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mod_http_oauth2: Use more compact IDs UUIDs are nice but so verbose! The reduction in entropy for the nonce should be fine since the timestamp is also counts towards this, and it changes every second (modulo clock shenanigans), so the chances of someone managing to get the same client_secret by registering with the same information at the same time as another entity should be negligible.
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3 - 'Stage-Beta'
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4 summary: 'Generate friendly web page for invitations'
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7 - mod_register_apps
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10 - html
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14 Introduction
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15 ============
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17 This module is part of the suite of modules that implement invite-based
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18 account registration for Prosody. The other modules are:
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20 - [mod_invites]
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21 - [mod_invites_adhoc]
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22 - [mod_invites_register]
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23 - [mod_invites_register_web]
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24 - [mod_invites_api]
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25 - [mod_register_apps]
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27 For details and a full overview, start with the [mod_invites] documentation.
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29 Details
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30 =======
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32 mod_invites_page provides a unique web page for each generated invitation.
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33 Without this module, Prosody will only be able to generate invite links as
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34 `xmpp:` URIs (they look something like `xmpp:example.com?register;preauth=29Xbxr91`).
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35 URIs will only work if the invited user already has an XMPP client installed.
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36 This is usually not the case.
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38 This module transforms the URI into a friendly web page that can be shared
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39 via any method (email, SMS, etc.), and opened in any browser. The page explains
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40 the invitation and guides the user to set up their account using one of a
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41 configurable list of XMPP clients (to configure the list, see mod_register_apps
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42 documentation).
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44 Configuration
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45 =============
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47 | Name | Description | Default |
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49 | invites_page | The format of an invite page URL (must begin with `https://`) | `"https://{host}:5281/invites_page?{invite.token}"` |
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50 | invites_registration_page | The format of an invite registration page URL (may be relative to invites_page)| `"register?t={invite.token}&c={app.id}"` |
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51 | site_name | The friendly name of the server | `"example.com"` |
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52 | invites_page_external | Set this to true if your invitation pages will be rendered by something else | `false` |
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54 The `invites_page` and `invites_registration_page` options are templates
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55 that support a number of variables. The most useful being `{host}` and
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56 `{invite.token}`.
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58 All the usual [HTTP configuration options](https://prosody.im/doc/http)
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59 can be used to configure this module. In particular, if you run Prosody
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60 behind a reverse proxy such as nginx or Apache, you will probably want
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61 to set `http_external_url` so that Prosody knows what URLs should look
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62 like for users.
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64 If you want to disable this module's built-in pages and use an external
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65 invitation page generator (such as [ge0rg/easy-xmpp-invitation](https://github.com/ge0rg/easy-xmpp-invitation)
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66 then set `invites_page_external = true` and set `invites_page` to the
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67 appropriate URL for your installation.