annotate mod_http_rest/README.markdown @ 5585:5b316088bef5

mod_rest: Use logger of HTTP request in trunk In Prosody trunk rev c975dafa4303 each HTTP request gained its own log sink, to make it easy to log things related to each request and group those messages. Especially where async is used, spreading the request and response apart as mod_rest does with iq stanzas, this grouped logging should help find related messages.
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Fri, 07 Jul 2023 00:10:37 +0200
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Alpha'
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4 summary: Send XMPP stanzas via REST/HTTP
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7 This module provides a [REST](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer)ful
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8 method for sending XMPP stanzas.
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10 This enables you to send stanzas by making HTTP requests to `http://${prosody-url}/rest`.
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12 **DANGER/ACHTUNG!: This module does NOT enforce any authentication or user-checking.
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13 This means that by default stanzas can be sent *anyone* on behalf of *any* user.**
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15 You should enable [mod_http_authentication](https://modules.prosody.im/mod_http_authentication.html),
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16 to require authentication for calls made to this module, or alternatively, you
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17 could use a reverse proxy like Nginx.
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19 # To enable this module
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21 Add `"http_rest"` to `modules_enabled`, either globally or for a particular virtual
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22 host.
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24 # How to test:
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26 You can use curl to make the HTTP request to Prosody, to test whether this
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27 module is working properly:
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29 curl -k http://localhost:5280/rest -u username:password -H "Content-Type: text/xml" -d '<iq to="pubsub.localhost" type="set" id="4dd1a1e3-ef91-4017-a5aa-eaba0a82eb94-1" from="user@localhost"><pubsub xmlns="http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub"><publish node="Test mod_rest.lua"><item>Hello World!</item></publish></pubsub></iq>'