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Practical XMPP

By : Steven Watkin, David Koelle
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Practical XMPP

By: Steven Watkin, David Koelle

Overview of this book

XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) is a messaging protocol that enables communication between two or more devices via the Internet. With this book, developers will learn about the fundamentals of XMPP, be able to work with the core functionality both server-side and in the browser, as well as starting to explore several of the protocol extensions. You will not only have a solid grasp of XMPP and how it works, but will also be able to use the protocol to build real-world applications that utilize the power of XMPP. By the end of this book, you will know more about networking applications in general, and have a good understanding of how to extend XMPP, as well as using it in sample applications.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Practical XMPP
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
1
An Introduction to XMPP and Installing Our First Server

Advertising the Pong feature of clients (Client DISCO)


One additional thing we should add to our XMPPong game is the ability for clients to discover it. Recall that a DISCO#info request to the server will list the features that the room supports.

To do that, let’s but a handler in that recognizes when a DISCO request is being sent:

  socket.on('xmpp.discover.client', handleDisco)

You can place that right next to socket.on(‘xmpp.chat.message, handleMessage).

Now, we’ll implement the handleDisco function, which will send the identity of this client and the features it supports:

  function handleDisco(data) {
    socket.send(
      'xmpp.discover.client',
      {
        to: data.from,
        id: data.id,
        features: [
          { kind: 'identity', type: 'text', name: 'XMPPong', 
            category: 'chat' },
          { kind: 'feature', var: 'http://jabber.org/protocol/chat' }
        ]
      },
      function(error, data) { console...