#summary HTTP access to prosody’s storage mechanism = Introduction = 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. = Syntax = To Fetch data, issue a normal GET request {{{ GET /data[//]/[/] HTTP/1.1 Authorization: -- OR -- PUT|POST /data[//]/ HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: text/x-lua | application/json }}} These map to `datamanager.method(user, host, store, data)`, where choice of `method` and its parameters are explained below. == Verbs == ||*Verb*||*Meaning* ||*datamanager method* || ||`GET` || Just fetch data || `load()` or `list_load()` || ||`PUT` || Replace all data in the store || `store() || ||`POST`|| Append item to the store || `list_append()` || Note: In a `GET` request, if `load()` returns `nil`, `list_load()` will be tried instead. == Fields == ||*Field*||*Description*||*Default*|| ||`host`||Which virtual host to access||Required. If not set in the path, the domain-part of the authzid is used.|| ||`user`||Which users storage to access||Required. If not set in the path, uses the node part of the authzid.|| ||`store`||Which storage to access.||Required.|| ||`format`||Which format to serialize to. `json` and `lua` are supported. When uploading data, the `Content-Type` header is used.||`json`|| ||`data`||The actual data to upload in a `PUT` or `POST` request.||`nil`|| Note: Only admins can change data for users other than themselves. == Example usage == Here follows some example usage using `curl`. Get your account details: {{{ curl http://prosody.local:5280/data/accounts -u user@example.com:secr1t {"password":"secr1t"} }}} Set someones account details: {{{ curl -X PUT http://prosody.local:5280/data/example.com/user/accounts -u admin@host:r00tp4ssw0rd --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '{"password":"changeme"}' }}} == Client library == * https://metacpan.org/module/Prosody::Mod::Data::Access == TODO == * Use `Accept` header.