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1 #summary XEP-0050: Ad-Hoc Commands
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2 #labels Stage-Beta
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4 = Introduction =
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6 implementation of [http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0050.html XEP-0050: Ad-Hoc Commands], which allows clients to execute commands on the Prosody server. This plugin adds no commands itself, see the other `mod_adhoc_*` plugins for those.
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8 This module along with the other adhoc modules in prosody-modules are included in Prosody as of 0.8, making this plugin unnecessary for users of this version and later.
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10 = Details =
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12 Will offer any adhoc command registered via 'module:add_item("adhoc", ....)'.
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16 = Usage =
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18 First copy (or symlink) the directory "adhoc" which contains mod_adhoc to your plugins directory.
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19 Load mod_adhoc and then any module which provides an adhoc command, such as
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20 mod_adhoc_cmd_ping.
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22 If you want to build your own adhoc command, just register your adhoc command module with
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23 module:add_item and a descriptor for your command.
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25 A descriptor can be created like this:
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26 {{{
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27 local adhoc_new = module:require "adhoc".new;
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28 local descriptor = adhoc_new("Name", "node", handler);
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29 module:add_item ("adhoc", descriptor)
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30 }}}
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32 A handler gets 2 parameters. A data table and a state.
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34 The data table has 4 fields:
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35 ||to||The to attribute of the stanza to be handled||
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36 ||from||The from attribute of the stanza to be handled||
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37 ||action||The action to be performed as specified in the stanza to be handled||
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38 ||form||If the to be handled stanza contains a form this will contain the form element||
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40 The handler should return two items. A data table and a state.
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41 The state will be saved and passed to the handler on invocation for any adhoc stanza with the same sessionid. If a session has ended the state returned should be nil.
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43 The returned table can have the following fields:
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44 ||*Name*||*Explanation*||*Required?*||
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45 ||status||Status of the command (One of: "completed", "canceled", "error")||yes||
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46 ||error||A table with the fields "type", "condition" and "message"||when status is "error"||
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47 ||info||Informational text for display to the user||no||
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48 ||warn||A warning for the user||no||
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49 ||actions||The actions avaiable to the client||no||
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50 ||form||A dataform to be filled out by the user||no||
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51 ||result||A dataform of type result to be presented to the user||no||
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52 ||other||Any other XML to be included in the response to the user||no||
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54 For a simple module and details have a look at mod_adhoc_cmd_ping.
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56 = Compatibility =
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57 ||0.6||Most commands work||
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58 ||0.7||Works||
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59 ||0.8||Included in Prosody||