLength: req.body.data.length } })
 
   checkErrors(req, res, next)
 }
 
-function remoteVideosRemove (req, res, next) {
+function remoteVideos (req, res, next) {
   req.checkBody('data').isArray()
-  req.checkBody('data').isEachRemoveRemoteVideosValid()
+  req.checkBody('data').isEachRemoteVideosValid()
 
-  logger.debug('Checking remoteVideosRemove parameters', { parameters: req.body })
+  logger.debug('Checking remoteVideosAdd parameters', { parameters: req.body })
 
   checkErrors(req, res, next)
 }
 
-function secureRequest (req, res, next) {
+function signature (req, res, next) {
   req.checkBody('signature.url', 'Should have a signature url').isURL()
   req.checkBody('signature.signature', 'Should have a signature').notEmpty()
-  req.checkBody('key', 'Should have a key').notEmpty()
-  req.checkBody('data', 'Should have data').notEmpty()
 
-  logger.debug('Checking secureRequest parameters', { parameters: { data: req.body.data, keyLength: req.body.key.length } })
+  logger.debug('Checking signature parameters', { parameters: { signatureUrl: req.body.signature.url } })
 
   checkErrors(req, res, next)
 }
diff --git a/server/models/pods.js b/server/models/pods.js
index 04cc2d6fc..daeadeb07 100644
--- a/server/models/pods.js
+++ b/server/models/pods.js
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ const PodsDB = mongoose.model('pods', podsSchema)
 const Pods = {
   add: add,
   count: count,
+  findById: findById,
   findByUrl: findByUrl,
   findBadPods: findBadPods,
   incrementScores: incrementScores,
   list: list,
+  listAllIds: listAllIds,
+  listAllUrls: listAllUrls,
   remove: remove,
   removeAll: removeAll,
   removeAllByIds: removeAllByIds
@@ -48,6 +51,10 @@ function findBadPods (callback) {
   PodsDB.find({ score: 0 }, callback)
 }
 
+function findById (id, callback) {
+  PodsDB.findById(id, callback)
+}
+
 function findByUrl (url, callback) {
   PodsDB.findOne({ url: url }, callback)
 }
@@ -68,6 +75,14 @@ function list (callback) {
   })
 }
 
+function listAllIds (callback) {
+  return PodsDB.find({}, { _id: 1 }, callback)
+}
+
+function listAllUrls (callback) {
+  return PodsDB.find({}, { _id: 0, url: 1 }, callback)
+}
+
 function remove (url, callback) {
   if (!callback) callback = function () {}
   PodsDB.remove({ url: url }, callback)
diff --git a/server/models/requests.js b/server/models/requests.js
index 2152ae0e9..e67ccad56 100644
--- a/server/models/requests.js
+++ b/server/models/requests.js
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ const logger = require('../helpers/logger')
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 const requestsSchema = mongoose.Schema({
-  type: String,
-  id: String, // Special id to find duplicates (video created we want to remove...)
-  request: mongoose.Schema.Types.Mixed
+  request: mongoose.Schema.Types.Mixed,
+  to: [ { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'users' } ]
 })
 const RequestsDB = mongoose.model('requests', requestsSchema)
 
@@ -19,12 +18,15 @@ const Requests = {
   create: create,
   findById: findById,
   list: list,
+  removeAll: removeAll,
+  removePodOf: removePodOf,
   removeRequestById: removeRequestById,
-  removeRequests: removeRequests
+  removeRequests: removeRequests,
+  removeWithEmptyTo: removeWithEmptyTo
 }
 
-function create (id, type, request, callback) {
-  RequestsDB.create({ id: id, type: type, request: request }, callback)
+function create (request, to, callback) {
+  RequestsDB.create({ request: request, to: to }, callback)
 }
 
 function findById (id, callback) {
@@ -32,7 +34,17 @@ function findById (id, callback) {
 }
 
 function list (callback) {
-  RequestsDB.find({}, { _id: 1, type: 1, request: 1 }, callback)
+  RequestsDB.find({}, { _id: 1, request: 1, to: 1 }, callback)
+}
+
+function removeAll (callback) {
+  RequestsDB.remove({ }, callback)
+}
+
+function removePodOf (requestsIds, podId, callback) {
+  if (!callback) callback = function () {}
+
+  RequestsDB.update({ _id: { $in: requestsIds } }, { $pull: { to: podId } }, { multi: true }, callback)
 }
 
 function removeRequestById (id, callback) {
@@ -50,6 +62,12 @@ function removeRequests (ids) {
   })
 }
 
