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mod_invites_page: Some fixes for external-only mode
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3 - 'Stage-Beta'
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4 summary: 'Generate friendly web page for invitations'
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5 rockspec:
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6 dependencies:
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7 - mod_invites
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8 - mod_register_apps
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9 build:
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10 copy_directories:
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11 - html
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12 - static
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15 Introduction
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16 ============
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18 This module is part of the suite of modules that implement invite-based
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19 account registration for Prosody. The other modules are:
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21 - [mod_invites]
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22 - [mod_invites_adhoc]
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23 - [mod_invites_register]
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24 - [mod_invites_register_web]
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25 - [mod_invites_api]
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26 - [mod_register_apps]
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28 For details and a full overview, start with the [mod_invites] documentation.
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30 Details
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31 =======
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33 mod_invites_page provides a unique web page for each generated invitation.
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34 Without this module, Prosody will only be able to generate invite links as
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35 `xmpp:` URIs (they look something like `xmpp:example.com?register;preauth=29Xbxr91`).
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36 URIs will only work if the invited user already has an XMPP client installed.
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37 This is usually not the case.
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39 This module transforms the URI into a friendly web page that can be shared
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40 via any method (email, SMS, etc.), and opened in any browser. The page explains
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41 the invitation and guides the user to set up their account using one of a
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42 configurable list of XMPP clients (to configure the list, see mod_register_apps
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43 documentation).
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45 Configuration
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46 =============
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48 | Name | Description | Default |
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50 | invites_page | The format of an invite page URL (must begin with `https://`) | `"https://{host}:5281/invites_page?{invite.token}"` |
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51 | invites_registration_page | The format of an invite registration page URL (may be relative to invites_page)| `"register?t={invite.token}&c={app.id}"` |
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52 | site_name | The friendly name of the server | `"example.com"` |
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53 | invites_page_external | Set this to true if your invitation pages will be rendered by something else | `false` |
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55 The `invites_page` and `invites_registration_page` options are templates
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56 that support a number of variables. The most useful being `{host}` and
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57 `{invite.token}`.
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59 All the usual [HTTP configuration options](https://prosody.im/doc/http)
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60 can be used to configure this module. In particular, if you run Prosody
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61 behind a reverse proxy such as nginx or Apache, you will probably want
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62 to set `http_external_url` so that Prosody knows what URLs should look
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63 like for users.
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65 If you want to disable this module's built-in pages and use an external
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66 invitation page generator (such as [ge0rg/easy-xmpp-invitation](https://github.com/ge0rg/easy-xmpp-invitation)
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67 then set `invites_page_external = true` and set `invites_page` to the
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68 appropriate URL for your installation.