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2 description: HTTP File Upload
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3 labels: 'Stage-Alpha'
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6 Introduction
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7 ============
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9 This module implements [XEP-0363], versions 0.2 and 0.3, which let
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10 clients upload files over HTTP.
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12 Configuration
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13 =============
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15 mod\_http\_upload relies on Prosodys HTTP server and mod\_http for
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16 serving HTTP requests. See [Prosodys HTTP server documentation][doc:http]
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17 for information about how to configure ports, HTTP Host names etc.
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19 The module can be added as a new Component definition:
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21 ``` {.lua}
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22 Component "upload.example.org" "http_upload"
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23 ```
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25 It should **not** be added to modules_enabled.
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27 ## Discoverability
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29 Prosody makes subdomains of your VirtualHosts easily discoverable by
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30 clients. To make the component discoverable by other hosts where the
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31 component is **not a subdomain** of the VirtualHost, you can use
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32 [`disco_items`][doc:modules:mod_disco#configuration].
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34 ``` {.lua}
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35 VirtualHost "foo.example.org"
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36 disco_items = {
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37 { "upload.example.com" },
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38 }
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39 ```
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41 ## Access
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43 You may want to give upload access to additional entities such as components
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44 by using the `http_upload_access` config option.
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46 ``` {.lua}
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47 http_upload_access = {"gateway.example.com"};
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48 ```
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50 Limits
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51 ------
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53 ### Max size
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55 A maximum file size can be set by:
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57 ``` {.lua}
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58 http_upload_file_size_limit = 123 -- bytes
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59 ```
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61 Default is 1MB (1024\*1024).
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63 This can not be set over the value of `http_max_content_size` (default 10M).
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64 Consider [mod_http_upload_external] instead of attempting to increase
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65 this limit.
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67 ### Max age
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69 Files can be set to be deleted after some time:
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71 ``` lua
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73 ```
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75 Expired files are deleted when a new upload slot is requested,
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77 A command exists to invoke expiry:
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79 ```
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80 prosodyctl mod_http_upload expire [list of users or hosts]
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81 ```
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83 ### User quota
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85 A total maximum size of all uploaded files per user can be set by:
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87 ``` lua
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88 http_upload_quota = 1234 -- bytes
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89 ```
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91 A request for a slot that would take an user over quota is denied.
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93 Path
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94 ----
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96 By default, uploaded files are put in a sub-directory of the default
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97 Prosody storage path (usually `/var/lib/prosody`). This can be changed:
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99 ``` {.lua}
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100 http_upload_path = "/path/to/uploaded/files"
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101 ```
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103 Compatibility
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104 =============
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106 Works with Prosody 0.11.x and later.
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108 In Prosody 0.12 and later, consider switching to [mod_http_file_share](https://prosody.im/doc/modules/mod_http_file_share)
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109 which is distributed with Prosody. You can migrate existing files using
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110 [mod_migrate_http_upload](https://modules.prosody.im/mod_migrate_http_upload.html).