Add it to a HTTP listener, or add a new HTTP listener:
{listen, [
{{8088, {127, 0, 0, 1}}, ejabberd_http,
[{request_handlers, [{["api"], mod_restful}]}]}
]}.
This will open the port 8088 listening on connections only on localhost. Requests to http://hostname:8088/api/* will be handled by mod_restful.
The module itself is configured separately. Available options are
{api, [APISpec]}
APISpec = {Path, Module, [ModuleOptions]}
Path = [string()] % ["a", "b", "c"] represents a/b/c
Module = module() % module responsible for requests
ModuleOptions = any() % module specific options
An example configuration is shown here:
{modules, [
{mod_restful, [
{api,
[
{["admin"], mod_restful_admin, [
{key, "secret"},
{allowed_commands, [register, unregister]}
]},
{["register"], mod_restful_register, [{key, "secret"}]}
]}
]}
]}.
This enables two sub paths to two different mod_restful modules: mod_restful_admin under http://hostname:8088/api/admin and mod_restful_register under http://hostname:8088/api/register.
This module can be used for calling ejabberd commands remotely. Authorization of requests are by default done via HTTP Basic auth to authenticate a user with administrative privileges, or, if the key option is enabled, via a shared secret key.
Request descriptions are done via HTTP POST requests, with a JSON document describing the request. Two examples of running the command register follows.
To run a command, using admin@localhost:secret as basic authentication.
POST /api/admin HTTP/1.1
Host: example.net
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWxob3N0OnNlY3JldAo==
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 63
{"command":"register","args":["test","example.net","secret"]}
To run a command, using a shared secret key:
POST /api/admin HTTP/1.1
Host: example.net
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 78
{"key":"secret","command":"register","args":["test","example.net","secret"]}
When the request is authorized, the result of the command is converted to JSON. A reply from the server could look like this:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 54
Content-Type: application/json
{"ok":"User test@example.net successfully registered"}
Available options:
{key, Key}
Key = string() % secret key, used for authorization
{allowed_commands, [Command]}
Command = module() % ejabberd_command command
{key, Key}
Key = string() % secret key, used for authorization
private_email
mod_restful_register is an interface to user registration. It provides a RESTful API registering new accounts, removing existing accounts, changing passwords of existing accounts, and checking availability of accounts.
Registration, removal and password changes are done with POST requests, while availability is a GET request. Using JSON, POST requests contain an object with keys and values. The following table describes required keys for each type of request.
Request type | Key | Description
========================================================================
| username | New username
register | host | Hostname
| password | New password
-----------------+--------------+---------------------------------------
| username | Username to remove
unregister | host | Hostname
| password | Existing password, for authentication
-----------------+--------------+---------------------------------------
| username | Existing username
| host | Hostname
change_password | old_password | Old password, for authentication
| new_password | New password
-----------------+--------------+---------------------------------------
* | key | Key used for authorizing the request
-----------------+--------------+---------------------------------------
* - the key can be used to all of the above
Request type | Response | Description
========================================================================
| ok | Registration was successful
register | email_not_set | Registered without E-mail
| {error, exists} | Username already exists
| {error, Error} | Registration failed
-----------------+----------------------+-------------------------------
| ok | Successfully unregistered
unregister | {error, not_exists} | Username was not registered
| {error, net_allowed} | Password incorrect
| {error, Error} | Unregistration failed
-----------------+----------------------+-------------------------------
| ok | Password changed
change_password | {error, not_allowed} | Old password was incorrect
| {error, Error} | Changing password failed
-----------------+----------------------+-------------------------------
In JSON the form would be either a string, or a map. ok would be "ok", and
{error, not_allowed} would be {"error":"not_allowed"}.
An example session follows:
POST /api/register/register HTTP/1.1
Host: example.net
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 76
{"key":"secret","username":"test","host":"example.net","password":"secret"]}
If the request was successful, a response looks like this:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 4
Content-Type: application/json
"ok"
GET requests differ in that the parameters are provided in the URL. The available request is the is_registered request, which takes up to three parameters: key, username and host.
Request type | Key | Description
========================================================================
is_registered | username | New username
| host | Hostname
----------------+--------------+----------------------------------------
Possible responses:
Request type | Response | Description
========================================================================
| true | Username is registered
is_registered | false | Username is not registered
| {error, Error} | Some error occurred
----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------
Output follows the same rules as the one in the POST requests.
An example session follows:
GET /api/register/is_registered?username=test&host=example.net&key=secret
Host: example.net
The response is either true or false (JSON encoded booleans). A response when the user exists is shown below.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 4
Content-Type: application/json
true
There can be hooks added for plugin style features. Currently the only hook
implemented is mod_restful_register_registered which is called when a user
successfully registered a new account. See mod_private_email for an example.
A hook must return either the input value (AccIn) or key value pair added,
to the beginning of the list AccIn (for example [Foo | AccIn]). The added
value must be a key, value pair currently only allowing keys of the type
atom() and values of either float(), integer() or atom().
If all hooks return nothing but the input value, the final response of the register request will be "ok". If else the request will be an object map consisting of the return values of the hooks.