Subj : Re: Remote sysop paging dev questions
To : Ragnarok
From : echicken
Date : Fri Sep 07 2018 07:24 pm
Re: Re: Remote sysop paging dev questions
By: Ragnarok to Razor on Fri Sep 07 2018 19:21:28
Ra> i search for javascript xmmp libraries but all are implement for web
Ra> browsers. I can not find one for use in sync js engine.
With some exceptions (implementations of algorithms, etc.) it's hard to find
existing JS libraries that are *easily* adapted for use with Synchronet. The
more complex it gets, the more you're cannibalizing a few functions and
rewriting socket, fs, etc. stuff for this environment.
XMPP being what it is, you'd either need to find a library that uses E4X (the
XML parser/handler available to us) or bring in a new XML parser.
Not sure how many people are using XMPP these days (could be lots for all I
know). I killed my Jabber server at work a couple of years ago in favour of
other chat tools, so I no longer have an XMPP client running all the time. I
do my paging/sysop chat over IRC since I do have a client open for that.
Ra> my idea es very simple
Ra> when the user login to the bbs. run the "jabber sysop client magic
Ra> module" and it can call to sysop. the door connecct to the "python
Ra> daemon" and send message to sysop link
Ra> "Pirulo is paging you"
If the intent is only to page via XMPP there may be simpler ways to do it than
implementing the whole protocol:
1) A JS module that does just enough XMPP to connect to a server, authenticate,
and send a message
2) Use an XMPP server that offers some hooks for external messages (has a web
API or something that clients can send messages through)
3) Run an XMPP bot external to your BBS, but build something into it that a
script from your BBS can communicate with (some simple socket service, a web
API, whatever); there are plenty of bot libraries kicking around
Options 2 & 3 are probably easiest overall, option 3 being the most likely.
