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mod_http_oauth2: Fix returning errors from response handlers This would either redirect the user back to the client along with the error code, or show the error HTML template. Previously this would just show some JSON to the user.
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Thu, 18 May 2023 12:57:23 +0200
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summary: 'Test account credentials using HTTP'
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Introduction
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This module lets you test whether a set of credentials are valid,
using Prosody's configured authentication mechanism.

This is useful as an easy way to allow other (e.g. non-XMPP) applications
to authenticate users using their XMPP credentials.

Syntax
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To test credentials, issue a simple GET request with HTTP basic auth:

    GET /auth_check HTTP/1.1
    Authorization: Basic <base64(jid:password)>

Prosody will return a 2xx code on success (user exists and credentials are
correct), or 401 if the credentials are invalid. Any other code may be returned
if there is a problem handling the request.

### Example usage

Here follows some example usage using `curl`.

    curl http://prosody.local:5280/auth_check -u user@example.com:secr1t