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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
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Preface
Free Chapter
1
An Introduction to XMPP and Installing Our First Server

Handing DISCO#info requests


The one last bit that we want to complete is the handleIq() function that we alluded to in the handleMessage() function. This function will respond with a message giving the capabilities offered by this server-side component specifically, its ability to play XMPPong, which is indicated in part by the identity of the reply as well as the feature that contains the XMPPong namespace:

const handleIq = (stanza) => {
    const query = stanza.getChild('query',
       'http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info')
    if (!query) return
    const reply = new Stanza(
      'iq',
      {
        type: 'result',
    id: stanza.attrs.id,
    from: stanza.attrs.to,
    to: stanza.attrs.from
      }
    )
     .c('query', { xmlns: 'http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info' })
     reply.c('identity',{category: 'chat', name: 'XMPPong', type:'text'})
     reply.c('feature', { var: PONG_NAMESPACE })
    ...