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1 #summary HTTP access to prosody’s storage mechanism
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3 = Introduction =
4
5 This module gives HTTP access to prosody’s storage mechanism. It uses normal HTTP verbs and [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617 Basic HTTP authentication], so you could call it RESTful if you like buzzwords.
6
7 = Syntax =
8
9 To Fetch data, issue a normal GET request
10 {{{
11 GET /data[/<host>/<user>]/<store>[/<format>] HTTP/1.1
12 Authorization: <base64(authzid:password)>
13
14 -- OR --
15
16 PUT|POST /data[/<host>/<user>]/<store> HTTP/1.1
17 Content-Type: text/x-lua | application/json
18
19 <data>
20 }}}
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22 These map to `datamanager.method(user, host, store, data)`, where choice of `method` and its parameters are explained below.
23
24 == Verbs ==
25
26 ||*Verb*||*Meaning* ||*datamanager method* ||
27 ||`GET` || Just fetch data || `load()` or `list_load()` ||
28 ||`PUT` || Replace all data in the store || `store() ||
29 ||`POST`|| Append item to the store || `list_append()` ||
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31 Note: In a `GET` request, if `load()` returns `nil`, `list_load()` will be tried instead.
32
33 == Fields ==
34
35 ||*Field*||*Description*||*Default*||
36 ||`host`||Which virtual host to access||Required. If not set in the path, the domain-part of the authzid is used.||
37 ||`user`||Which users storage to access||Required. If not set in the path, uses the node part of the authzid.||
38 ||`store`||Which storage to access.||Required.||
39 ||`format`||Which format to serialize to. `json` and `lua` are supported. When uploading data, the `Content-Type` header is used.||`json`||
40 ||`data`||The actual data to upload in a `PUT` or `POST` request.||`nil`||
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42 Note: Only admins can change data for users other than themselves.
43
44 == Example usage ==
45
46 Here follows some example usage using `curl`.
47
48 Get your account details:
49
50 {{{
51 curl http://prosody.local:5280/data/accounts -u user@example.com:secr1t
52 {"password":"secr1t"}
53 }}}
54
55 Set someones account details:
56
57 {{{
58 curl -X PUT http://prosody.local:5280/data/example.com/user/accounts -u admin@host:r00tp4ssw0rd --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '{"password":"changeme"}'
59 }}}
60
61 == Client library ==
62
63 * https://metacpan.org/module/Prosody::Mod::Data::Access
64
65 == TODO ==
66
67 * Use `Accept` header.