This module provides an internal API (i.e. to other modules) to manage ‘hats’ for users in MUC rooms.
Hats (first defined in XEP-0317, currently deferred) are additional identifiers that can be attached to users in a group chat. For example in an educational context, you may have a ‘Teacher’ hat that allows students to identify their teachers.
Hats consist of a machine-readable unique identifier (a URI), and optionally a human-readable label.
XEP-0317 suggests a protocol for users to manage their own hats, but though the API in this module allows for both user-managed and system-managed hats, there is currently no protocol implemented for users to manage their own hats, which is rarely desired in real-world implementations.
The rest of this documentation is designed for developers who use this module.
{
"hats": {
"urn:uuid:164c41a2-7461-4cff-bdae-3f93078a6607": {
"active": false
},
"http://example.com/hats/foo": {
"active": true,
"required": true,
"title": "Awesome"
}
}| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| hats | object | An object where mapping hat ids (key) to attachments (value) |
Hat IDs must be a URI that uniquely identifies the hat.
{
"active": true,
"required": true,
"title": "My Awesome Hat"
}| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| active | boolean | If true, indicates the user is currently displaying the hat |
| required | boolean | If true, indicates the user is not able to remove the hat |
| title | string | A human-readable display name or label for the hat |
All fields are optional, omitted boolean values are equivalent to false.
All methods return ‘nil, err’ on failure as standard throughout the Prosody codebase.
Example of using this module from another module:
local muc_hats = module:depends("muc_hats_api");
muc_hats.add_user_hat("user@localhost", "room@conference.localhost", "urn:uuid:164c41a2-7461-4cff-bdae-3f93078a6607", { active = true });Note that the module only works when loaded on a MUC host, which generally means any module that uses it must also be loaded on the MUC host that it is managing.
add_user_hat(user_jid, room_jid, hat_id, attachment)
Adds the identified hat to a user’s… wardrobe? The user must already have an affiliation with the room (i.e. member, admin or owner).
If attachment is omitted, it defaults to
{}.
remove_user_hat(user_jid, room_jid, hat_id)
If the identified hat is currently available to the user, it is removed.
set_user_hats(user_jid, room_jid, hats)
Ensures the listed hats are the hats available to a user, automatically adding/removing as necessary.
The hats parameter should be an object mapping hat ids
(keys) to attachment objects (values).
With the plugin installer in Prosody 0.12 you can use:
sudo prosodyctl install --server=https://modules.prosody.im/rocks/ mod_muc_hats_apiFor earlier versions see the documentation for installing 3rd party modules