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3 ===================
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4 Libervia Components
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5 ===================
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7 Libervia can act as an XMPP server component, which can be seen as a generic plugin for
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8 XMPP servers.
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10 This page explains which components are available and how to use them.
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12 Running a component
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13 ===================
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15 Components are linked to a Libervia profile in the same way as normal clients.
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17 To run a component, you'll need to know its *entry point*, which is the name of the import
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18 name of plugin managing it. The entry point to use will be specified in the component
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19 installation documentation.
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21 You'll also have to declare the component on your XMPP server, this is a server dependent
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22 step and you'll have to check your server documentation for details. You'll have to
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23 specify a **shared secret** (can also be named simply *password*) that must be set both on
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24 the XMPP server and as the XMPP password of the Libervia profile.
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26 Here is a list of relevant documentation for most common servers:
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28 ejabberd
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29 https://docs.ejabberd.im/admin/configuration/listen-options/
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31 MongooseIm
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32 https://esl.github.io/MongooseDocs/latest/configuration/listen/#xmpp-components-listenservice
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34 OpenFire
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35 use the web-based admin panel
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37 Prosody
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38 https://prosody.im/doc/components
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40 Tigase
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41 https://docs.tigase.net/tigase-server/stable-snapshot/Administration_Guide/webhelp/externalComponentConfiguration.html
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44 On Libervia, setup is done with Libervia CLI's :ref:`profile create <li_profile_create>`
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45 command.
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47 You'll usually want to have the component to start automatically when the backend
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48 is started, for this you must unset the profile password (not to be confused with the XMPP
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49 password which is the one also set on the server configuration) with ``-p ""`` and set
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50 auto-connection with ``-A``.
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52 You'll specify the XMPP password (also named *shared secret* in `XEP-0144`_ terminology)
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53 with ``-x <your_shared_secret>`` and the JID to use with ``-j
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54 <component_subdomain>.<server.tld>``.
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56 The component entry point is specified with ``-C <entry_point>``.
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58 .. _XEP-0144: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0114.html
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60 example
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61 -------
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63 Louise wants to run an ActivityPub gateway on her server ``example.org`` with the JID
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64 ``ap.example.org``. The shared secret is ``xmpp_rocks`` and she wants the component to
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65 start automatically with the backend, thus she doesn't set a profile password. The
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66 entry-point for ActivityPub component is ``ap-gateway``, and she wants to use the same
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67 name for the profile. To do this, she enters the following command::
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69 $ li profile create ap-gateway -j ap.example.org -p "" -x xmpp_rocks -C ap-gateway -A
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71 The component will then be started next time Libervia Backend is launched. If Louise
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72 wants to connect it immediately, she can use::
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74 $ li profile connect -cp ap-gateway
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76 Available Components
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77 ====================
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79 Below is a list of currently available components in Libervia, and instructions on what
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80 they do and how to use them.
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83 File Sharing
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84 ------------
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86 **entry_point:** ``file-sharing``
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88 File Sharing component manage the hosting of user files. Users can upload file there using
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89 either `Jingle File Transfer`_ or `HTTP File Upload`_.
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91 There is no limit to the size of files which can be uploaded, but administrators can set a
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92 quota to limit the space that can be used.
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94 Files can be retrieved using `File Information Sharing`_, and deleted using `Ad-Hoc Commands`_.
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96 Files can be shared with a public HTTP link, or made available only to a specified list of
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97 entities (JIDs). Permissions can be set through Ad-Hoc Commands.
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99 .. _Jingle File Transfer: https://xmpp.org/extensions/
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100 .. _HTTP File Upload: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0363.html
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101 .. _File Information Sharing: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0329.html
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102 .. _Ad-Hoc Commands: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0050.html
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104 Configuration
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105 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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107 All options are to be set in ``[component file-sharing]`` section.
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109 ``http_upload_port``
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110 port to use for HTTP File Upload
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112 **default**: 8888
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114 ``http_upload_connection_type``
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115 either ``http`` or ``https``.
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117 **default**: ``https``
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119 Note that HTTP Upload should always be ``https`` to end-user, the ``http`` option is to
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120 be used only if you use a HTTP server as a proxy, and this server is already set for
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121 TLS.
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122
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123 ``http_upload_public_facing_url``
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124 must be set to the URL that end-user will see. Notably useful if the component is behind
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125 a proxy.
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126
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127 **default**: ``https://<component host>:<http_upload_port``
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129 ``quotas_json``
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130 a JSON object indicating quotas to use for users. The object can have 3 keys:
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132 ``admins``
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133 quotas to use for administrators (i.e. profiles set in ``admins_list``)
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135 ``users``
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136 quotas to use for normal users (i.e. non admin profiles)
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138 ``jids``
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139 per-jid specific quotas. The value is a JSON object where key is a user bare jid and
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140 value is a quota.
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141
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142 Quotas can be either ``null`` for unlimited space, or a size value (`SI prefixes and
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143 binary prefixes`_ can be used).
