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mod_http_oauth2: Implement the Implicit flow Everyone says this is insecure and bad, but it's also the only thing that makes sense for e.g. pure JavaScript clients, but hey implement this even more complicated thing instead!
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3 - Stage-Alpha
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4 summary: "Authenticate users against an external HTTP API"
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5 ...
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7 # Overview
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9 This authentication module allows Prosody to authenticate users against
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10 an external HTTP service.
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12 # Configuration
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14 ``` lua
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15 VirtualHost "example.com"
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16 authentication = "http"
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17 http_auth_url = "http://example.com/auth"
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18 ```
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20 If the API requires Prosody to authenticate, you can provide static
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21 credentials using HTTP Basic authentication, like so:
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23 ```
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24 http_auth_credentials = "prosody:secret-password"
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25 ```
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27 # Developers
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29 This section contains information for developers who wish to implement a
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30 HTTP service that Prosody can use for authentication.
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32 ## Protocol
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34 Prosody will make a HTTP request to the configured API URL with an
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35 appended `/METHOD` where `METHOD` is one of the methods described below.
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37 GET methods must expect a series of URL-encoded query parameters, while
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38 POST requests will receive an URL-encoded form (i.e.
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39 `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`).
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41 ## Parameters
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43 user
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44 : The username, e.g. `stephanie` for the JID `stephanie@example.com`.
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46 server
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47 : The host part of the user's JID, e.g. `example.com` for the JID
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48 `stephanie@example.com`.
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50 pass
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51 : For methods that verify or set a user's password, the password will
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52 be supplied in this parameter, otherwise it is not set.
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54 ## Methods
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56 The only mandatory methods that the service must implement are `check_password`
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57 and `user_exists`. Unsupported methods should return a HTTP status code
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59 Prosody.
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61 Method HTTP method Success codes Error codes Response
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62 -------- ---- --- ----------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
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63 register POST 201 409 (user exists)
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64 check\_password GET 200 A text string of `true` if the user exists, or `false` otherwise.
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65 user\_exists GET 200 A text string of `true` if the user exists, or `false` otherwise.
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66 set\_password POST 200, 201 or 204
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67 remove\_user POST 200, 201 or 204
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69 ## Examples
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73 ```
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75 http_auth_url = "https://auth.example.net/api"
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77 If a user connects and tries to log in to Prosody as "romeo@example.net"
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78 with the password "iheartjuliet", Prosody would make the following HTTP
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79 request:
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81 ```
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82 https://auth.example.net/api/check_password?user=romeo&server=example.net&pass=iheartjuliet
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83 ```
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85 # Compatibility
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87 Requires Prosody 0.11.0 or later.