--- a/src/plugins/plugin_exp_events.py	Thu Jun 29 20:45:54 2017 +0200
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_exp_events.py	Thu Jun 29 20:57:12 2017 +0200
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     C.PI_TYPE: "EXP",
     C.PI_PROTOCOLS: [],
     C.PI_DEPENDENCIES: ["XEP-0060"],
+    C.PI_RECOMMENDATIONS: ["INVITATIONS", "XEP-0277"],
     C.PI_MAIN: "Events",
     C.PI_HANDLER: "no",
     C.PI_DESCRIPTION: _("""Experimental implementation of XMPP events management""")
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@
         log.info(_(u"Event plugin initialization"))
         self.host = host
         self._p = self.host.plugins["XEP-0060"]
+        self._i = self.host.plugins.get("INVITATIONS")
+        self._b = self.host.plugins.get("XEP-0277")
         host.bridge.addMethod("eventGet", ".plugin",
                               in_sign='ssss', out_sign='(ia{ss})',
                               method=self._eventGet,
@@ -71,6 +74,9 @@
                               in_sign='ssa{ss}s', out_sign='',
                               method=self._eventInviteeSet,
                               async=True)
+        host.bridge.addMethod("eventInvite", ".plugin", in_sign='sssssssssss', out_sign='',
+                              method=self._invite,
+                              async=True)
 
     def _eventGet(self, service, node, id_=u'', profile_key=C.PROF_KEY_NONE):
         service = jid.JID(service) if service else None
@@ -91,7 +97,6 @@
                 location: location of the event
                 image: URL of a picture to use to represent event
                 background-image: URL of a picture to use in background
-            an empty dict is returned if nothing has been answered yed
         """
         if not id_:
             id_ = NS_EVENT
@@ -314,3 +319,59 @@
                 pass
         item_elt = pubsub.Item(id=client.jid.userhost(), payload=event_elt)
         return self._p.publish(client, service, node, items=[item_elt])
+
+    def _invite(self, service, node, id_=NS_EVENT, email=u'', name=u'', host_name=u'', language=u'', url_template=u'',
+        message_subject=u'', message_body=u'', profile_key=C.PROF_KEY_NONE):
+        client = self.host.getClient(profile_key)
+        kwargs = {u'profile': client.profile}
+        for key in ("email", "name", "host_name", "language", "url_template", "message_subject", "message_body"):
+            value = locals()[key]
+            kwargs[key] = unicode(value)
+        return self.invite(client,
+                           jid.JID(service) if service else None,
+                           node,
+                           id_ or NS_EVENT,
+                           **kwargs)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def invite(self, client, service, node, id_=NS_EVENT, **kwargs):
+        """High level method to create an email invitation to an event
+
+        @param service(unicode, None): PubSub service
+        @param node(unicode): PubSub node of the event
+        @param id_(unicode): id_ with even data
+        """
+        if self._i is None:
+            raise exceptions.FeatureNotFound(_(u'"Invitations" plugin is needed for this feature'))
+        if self._b is None:
+            raise exceptions.FeatureNotFound(_(u'"XEP-0277" (blog) plugin is needed for this feature'))
+        event_service = (service or client.jid.userhostJID())
+        event_uri = uri_parse.buildXMPPUri('pubsub',
+            path=event_service.full(),
+            node=node,
+            item=id_)
+        kwargs['extra'] = {u'event_uri': event_uri}
+        invitation_data = yield self._i.create(**kwargs)
+        invitee_jid = invitation_data[u'jid']
+        log.debug(_(u'invitation created'))
+        yield self._p.setNodeAffiliations(client, event_service, node, {invitee_jid: u'member'})
+        log.debug(_(u'affiliation set on event node'))
+        dummy, event_data = yield self.eventGet(client, service, node, id_)
+        log.debug(_(u'got event data'))
+        invitees_service = jid.JID(event_data['invitees_service'])
+        invitees_node = event_data['invitees_node']
+        blog_service = jid.JID(event_data['blog_service'])
+        blog_node = event_data['blog_node']
+        yield self._p.setNodeAffiliations(client, invitees_service, invitees_node, {invitee_jid: u'publisher'})
+        log.debug(_(u'affiliation set on invitee node'))
+        yield self._p.setNodeAffiliations(client, blog_service, blog_node, {invitee_jid: u'member'})
+        # FIXME: what follow is crazy, we have no good way to handle comments affiliations for blog
+        blog_items, dummy = yield self._b.mbGet(client, blog_service, blog_node, None)
+
+        for item in blog_items:
+            comments_service = jid.JID(item['comments_service'])
+            comments_node = item['comments_node']
+            yield self._p.setNodeAffiliations(client, comments_service, comments_node, {invitee_jid: u'publisher'})
+        log.debug(_(u'affiliation set on blog and comments nodes'))
+
+