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mod_persisthosts: Module that dynamically creates stub configuration files for dynamically activated hosts
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Stable'
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4 summary: 'Token based JSON registration & verification servlet.'
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5 ...
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7 Introduction
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8 ------------
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10 This module let's you activate a httpserver interface to handle data
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11 from webforms with POST and Base64 encoded JSON.
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13 Implementation Details
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14 ----------------------
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16 Example Request format:
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18 POST /your_register_base_url HTTP/1.1
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19 Host: yourserveraddress.com:yourchoosenport
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20 Content-Type: application/encoded
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21 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
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23 eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6InVzZXJuYW1lb2ZjaG9pY2UiLCJwYXNzd29yZCI6InRoZXVzZXJwYXNzd29yZCIsImlwIjoidGhlcmVtb3RlYWRkcm9mdGhldXNlciIsIm1haWwiOiJ1c2VybWFpbEB1c2VybWFpbGRvbWFpbi50bGQiLCJhdXRoX3Rva2VuIjoieW91cmF1dGh0b2tlbm9mY2hvaWNlIn0=
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25 Where the encoded content is this (example) JSON Array:
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27 {"username":"usernameofchoice","password":"theuserpassword","ip":"theremoteaddroftheuser","mail":"usermail@usermaildomain.tld","auth\_token":"yourauthtokenofchoice"}\</code\>
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29 Your form implementation needs to pass **all** parameters, the
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30 auth\_token is needed to prevent misuses, if the request is successfull
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31 the server will answer with status code 200 and with the body of the
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32 response containing the token which your web app can send via e-mail to
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33 the user to complete the registration.
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35 Else, it will reply with the following http error codes:
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37 - 400 - if there's an error syntax;
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38 - 401 - whenever an username is already pending registration or the
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39 auth token supplied is invalid;
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40 - 403 - whenever registration is forbidden (blacklist, filtered mail
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41 etc.);
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42 - 406 - if the username supplied fails nodeprepping;
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43 - 409 - if the user already exists, or an user is associated already
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44 with the supplied e-mail;
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45 - 503 - whenever a request is throttled.
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47 The verification URL path to direct the users to will be:
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48 **/your-base-path-of-choice/verify/** - on your Prosody's http server.
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50 The module for now stores a hash of the user's mail address to help slow
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51 down duplicated registrations.
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53 It's strongly encouraged to have the web server communicate with the
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54 servlet via https.
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56 Usage
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57 -----
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59 Copy the module folder and all its contents (register\_json) into your
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60 prosody modules' directory.Add the module your vhost of choice
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61 modules\_enabled.
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63 Hint: pairing with mod\_register\_redirect is helpful, to allow server
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64 registrations only via your webform.
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66 Optional configuration directives:
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68 reg_servlet_base = "/base-path/" -- Base path of the plugin (default is register_account)
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69 reg_servlet_secure = true -- Have the plugin only process requests on https (default is true)
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70 reg_servlet_ttime = seconds -- Specifies the time (in seconds) between each request coming from the same remote address.
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71 reg_servlet_bl = { "1.2.3.4", "4.3.2.1" } -- The ip addresses in this list will be blacklisted and will not be able to submit registrations.
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72 reg_servlet_wl = { "1.2.3.4", "4.3.2.1" } -- The ip addresses in this list will be ignored by the throttling.
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73 reg_servlet_filtered_mails = { ".*banneddomain.tld", ".*deamailprovider.tld" } -- allows filtering of mail addresses via Lua patterns.
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75 Compatibility
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76 -------------
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78 0.9