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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Stable'
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4 summary: 'Token based JSON registration & verification servlet.'
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5 ...
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7 Introduction
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8 ------------
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10 This module let's you activate a httpserver interface to handle data
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11 from webforms with POST and Base64 encoded JSON.
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13 Implementation Details
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14 ----------------------
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16 Example Request format:
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18 POST /your_register_base_url HTTP/1.1
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19 Host: yourserveraddress.com:yourchoosenport
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20 Content-Type: application/encoded
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21 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
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23 eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6InVzZXJuYW1lb2ZjaG9pY2UiLCJwYXNzd29yZCI6InRoZXVzZXJwYXNzd29yZCIsImlwIjoidGhlcmVtb3RlYWRkcm9mdGhldXNlciIsIm1haWwiOiJ1c2VybWFpbEB1c2VybWFpbGRvbWFpbi50bGQiLCJhdXRoX3Rva2VuIjoieW91cmF1dGh0b2tlbm9mY2hvaWNlIn0=
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25 Where the encoded content is this (example) JSON Array:
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27 ``` {.json}
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28 {
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29 "username":"john.smith",
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30 "password":"secret-password",
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31 "ip":"192.168.0.0",
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32 "mail":"john.smith@mail.example.net",
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33 "auth_token":"yourauthtokenofchoice"
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34 }
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35 ```
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37 Your form implementation needs to pass **all** parameters, the
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38 auth\_token is needed to prevent misuses, if the request is successful
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39 the server will answer with status code 200 and with the body of the
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40 response containing the token which your web app can send via e-mail to
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41 the user to complete the registration.
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43 Else, it will reply with the following http error codes:
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45 - 400 - if there's an error syntax;
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46 - 401 - whenever an username is already pending registration or the
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47 auth token supplied is invalid;
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48 - 403 - whenever registration is forbidden (blacklist, filtered mail
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49 etc.);
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50 - 406 - if the username supplied fails nodeprepping;
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52 with the supplied e-mail;
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53 - 503 - whenever a request is throttled.
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55 The verification URL path to direct the users to will be:
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56 **/your-base-path-of-choice/verify/** - on your Prosody's http server.
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58 The module for now stores a hash of the user's mail address to help slow
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59 down duplicated registrations.
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61 It's strongly encouraged to have the web server communicate with the
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62 servlet via https.
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64 Usage
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65 -----
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67 Copy the module folder and all its contents (register\_json) into your
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68 prosody modules' directory.Add the module your vhost of choice
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69 modules\_enabled.
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71 Hint: pairing with mod\_register\_redirect is helpful, to allow server
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72 registrations only via your webform.
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75 Required configuration:
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77 ```
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78 reg_servlet_auth_token = "your-secret-token"
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79 ```
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81 Optional configuration directives:
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84 reg_servlet_base = "/base-path/" -- Base path of the plugin (default is register_account)
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85 reg_servlet_secure = true -- Have the plugin only process requests on https (default is true)
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86 reg_servlet_ttime = seconds -- Specifies the time (in seconds) between each request coming from the same remote address.
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87 reg_servlet_bl = { "1.2.3.4", "4.3.2.1" } -- The ip addresses in this list will be blacklisted and will not be able to submit registrations.
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88 reg_servlet_wl = { "1.2.3.4", "4.3.2.1" } -- The ip addresses in this list will be ignored by the throttling.
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89 reg_servlet_filtered_mails = { ".*banneddomain.tld", ".*deamailprovider.tld" } -- allows filtering of mail addresses via Lua patterns.
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90 ```
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92 Compatibility
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93 -------------
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95 0.9