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2 summary: 'Receives HTTP POST request, parses it and relays it into XMPP.'
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5 Introduction
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6 ============
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8 Sometimes it's useful to have different interfaces to access XMPP.
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10 This module allows sending XMPP
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11 [`<message>`](https://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6121.html#message) stanzas via a
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12 simple HTTP API.
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14 Example usage
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15 -------------
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17 curl http://example.com:5280/msg/user -u me@example.com:mypassword -H "Content-Type: text/plain" -d "Server@host has just crashed!"
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19 This would send a message to user\@example.com from me\@example.com
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21 Details
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22 =======
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24 URL format
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27 /msg/ [recipient [@host] ].
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29 The base URL defaults to `/msg`. This can be configured via Prosodys
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30 [HTTP path settings][doc:http].
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32 Authentication
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35 Authentication is done by HTTP Basic.
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37 Authentication: Basic BASE64( "username@virtualhost:password" )
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39 Payload formats
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40 ---------------
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42 Supported formats are:
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44 `text/plain`
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45 : The HTTP body is used as plain text message payload, in the `<body>`
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46 element.
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48 `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
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49 : Allows more fields to be specified.
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51 ### Data fields
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53 The form data format allow the following fields:
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55 `to`
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56 : Can be used instead of having the receiver in the URL.
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58 `type`
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59 : [Message type.](https://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6121.html#message-syntax-type)
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61 `body`
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62 : Plain text message payload which goes in the `<body>` element.
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64 Acknowledgements
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67 Some code originally borrowed from mod\_webpresence