HTTP over XMPP transport

Allows to transport HTTP communication over XMPP peer-to-peer networks.


Discover HOXT support

Description

Before using this extension you must ensure that your counterpart supports it also.

Usage

Once you have your ServiceDiscoveryManager you will be able to discover information associated with an XMPP entity. To discover the information of a given XMPP entity send discoverInfo(entityID) to your ServiceDiscoveryManager where entityID is the ID of the entity. The message discoverInfo(entityID) will answer an instance of DiscoverInfo that contains the discovered information.

Examples

In this example we can see how to check if the counterpart supports HOXT:

      // Obtain the ServiceDiscoveryManager associated with my XMPPConnection
      ServiceDiscoveryManager discoManager = ServiceDiscoveryManager.getInstanceFor(connection);

      // Get the information of a given XMPP entity
      DiscoverInfo discoInfo = discoManager.discoverInfo("juliet@capulet.com");

      // Check if room is HOXT is supported
      discoInfo.containsFeature("urn:xmpp:http");

IQ exchange

Description

You can use IQ's to perform HTTP requests and responses. This is applicable to relatively short requests and responses (due to limitation of XMPP message size).

Usage

First you need to register a PacketListener to be able to handle intended IQs.

For the HTTP client you:

For the HTTP server you:

Examples

In this example we are HTTP client, so we send request (POST) and handle the response:

      // register listener for IQ packets
      connection.addPacketListener(new IqPacketListener(), new PacketTypeFilter(IQ.class));

      // create a request body
      String urlEncodedMessage = "I_love_you";

      // create request
      HttpOverXmppReq.Req req = new HttpOverXmppReq.Req(HttpMethod.POST, "/mailbox");
      req.setVersion("1.1");

      // prepare headers
      Set<Header> set = new HashSet<Header>();
      set.add(new Header("Host", "juliet.capulet.com"));
      set.add(new Header("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));
      set.add(new Header("Content-Length", Integer.toString(urlEncodedMessage.length())));
      req.setHeaders(new HeadersExtension(set));

      // provide body or request (not mandatory, - empty body is used for GET)
      AbstractHttpOverXmpp.Text child = new AbstractHttpOverXmpp.Text(urlEncodedMessage);
      AbstractHttpOverXmpp.Data data = new AbstractHttpOverXmpp.Data(child);
      req.setData(data);

      // create IQ packet
      HttpOverXmppReq packet = new HttpOverXmppReq();
      packet.setReq(req);
      packet.setTo("juliet@capulet.com/balcony");
      packet.setType(IQ.Type.SET);
      packet.setPacketID("42");

      // send it
      connection.sendPacket(packet);


      // then in your PacketListener
      private class IqPacketListener implements PacketListener {

            @Override
            public void processPacket(Packet packet) {
                  IQ iq = (IQ) packet;

                  // verify from and packed ID
                  if (iq.getFrom().equals("juliet@capulet.com/balcony") && (iq.getPacketID().equals("42"))) {

                        // ensure it's not ERROR
                        if (iq.getType().equals(IQ.Type.RESULT)) {

                              // check if correct IQ implementation arrived
                              if (iq instanceof HttpOverXmppResp) {
                                    HttpOverXmppResp resp = (HttpOverXmppResp) iq;

                                    // check HTTP response code
                                    if (resp.getResp().getStatusCode() == 200) {

                                          // get content of the response
                                          AbstractHttpOverXmpp.DataChild child = resp.getResp().getData().getChild();

                                          // check which type of content of the response arrived
                                          if (child instanceof AbstractHttpOverXmpp.Xml) {

                                                // print the message and anxiously read if from console ;)
                                                System.out.println(((AbstractHttpOverXmpp.Xml) child).getText());
                                          } else {
                                                // process other AbstractHttpOverXmpp.DataChild subtypes
                                          }
                                    }
                              }
                        }
                  }
            }
      }