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144
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145 example::
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147 quotas_json = {
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148 "admins": null,
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149 "users": "50 Mio",
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150 "jids": {"pierre@example.org": "1 Gio"}
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151 }
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153 .. _SI prefixes and binary prefixes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet_(computing)#Unit_multiples
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156 ActivityPub Gateway
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157 -------------------
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159 **entry_point:** ``ap-gateway``
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160
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161 .. note::
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162
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163 this component is currently in active development, and not yet usable for end-user. This
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164 documentation will be updated during evolution of component.
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165
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166 You can follow the development by reading `Libervia Progress Notes`_.
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167
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168 .. _Libervia Progress Notes: https://www.goffi.org/tag/Libervia%20progress
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169
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170 This gateway will provide a bidirectional gateway between XMPP and `ActivityPub`_ (or AP
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171 below). That means that user from XMPP will be able to follow actors or comments messages
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172 from any software compatible with ActivityPub protocol, and vice versa.
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173
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174 .. _ActivityPub: https://activitypub.rocks/
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175
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176 .. note::
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177
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178 this component is mostly tested with Prosody as XMPP server reference, and Mastodon as
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179 AP server reference, but it should work with any XMPP or AP server.
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180
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181 The component launches a HTTP server (necessary to communicate with AP software). This
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182 server needs to handle HTTP requests made at paths ``/.well-known/webfinger`` and ``/_ap``
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183 (or the ``ap_path`` set in configuration, see below). If the component is not directly
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184 facing internet (e.g. integrated in an existing website though a proxy), you'll have to
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185 redirect the requests made to those path to the HTTP server (i.e. to component host at the
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186 port set at ``http_port``, see configuration below). Please check your HTTP server
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187 documentation to find how this must be done.
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188
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189 how to address an AP actor from XMPP
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190 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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191
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192 When addressing an ActivityPub actor from XMPP, you must use a JID corresponding to the
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193 actor. The domain part of the JID correspond to the gateway JID (the one set in gateway
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194 profile), while the local part (before the ``@``) is used to specify the AP actor.
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195
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196 `XEP-0106`_ (JID Escaping) is used to indicate the AP actor identifier, thus the ``@``
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197 must be escaped with ``\40``.
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198
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199 .. _XEP-0106: JID Escaping
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200
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201 **example**
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202
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203 If Louise wants to talk to Pierre which is on the ``example.net`` AP server, she can use
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204 her XMPP AP gateway which is at ``ap.example.org``. Pierre AP's actor identifier is
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205 ``pierre@example.net``, Louise can access it via the JID
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206 ``pierre\40example.net@ap.example.org``.
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207
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208 Of course, this is a bit cumbersome to do by hand, it is expected that XMPP clients will
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209 do the (un)escaping automatically for end-user, in a way that Louise could enter
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210 ``pierre@example.net`` directly, with an indicator to show that this is an ActivityPub
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211 actor identifier rather than an XMPP JID.
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212
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213 how to address an XMPP entity from AP
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214 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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215
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216 To access an XMPP entity, just use its bare JID as AP actor.
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217
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218 **example**
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219
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220 If Pierre wants to talk Louise, he can directly use the JID which is the same as the AP
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221 actor identifier, i.e. ``louise@example.org`` (note that on AP software, a ``@`` prefix is
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222 often required, thus Pierre will look for ``@louise@example.org``).
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223
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224 .. note::
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225
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226 Currently the gateway only uses bare JID, and character set must be recognised by the
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227 AP software to be used. This will evolve in the close future to have a way to access
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228 various XMPP Pubsub nodes.
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229
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230 The actor endpoint can also be used directly in AP software (in the example above, it
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231 would be by default ``https://example.org/_ap/actor/louise%40example.org``).
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232
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233
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234 using the component
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235 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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236
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237 The component is currently only usable for development purpose, and it can be used with
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238 the following method (with can be accessed through the ``APSend`` bridge method, client is
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239 then replaced by the ``profile`` name, as last argument):
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240
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241 .. automethod:: sat.plugins.plugin_comp_ap_gateway.APGateway.publishMessage
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242
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243 The method can be used either with CLI's :ref:`debug bridge method
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244 <li_debug_bridge_method>` or with any D-Bus tool like ``qdbus`` or ``d-feet`` (only if you
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245 use the D-Bus bridge).
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246
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247 example
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248 ~~~~~~~
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249
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250 On its ``example.net`` Mastodon instance, Pierre has published a message with the id
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251 ``https://example.net/@pierre/106986412193109832``. To send a reply to this message,
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252 Louise can use the following command::
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253
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254 $ li debug bridge method -c APSend '"{\"node\": \"https://example.net/@pierre/106986412193109832\", \"content\": \"A lille hello from XMPP\"}","pierre\\40example.net@ap.example.org", "louise"'
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255
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256 Note the double escaping, one for the shell argument, and the other to specify JSON
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257 object.