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2 summary: 'Receives HTTP POST request, parses it and relays it into XMPP.' | |
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5 Introduction | |
6 ============ | |
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8 Sometimes it's useful to have different interfaces to access XMPP. | |
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10 This module allows sending XMPP |
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11 [`<message>`](https://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6121.html#message) stanzas via a |
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12 simple HTTP API. |
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14 Example usage | |
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17 curl http://example.com:5280/msg/user -u me@example.com:mypassword -H "Content-Type: text/plain" -d "Server@host has just crashed!" | |
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19 This would send a message to user\@example.com from me\@example.com |
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21 Details |
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24 URL format |
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27 /msg/ [recipient [@host] ]. |
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29 The base URL defaults to `/msg`. This can be configured via Prosodys |
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30 [HTTP path settings][doc:http]. |
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32 Authentication |
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35 Authentication is done by HTTP Basic. |
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37 Authentication: Basic BASE64( "username@virtualhost:password" ) |
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39 Payload formats |
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40 --------------- |
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42 Supported formats are: |
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44 `text/plain` |
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45 : The HTTP body is used as plain text message payload, in the `<body>` |
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46 element. |
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48 `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` |
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49 : Allows more fields to be specified. |
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51 `application/json` |
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52 : Similar to form data. |
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54 Which one is selected via the `Content-Type` HTTP header. |
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56 ### Data fields |
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58 The form data and JSON formats allow the following fields: |
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60 `to` |
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61 : Can be used instead of having the receiver in the URL. |
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63 `type` |
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64 : [Message type.](https://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6121.html#message-syntax-type) |
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66 `body` |
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67 : Plain text message payload which goes in the `<body>` element. |
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69 Acknowledgements |
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72 Some code originally borrowed from mod\_webpresence |
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74 See also |
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77 [mod_rest] is a more advanced way to send messages and more via HTTP, |
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