+function removeWithEmptyTo (callback) {
+  if (!callback) callback = function () {}
+
+  RequestsDB.remove({ to: { $size: 0 } }, callback)
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 module.exports = Requests
diff --git a/server/tests/api/checkParams.js b/server/tests/api/checkParams.js
index 95a7738f8..7f22a37cc 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/checkParams.js
+++ b/server/tests/api/checkParams.js
@@ -90,33 +90,27 @@ describe('Test parameters validator', function () {
 
       it('Should fail without public key', function (done) {
         const data = {
-          data: {
-            url: 'http://coucou.com'
-          }
+          url: 'http://coucou.com'
         }
         makePostBodyRequest(path, data, done)
       })
 
       it('Should fail without an url', function (done) {
         const data = {
-          data: {
-            publicKey: 'mysuperpublickey'
-          }
+          publicKey: 'mysuperpublickey'
         }
         makePostBodyRequest(path, data, done)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with an incorrect url', function (done) {
         const data = {
-          data: {
-            url: 'coucou.com',
-            publicKey: 'mysuperpublickey'
-          }
+          url: 'coucou.com',
+          publicKey: 'mysuperpublickey'
         }
         makePostBodyRequest(path, data, function () {
-          data.data.url = 'http://coucou'
+          data.url = 'http://coucou'
           makePostBodyRequest(path, data, function () {
-            data.data.url = 'coucou'
+            data.url = 'coucou'
             makePostBodyRequest(path, data, done)
           })
         })
@@ -124,10 +118,8 @@ describe('Test parameters validator', function () {
 
       it('Should succeed with the correct parameters', function (done) {
         const data = {
-          data: {
-            url: 'http://coucou.com',
-            publicKey: 'mysuperpublickey'
-          }
+          url: 'http://coucou.com',
+          publicKey: 'mysuperpublickey'
         }
         makePostBodyRequest(path, data, done, false)
       })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/friendsAdvanced.js b/server/tests/api/friendsAdvanced.js
index 86620254e..b082270ff 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/friendsAdvanced.js
+++ b/server/tests/api/friendsAdvanced.js
@@ -130,6 +130,18 @@ describe('Test advanced friends', function () {
       function (next) {
         makeFriends(4, next)
       },
+      // Check the pods 1, 2, 3 and 4 are friends
+      function (next) {
+        async.each([ 1, 2, 3, 4 ], function (i, callback) {
+          getFriendsList(i, function (err, res) {
+            if (err) throw err
+
+            expect(res.body.length).to.equal(3)
+
+            callback()
+          })
+        }, next)
+      },
       // Kill pod 4
       function (next) {
         servers[3].app.kill()
@@ -152,7 +164,7 @@ describe('Test advanced friends', function () {
         uploadVideo(2, next)
       },
       function (next) {
-        setTimeout(next, 20000)
+        setTimeout(next, 11000)
       },
       // Rerun server 4
       function (next) {
@@ -173,6 +185,9 @@ describe('Test advanced friends', function () {
       // Pod 6 ask pod 1, 2 and 3
       function (next) {
         makeFriends(6, next)
+      },
+      function (next) {
+        setTimeout(next, 11000)
       }],
       function (err) {
         if (err) throw err
@@ -247,7 +262,7 @@ describe('Test advanced friends', function () {
 
           done()
         })
-      }, 5000)
+      }, 11000)
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/friendsBasic.js b/server/tests/api/friendsBasic.js
index 68817e852..5b738ad39 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/friendsBasic.js
+++ b/server/tests/api/friendsBasic.js
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ describe('Test basic friends', function () {
       if (err) throw err
 
       const result = res.body
-      const resultUrls = [ result[0].url, result[1].url ]
       expect(result).to.be.an('array')
       expect(result.length).to.equal(2)
+
+      const resultUrls = [ result[0].url, result[1].url ]
       expect(resultUrls[0]).to.not.equal(resultUrls[1])
 
       const errorString = 'Friends url do not correspond for ' + serverToTest.url
diff --git a/server/tests/api/multiplePods.js b/server/tests/api/multiplePods.js
index 40326c260..2a1bc64e6 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/multiplePods.js
+++ b/server/tests/api/multiplePods.js
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ describe('Test multiple pods', function () {
               expect(video.duration).to.equal(10)
               expect(video.tags).to.deep.equal([ 'tag1p1', 'tag2p1' ])
               expect(utils.dateIsValid(video.createdDate)).to.be.true
+              expect(video.author).to.equal('root')
 
               if (server.url !== 'http://localhost:9001') {
                 expect(video.isLocal).to.be.false
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ describe('Test multiple pods', function () {
               expect(video.duration).to.equal(5)
               expect(video.tags).to.deep.equal([ 'tag1p2', 'tag2p2', 'tag3p2' ])
               expect(utils.dateIsValid(video.createdDate)).to.be.true
+              expect(video.author).to.equal('root')
 
               if (server.url !== 'http://localhost:9002') {
                 expect(video.isLocal).to.be.false
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ describe('Test multiple pods', function () {
               expect(video1.magnetUri).to.exist
               expect(video1.duration).to.equal(5)
               expect(video1.tags).to.deep.equal([ 'tag1p3' ])
+              expect(video1.author).to.equal('root')
               expect(utils.dateIsValid(video1.createdDate)).to.be.true
 
               expect(video2.name).to.equal('my super name for pod 3-2')
@@ -251,6 +254,7 @@ describe('Test multiple pods', function () {
               expect(video2.magnetUri).to.exist
               expect(video2.duration).to.equal(5)
               expect(video2.tags).to.deep.equal([ 'tag2p3', 'tag3p3', 'tag4p3' ])
+              expect(video2.author).to.equal('root')
               expect(utils.dateIsValid(video2.createdDate)).to.be.true
 
               if (server.url !== 'http://localhost:9003') {