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mod_rest: Initial commit of another RESTful API module
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Alpha'
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4 summary: RESTful XMPP API
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7 # Introduction
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9 This is yet another RESTful API for sending stanzas via Prosody.
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11 # Usage
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13 Note that there is currently **no authentication**, so be careful with
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14 exposing the API endpoint to the Internet.
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16 ## Enabling
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18 ``` {.lua}
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19 Component "rest.example.net" "rest"
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20 ```
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22 ## Sending stanzas
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24 The API endpoint becomes available at the path `/rest`, so the full URL
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25 will be something like `https://your-prosody.example:5281/rest`.
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27 To try it, simply `curl` an XML stanza payload:
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29 ``` {.sh}
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30 curl https://prosody.example:5281/rest \
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31 -H 'Content-Type: application/xmpp+xml' \
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32 --data-binary '<message type="chat" to="user@example.org">
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33 <body>Hello!</body>
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34 </body>'
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35 ```
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37 The `Content-Type` **MUST** be `application/xmpp+xml`.
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39 ### Replies
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41 A POST containing an `<iq>` stanza automatically wait for the reply,
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42 long-polling style.
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44 ``` {.sh}
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45 curl https://prosody.example:5281/rest \
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47 --data-binary '<iq type="get" to="example.net">
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48 <ping xmlns="urn:xmpp:ping"/>
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49 </iq>'
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50 ```
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52 # Compatibility
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54 Requires Prosody trunk / 0.12