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1 #summary HTTP access to prosody’s storage mechanism |
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3 = Introduction = |
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5 This module gives HTTP access to prosody’s storage mechanism. It uses normal HTTP verbs and [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617 Basic HTTP authentication], so you could call it RESTful if you like buzzwords. |
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7 = Syntax = |
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9 To Fetch data, issue a normal GET request |
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10 {{{ |
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11 GET /data[/<host>/<user>]/<store>[/<format>] HTTP/1.1 |
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12 Authorization: <base64(authzid:password)> |
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13 [Host: <host>] |
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15 -- OR -- |
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17 PUT|POST /data[/<host>/<user>]/<store>[/<format>] HTTP/1.1 |
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18 Content-Type: text/x-lua | application/json |
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20 <data> |
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21 }}} |
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23 These map to `datamanager.method(user, host, store, data)`, where choice of `method` and its parameters are explained below. |
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25 == Verbs == |
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26 |
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27 ||*Verb*||*Meaning* ||*datamanager method* || |
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28 ||`GET` || Just fetch data || `load()` or `list_load()` || |
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29 ||`PUT` || Replace all data in the store || `store() || |
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30 ||`POST`|| Append item to the store || `list_append()` || |
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32 Note: In a `GET` request, if `load()` returns `nil`, `list_load()` will be tried instead. |
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34 == Fields == |
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36 ||*Field*||*Description*||*Default*|| |
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37 ||`host`||Which virtual host to access||Required. If not set in the path, the `Host` header is used. If that's not set either, the domain-part of the authzid is used.|| |
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38 ||`user`||Which users storage to access||Required. If not set in the path, uses the node part of the authzid.|| |
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39 ||`store`||Which storage to access.||Required.|| |
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40 ||`format`||Which format to serialize to. `json` and `lua` are supported. When uploading data, the `Content-Type` header is used.||`json`|| |
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41 ||`data`||The actual data to upload in a `PUT` or `POST` request.||`nil`|| |
