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author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:59:52 +0200
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# Introduction

This module externalizes MUC authorization via HTTP.
Whenever a user wants to join a MUC, an HTTP GET request is made to `authorization_url`
with the user's bare jid (`userJID`), the MUC jid (`mucJID`) and the user's nickname (`nickname`) as GET parameters.
Example:
`https://www.prosody.im/users/can-join/?userJID=romeo@example.com&mucJID=teaparty@chat.example.com&nickname=Romeo`

This allows an external service to decide whether a user is authorized to join a MUC or not.

When a user is authorized to join a MUC, this module expects the following JSON payload:
```
{
    allowed: true,
    error: "",
}
```
Otherwise, either the user not being authorized or some failure in the external service:
```
{
    allowed: false,
    error: "Some error message to be displayed in this module's logs",
}
```

# Configuring

## Enabling

``` {.lua}
Component "rooms.example.net" "muc"

modules_enabled = {
    "muc_http_auth";
}

```


## Settings

| Name                               | Description                                                                                                                                | Default |
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| muc_http_auth_url                  | URL of the external HTTP service to which send `userJID`, `mucJID` and `nickname` in a GET request                                         | ""      |
| muc_http_auth_enabled_for          | A map of user hostnames to an array of MUC names (node part) to enable this module for. To enable for all hostnames, use `"all"` as key.   | nil     |
| muc_http_auth_disabled_for         | A map of user hostnames to an array of MUC names (node part) to disable this module for. To disable for all hostnames, use `"all"` as key. | nil     |
| muc_http_auth_insecure             | Disable certificate verification for request. Only intended for development of the external service.                                       | false   |
| muc_http_auth_authorization_header | Value of the Authorization header if requested by the external HTTP service. Example: `Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=`                     | nil     |


This module can be enabled/disabled for specific rooms. Only one of the following settings must be set.
```
-- muc_http_auth_enabled_for = {["all"] = {"teaparty"}}
-- muc_http_auth_disabled_for = {["all"] = {"teaparty"}}
```
If none is set, all rooms in the MUC component will have this module enabled.

Note: Use the node part of the MUC jid for these lists. Example:

Wrong:
`muc_http_auth_enabled_for = {["all"] = {"teaparty@rooms.example.net"}}`

Correct:
`muc_http_auth_enabled_for = {["all"] = {"teaparty"}}`

It's also possible to disable/enable checking for a particular host, for example:

    `muc_http_auth_enabled_for = {["jabber.org"] = {"teaparty"}, ["prosody.org] = {"orchard"}}`