mod_http_muc_kick

Introduction

This module allows kicking users out of MUCs via HTTP.
It can be used in combination with mod_muc_http_auth as a complement to externalize MUC access.

This module expects a JSON payload with the following keys: * nickname Mandatory. The nickname of the user to be kicked. * muc Mandatory. The JID of the muc to kick the user from. * reason Optional. A comment explaining the reason of the kick (More details https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html#example-91).

Example:

{
    nickname: "Bob",
    muc: "snuggery@chat.example.org",
}

If the user was kicked successfuly, the module will return a 200 status code.
Otherwise, the according status code will be returned in the response, as well as a JSON payload providing an error message.

{
    error: "Missing nickname and/or MUC"
}

The path this module listens on is /muc_kick.
Example of a request to kick Bob from the snuggery@chat.example.org MUC using cURL:

curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --request POST \
  -H "Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=" \
  --data '{"nickname":"Bob","muc":"snuggery@chat.example.org"}' \
  http://chat.example.org:5280/muc_kick

Configuring

Enabling

Component "chat.example.org" "muc"

modules_enabled = {
    "http_muc_kick";
}

http_muc_kick_authorization_header = "Basic YWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuc2VzYW1l" -- Check the Settings section below

Settings

Name Description Default
http_muc_kick_authorization_header Value of the Authorization header expected by every request when trying to kick a user. Example: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ= nil

Even though there is no check on whether the Authorization header provided is a valid one, please be aware that if http_muc_kick_authorization_header is nil, the module will not load as a reminder that some authorization should be enforced for this module.


Installation

With the plugin installer in Prosody 0.12 you can use:

sudo prosodyctl install --server=https://modules.prosody.im/rocks/ mod_http_muc_kick

For earlier versions see the documentation for installing 3rd party modules


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