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mod_rest: Add special handling to catch MAM results from remote hosts Makes MAM queries to remote hosts works. As the comment says, MAM results from users' local archives or local MUCs are returned via origin.send() which is provided in the event and thus already worked. Results from remote hosts go via normal stanza routing and events, which need this extra handling to catch. This pattern of iq-set, message+, iq-result is generally limited to MAM. Closest similar thing might be MUC join, but to really handle that you would need the webhook callback mechanism.
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Mon, 16 May 2022 19:47:09 +0200
parents 9cbdb60e21f2
children 55cf7f063af6
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summary: Module for improving the life of bot authors
---

This module makes it easier to write MUC bots by removing the
requirement that the bot be online and joined to the room.

All the bot needs to do is send a message and this module handles the
rest.

# Configuration

Example configuration in Prosody:

```lua
Component "muc.example.com" "muc"

modules_enabled = {
    "muc_bot",
}
known_bots = { "bot@example.com" }
bots_get_messages = false
ignore_bot_errors = true
```

# Sending messages

Simply send a stanza like this from your bot:

```xml
<message type="groupchat" to="channel@muc.example.com">
  <body>Beep boop, I'm a bot!</body>
  <nick xmlns="http://jabber.org/protocol/nick">Botty</nick>
</message>
```

## Use with mod_rest

Using [mod_rest] to interact with MUC suffers from the same need to join
with an online resource, so this module helps with that as well!

```bash
curl https://xmpp.example.com/rest/message/groupchat/room@muc.example.com \
    -d body="beep boop" \
    -d nick="Botty"
```

# Compatibility

Prosody **trunk** required.