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Updating dox for mod_rest. Ideas expressed / clarified: 1) Making clear that mod_rest isn't to be installed under VirtualHosts AND as a component. 2) Understanding some of the implications of this choice: A) Changes to user authentication B) How it affects subdomains 3) More consistent use of domain names for clarity. 4) Using different heading sizes to show scope of section. Essentially, I added all the tidbits I had to clarify in getting this to work in my own example.
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3 summary: 'Test account credentials using HTTP'
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6 Introduction
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7 ------------
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9 This module lets you test whether a set of credentials are valid,
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10 using Prosody's configured authentication mechanism.
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12 This is useful as an easy way to allow other (e.g. non-XMPP) applications
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13 to authenticate users using their XMPP credentials.
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15 Syntax
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18 To test credentials, issue a simple GET request with HTTP basic auth:
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20 GET /auth_check HTTP/1.1
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21 Authorization: Basic <base64(jid:password)>
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23 Prosody will return a 2xx code on success (user exists and credentials are
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24 correct), or 401 if the credentials are invalid. Any other code may be returned
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25 if there is a problem handling the request.
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27 ### Example usage
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29 Here follows some example usage using `curl`.
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31 curl http://prosody.local:5280/auth_check -u user@example.com:secr1t