changeset 5908:dcea4b4c415d

Tweaking documentation to clarify that Oauth2 can be used for VirtualHosts and Component installations.
author Ben Smith <bens@effortlessis.com>
date Tue, 14 May 2024 07:31:34 -0700
parents d194d1012fd3
children 070b0db6c4a0
files mod_rest/README.markdown
diffstat 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/mod_rest/README.markdown	Mon May 13 13:25:13 2024 -0700
+++ b/mod_rest/README.markdown	Tue May 14 07:31:34 2024 -0700
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 
 # Usage
 
-You make a choice: install via VirtualHosts or as a Component.
+You make a choice: install via VirtualHosts or as a Component. User authentication can
+be used when installed via VirtualHost, and OAuth2 can be used for either.
 
 ## On VirtualHosts
 
@@ -34,7 +35,18 @@
 modules_enabled = {"rest"}
 ```
 
-### User authentication
+## As a Component
+
+If you install this as a component, you won't be able to use user authentication above,
+and must use OAuth2 authentication outlined below.
+
+``` {.lua}
+Component "chat.example.com" "rest"
+component_secret = "dmVyeSBzZWNyZXQgdG9rZW4K"
+modules_enabled = {"http_oauth2"}
+```
+
+## User authentication
 
 To enable user authentication, edit the "admins = { }" section in prosody.cfg.lua, EG:
 
@@ -58,18 +70,7 @@
   -H 'Accept: application/json'
 ```
 
-## As a Component
-
-If you install this as a component, you won't be able to use user authentication above,
-and must use OAuth2 authentication outlined below.
-
-``` {.lua}
-Component "chat.example.com" "rest"
-component_secret = "dmVyeSBzZWNyZXQgdG9rZW4K"
-modules_enabled = {"http_oauth2"}
-```
-
-### OAuth2
+## OAuth2
 
 [mod_http_oauth2] can be used to grant bearer tokens which are accepted
 by mod_rest.  Tokens can be passed to `curl` like `--oauth2-bearer