---

labels:

- 'Stage-Beta'

summary: 'Authenticated HTTP API to create invites'

...

Introduction

============

This module is part of the suite of modules that implement invite-based

account registration for Prosody. The other modules are:

- [mod_invites]

- [mod_invites_adhoc]

- [mod_invites_page]

- [mod_invites_register]

- [mod_invites_register_web]

- [mod_register_apps]

For details and a full overview, start with the [mod_invites] documentation.

Details

=======

mod_invites_api provides an authenticated HTTP API to create invites

using mod_invites.

You can use the command-line to create and manage API keys.

Configuration

=============

There are no specific configuration options for this module.

All the usual [HTTP configuration options](https://prosody.im/doc/http)

can be used to configure this module.

API usage

=========

Step 1: Create an API key, with an optional name to help you remember what

it is for

```

$ prosodyctl mod_invites_api create example.com "My test key"

```

**Tip:** Remember to put quotes around your key name if it contains spaces.

The command will print out a key:

```

HTwALnKL/73UUylA-2ZJbu9x1XMATuIbjWpip8ow1

```

Step 2: Make a HTTP request to Prosody, containing the key

```

$ curl -v https://example.com:5281/invites_api?key=HTwALnKL/73UUylA-2ZJbu9x1XMATuIbjWpip8ow1

```

Prosody will respond with a HTTP status code "201 Created" to indicate

creation of the invite, and per HTTP's usual rules, the URL of the created

invite page will be in the `Location` header:

```

< HTTP/1.1 201 Created

< Access-Control-Max-Age: 7200

< Connection: Keep-Alive

< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *

< Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:50:19 GMT

< Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Content-Type

< Access-Control-Allow-Methods: OPTIONS, GET

< Content-Length: 0

< Location: https://example.com/invite?c-vhJjyB5Pb4HpAf

```

Sometimes for convenience, you may want to just visit the URL in the

browser. Append `&redirect=true` to the URL, and instead Prosody will

return a `303 See Other` response code, which will tell the browser to

redirect straight to the newly-created invite. This is super handy in a

bookmark :)

If using the API programmatically, it is recommended to put the key in

the `Authorization` header if possible. This is quite simple:

```

Authorization: Bearer HTwALnKL/73UUylA-2ZJbu9x1XMATuIbjWpip8ow1

```

Key management

==============

At any time you can view authorized keys using:

```

prosodyctl mod_invites_api list example.com

```

This will list out the id of each key, and the name if set:

```

HTwALnKL	My test key

```

You can revoke a key by passing this key id to the 'delete` sub-command:

```

prosodyctl mod_invites_api delete example.com HTwALnKL

```