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1 # Introduction
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3 This module lets you programmatically subscribe to updates from a
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4 [pubsub][xep0060] node, even if the pubsub service is remote.
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6 ## Example
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8 ``` {.lua}
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9 module:depends("pubsub_subscription");
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10 module:add_item("pubsub-subscription", {
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11 service = "pubsub.example.com";
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12 node = "otter_facts";
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14 -- Callbacks:
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15 on_subscribed = function()
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16 module:log("info", "Otter facts incoming!");
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17 end;
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19 on_item = function(event)
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20 module:log("info", "Random Otter Fact: %s", event.payload:get_text());
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21 end;
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22 });
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23 ```
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25 ## Usage
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27 Ensure the module is loaded and add your subscription via the
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28 `:add_item` API. The item table MUST have `service` and `node` fields
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29 and SHOULD have one or more `on_<event>` callbacks.
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31 The JID of the pubsub service is given in `service` (could also be the
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32 JID of an user for advanced PEP usage) and the node is given in,
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33 unsurprisingly, the `node` field.
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35 The various `on_event` callback functions, if present, gets called when
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36 new events are received. The most interesting would be `on_item`, which
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37 receives incoming items. Available events are:
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39 `on_subscribed`
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40 : The subscription was successful, events may follow.
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42 `on_unsubscribed`
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43 : Subscription was removed successfully, this happens if the
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44 subscription is removed, which you would normally never do.
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46 `on_error`
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47 : If there was an error subscribing to the pubsub service. Receives a
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48 table with `type`, `condition`, `text`, and `extra` fields as
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49 argument.
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51 `on_item`
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52 : An item publication, the payload itself available in the `payload`
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53 field in the table provided as argument. The ID of the item can be
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54 found in `item.attr.id`.
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56 `on_retract`
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57 : When an item gets retracted (removed by the publisher). The ID of
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58 the item can be found in `item.attr.id` of the table argument..
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60 `on_purge`
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61 : All the items were removed by the publisher.
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63 `on_delete`
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65 subscription exists after this.
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67 ``` {.lua}
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68 event_payload = {
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69 -- Common prosody event entries:
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70 stanza = util.stanza;
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71 origin = util.session;
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73 -- PubSub service details
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74 service = "pubsub.example.com";
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75 node = "otter_facts";
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77 -- The pubsub event itself
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78 item = util.stanza; -- <item/>
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79 payload = util.stanza; -- actual payload, child of <item/>
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80 }
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81 ```
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83 # Compatibility
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85 Should work with Prosody \>= 0.11.x