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author	Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date	Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:53:49 +0200
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4157 93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	1 ---
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	2 labels:
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	3 - Stage-Alpha
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	4 summary: "Authenticate users against an external HTTP API"
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	5 ...
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	6
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	7 # Overview
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	8
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	9 This authentication module allows Prosody to authenticate users against
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	10 an external HTTP service.
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	11
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	12 # Configuration
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	13
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	14 ``` lua
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	15 VirtualHost "example.com"
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	16 authentication = "http"
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	17 http_auth_url = "http://example.com/auth"
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	18 ```
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	19
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	20 If the API requires Prosody to authenticate, you can provide static
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	21 credentials using HTTP Basic authentication, like so:
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	22
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	23 ```
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	24 http_auth_credentials = "prosody:secret-password"
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	25 ```
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	26
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	27 # Developers
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	28
4158 df1e0465ff81 mod_auth_http: Fix unfinished sentence in Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: 4157 diff changeset	29 This section contains information for developers who wish to implement a
df1e0465ff81 mod_auth_http: Fix unfinished sentence in Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: 4157 diff changeset	30 HTTP service that Prosody can use for authentication.
4157 93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	31
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	32 ## Protocol
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	33
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	34 Prosody will make a HTTP request to the configured API URL with an
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	35 appended `/METHOD` where `METHOD` is one of the methods described below.
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	36
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	37 GET methods must expect a series of URL-encoded query parameters, while
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	38 POST requests will receive an URL-encoded form (i.e.
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	39 `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`).
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	40
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	41 ## Parameters
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	42
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	43 user
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	44 : The username, e.g. `stephanie` for the JID `stephanie@example.com`.
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	45
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	46 server
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	47 : The host part of the user's JID, e.g. `example.com` for the JID
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	48 `stephanie@example.com`.
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	49
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	50 pass
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	51 : For methods that verify or set a user's password, the password will
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	52 be supplied in this parameter, otherwise it is not set.
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	53
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	54 ## Methods
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	55
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	56 The only mandatory methods that the service must implement are `check_password`
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	57 and `user_exists`. Unsupported methods should return a HTTP status code
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	58 of `501 Not Implemented`, but other error codes will also be handled by
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	59 Prosody.
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	60
4594 1da63fe35ef3 mod_auth_http: Format README better Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr> parents: 4158 diff changeset	61 Method HTTP method Success codes Error codes Response
1da63fe35ef3 mod_auth_http: Format README better Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr> parents: 4158 diff changeset	62 -------- ---- --- ----------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
1da63fe35ef3 mod_auth_http: Format README better Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr> parents: 4158 diff changeset	63 register POST 201 409 (user exists)
1da63fe35ef3 mod_auth_http: Format README better Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr> parents: 4158 diff changeset	64 check\_password GET 200 A text string of `true` if the user exists, or `false` otherwise.
1da63fe35ef3 mod_auth_http: Format README better Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr> parents: 4158 diff changeset	65 user\_exists GET 200 A text string of `true` if the user exists, or `false` otherwise.
1da63fe35ef3 mod_auth_http: Format README better Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr> parents: 4158 diff changeset	66 set\_password POST 200, 201 or 204
1da63fe35ef3 mod_auth_http: Format README better Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr> parents: 4158 diff changeset	67 remove\_user POST 200, 201 or 204
4157 93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	68
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	69 ## Examples
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	70
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	71 With the following configuration:
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	72
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	73 ```
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	74 authentication = "http"
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	75 http_auth_url = "https://auth.example.net/api"
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	76
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	77 If a user connects and tries to log in to Prosody as "romeo@example.net"
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	78 with the password "iheartjuliet", Prosody would make the following HTTP
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	79 request:
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	80
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	81 ```
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	82 https://auth.example.net/api/check_password?user=romeo&server=example.net&pass=iheartjuliet
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	83 ```
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	84
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	85 # Compatibility
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	86
93b12bfd7aa8 mod_auth_http: Yet another module to authenticate against a HTTP service Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	87 Requires Prosody 0.11.0 or later.

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