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summary: 'Receives HTTP POST request, parses it and relays it into XMPP.'
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Introduction
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Sometimes it's useful to have different interfaces to access XMPP.
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This is example of sending message using HTTP POST to XMPP. For sure we
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need user auth information.
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Example usage
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    curl http://example.com:5280/msg/user -u me@example.com:mypassword -H "Content-Type: text/plain" -d "Server@host has just crashed!"
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This would send a message to user\@example.com from me\@example.com
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Details
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Payload formats
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Supported formats are:
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`text/plain`
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:   The HTTP body is used as message `<body>`.
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`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
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:   Allows more fields to be specified.
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### Data fields
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The form data format allow the following fields:
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`to`
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:   Can be used instead of having the receiver in the URL.
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`type`
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:   [Message type.](https://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6121.html#message-syntax-type)
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`body`
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:   Plain text message payload.
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Acknowledgements
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Some code originally borrowed from mod\_webpresence