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mod_http_upload_external: Fix to read content-type from correct place in stanza
author Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com>
date Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:57:40 +0100
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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/data/accounts -u user@example.com:secr1t