mod_storage_xmlarchive: Support using requested archive-id
However diverging from the date-prefixed format means it will need to
look through the whole archive to find a particular ID.
---
summary: Module for improving the life of bot authors
---
This module makes it easier to write MUC bots by removing the
requirement that the bot be online and joined to the room.
All the bot needs to do is send a message and this module handles the
rest.
# Configuration
Example configuration in Prosody:
```lua
Component "muc.example.com" "muc"
modules_enabled = {
"muc_bot",
}
known_bots = { "bot@example.com" }
bots_get_messages = false
ignore_bot_errors = true
```
# Sending messages
Simply send a stanza like this from your bot:
```xml
<message type="groupchat" to="channel@muc.example.com">
<body>Beep boop, I'm a bot!</body>
<nick xmlns="http://jabber.org/protocol/nick">Botty</nick>
</message>
```
## Use with mod_rest
Using [mod_rest] to interact with MUC suffers from the same need to join
with an online resource, so this module helps with that as well!
```bash
curl https://xmpp.example.com/rest/message/groupchat/room@muc.example.com \
-d body="beep boop" \
-d nick="Botty"
```
# Compatibility
Works with Prosody 0.12 or later.