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mod_pubsub_feeds: Track latest timestamp seen in feeds instead of last poll
This should ensure that an entry that has a publish timestmap after the
previously oldest post, but before the time of the last poll check, is
published to the node.
Previously if an entry would be skipped if it was published at 13:00
with a timestamp of 12:30, where the last poll was at 12:45.
For feeds that lack a timestamp, it now looks for the first post that is
not published, assuming that the feed is in reverse chronological order,
then iterates back up from there.
| author | Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> |
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| date | Sun, 25 Jun 2023 16:27:55 +0200 |
| parent | 3037:bae7b0a002ef |
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--- labels: - Stage-Alpha ... Introduction ============ This is an experimental authentication module that does an asynchronous HTTP call to verify username and password. This is a (possibly temporary) fork of mod_http_auth_async that adds support for authentication using a cookie and SASL EXTERNAL. Details ======= When a user attempts to authenticate to Prosody, this module takes the username and password and does a HTTP GET request with [Basic authentication][rfc7617] to the configured `http_auth_url`. Configuration ============= ``` lua VirtualHost "example.com" authentication = "http_auth_cookie" http_auth_url = "http://example.com/auth" http_cookie_auth_url = "https://example.com/testcookie.php?user=$user" ``` Cookie Authentication ===================== It is possible to link authentication to an existing web application. This has the benefit that the user logging into the web application in their browser will automatically log them into their XMPP account. There are some prerequisites for this to work: - The BOSH or Websocket requests must include the application's cookie in the headers sent to Prosody. This typically means the web chat code needs to be served from the same domain as the web application. - The web application must have a URL that returns 200 OK when called with a valid cookie, and returns a different status code if the cookie is invalid or not currently logged in. - The XMPP username for the user must be passed to Prosody by the client, or returned in the 200 response from the web application. Set `http_cookie_auth_url` to the web application URL that is used to check the cookie. You may use the variables `$host` for the XMPP host and `$user` for the XMPP username. If the `$user` variable is included in the URL, the client must provide the username via the "authzid" in the SASL EXTERNAL authentication mechanism. If the `$user` variable is *not* included in the URL, Prosody expects the web application's response to be the username instead, as UTF-8 text/plain. Compatibility ============= Requires Prosody trunk
