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mod_report_affiliations: Fix traceback a non-user is sending a presence For now we won’t touch their presence instead of emiting this traceback: error Traceback[s2s]: /usr/lib/prosody/core/rostermanager.lua:275: attempt to concatenate a nil value (local 'username') stack traceback: /usr/lib/prosody/core/rostermanager.lua:275: in function 'prosody.core.rostermanager.is_user_subscribed' ...ules/mod_report_affiliations/mod_report_affiliations.lua:116: in field '?' /usr/lib/prosody/util/events.lua:81: in function </usr/lib/prosody/util/events.lua:77> (...tail calls...) /usr/lib/prosody/core/stanza_router.lua:184: in upvalue 'core_post_stanza' /usr/lib/prosody/modules/mod_presence.lua:244: in function </usr/lib/prosody/modules/mod_presence.lua:231> (...tail calls...) /usr/lib/prosody/util/events.lua:81: in function </usr/lib/prosody/util/events.lua:77> (...tail calls...) /usr/lib/prosody/core/stanza_router.lua:188: in upvalue 'core_post_stanza' /usr/lib/prosody/core/stanza_router.lua:128: in upvalue 'core_process_stanza' /usr/lib/prosody/modules/mod_s2s.lua:818: in upvalue 'func' /usr/lib/prosody/util/async.lua:149: in function </usr/lib/prosody/util/async.lua:147>
author Link Mauve <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr>
date Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:19:43 +0100
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2 labels:
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3 summary: 'Test account credentials using HTTP'
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4 ...
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6 Introduction
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7 ------------
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9 This module lets you test whether a set of credentials are valid,
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10 using Prosody's configured authentication mechanism.
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12 This is useful as an easy way to allow other (e.g. non-XMPP) applications
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13 to authenticate users using their XMPP credentials.
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15 Syntax
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18 To test credentials, issue a simple GET request with HTTP basic auth:
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20 GET /auth_check HTTP/1.1
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21 Authorization: Basic <base64(jid:password)>
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23 Prosody will return a 2xx code on success (user exists and credentials are
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24 correct), or 401 if the credentials are invalid. Any other code may be returned
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25 if there is a problem handling the request.
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27 ### Example usage
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29 Here follows some example usage using `curl`.
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31 curl http://prosody.local:5280/auth_check -u user@example.com:secr1t