jabber

How to implement a flash based jabber client?

we are trying to develop a flash based jabber client. How can we minimise the issue of polling to the server when a new page is loaded without implementing an iframe? ...

Connecting to a remote jabber server with a javascript chat client (jsjac)

This is more of a conceptual question. I'm trying to create a Javascript jabber client that can be installed on any arbitrary page (on x.com and y.com), and I'd like this client to be able to communicate with a remote jabber server (chatserver.com). According to the readme of one javascript client I'm lookign at (jsjac), it is an inh...

How can I get Perl's Jabber::SimpleSend to work with Gmail chat?

I'm trying to write a simple Perl script to send an Instant Message. Jabber seemed like it might be the most conducive protocol. But the following script fails: #!/usr/bin/env perl use Jabber::SimpleSend qw(send_jabber_message); send_jabber_message('[email protected]', 'CENSORED', '[email protected]', ...

PHP Jabber Integration

Hello, I am wondering how to integrate jabber instead of using my AJAX polling script. I chanced upon the following: http://code.google.com/p/xmpphp/ It gives me access to a jabber server, but does not tell me how to exactly go about it. I mean for example $payloads = $conn->processUntil(array('message', 'presence', 'end_stream', 'se...

Advanced chat web-app

Hello, I am looking to implement something similar to facebook/gmail chat. I know they use comet & jabber as their technology. But am confused about a couple of things. Do i really need jabber? Can I instead use a simple mysql table with from, to, message, sent and recd? Are there any inefficiencies in using mysql? Is there any perfor...

XForm in debian

Hi, I have a debian server with openfire. I want to use xform mainly for bot development.I have executed following command. apt-get install apt-file apt-file update apt-file search xforms When I do "apt-file search xforms", I get several results. I have searched for the example and found out following code. <message from="sender@w...

PHP Jabber Stupid Question

Hello, Am not sure if what I am doing is absolutely correct. But here goes: User logins into chat via web-based interface User is informed of updates via Comet User enters details which goto a PHP file which further connects to a Jabber server Now the problem is that when the user wants to send a message, its simple, run php in whic...

Who actually uses a full JID ?

When logging in to an XMPP server via smack, I only send the userid/password combination. Do server components actually use the "resource" parameter in a full JID ? e.g. ali@someplace/resource What are the benefits of sending it ? Thanks ...

Good XMPP/Jabber client library for .NET 3.5 (or 4.0)

What are some good (or the best!) XMPP/Jabber client libraries for .NET 3.5 or 4.0 development? I have seen a few decent libraries out there, but most of the good ones seem to be built for Framework 2.0. (If a Framework 2.0 library is still the best, I'm ok with that. I'm just looking for the best libraries for a new project built on ...

Send an xmpp message using a python library

How can I send an XMPP message using one of the following Python libraries: wokkel, xmpppy, or jabber.py ? I think I am aware of the pseudo-code, but so far have not been able to get one running correctly. This is what I have tried so far: Call some API and pass the servername and port number to connect to that server. Call some API...

jabber protocol problem

One of the contacts of my jabber robot, whose 'subscription' attribute value is 'to', which according to jabber protocol mean: **the robot has subscribed to the other party's online status, but the other party has not subscribed to my robot's.** But when I login to the other party account, I can see that robot is online, why is it...

Using Jabber to send network messages

(Also asked over on ServerFault, where I was advised to post it here too) We have a requirement to send desktop alerts to various users (compliance, production) across a network when other users have submitted content online for a report. At present we are using NET SEND but this has no guarantee of delivery and has proved unreliable f...

How to turn off autosignin of registered transports in Openfire ?

This is regarding the gateway XEP 0100 support in Openfire. I have noticed that for some transports, they are auto-signed in once a connection to openfire succeeds (via the xmpp user). This applies specifically to QQ. How does one turn off this auto-signin feature ? Basically from a client perspective, I want to be able to signin select...

Jabber auto-login with random name

I'm building a live chat using JSJaC and ejabberd . It's all working except that all site visitors are given the account 'guest'. If two visitors try to livechat at the same time the responses get muddled or the first user is logged out. I can randomly set the guest name but then I need to check whether that name is registered or auto-r...

Which is better? Long TCP connection or long-polling?

I am planning to build a web chat on my site. I know two way of doing this: one is using XMPP web client (through flash, long TCP connection), and the other is facebook way, long-polling. But facebook is going to update their chat to support Jabber (XMPP), so can some one tell what way is better? (including upgrading to XMPP) ...

best java jabber client library

What good/bad experiences do you have with java jabber libraries? ...

How to check if a server support xmpp protocol?

Hi, I'm looking for a way to check if a server is support xmpp protocol, i.e. xmpp-server is running on this domain. Maybe special DNS check or something like that? ...

Which XMPP server to experiment developing a server component

I want to try developing an XMPP server component using XEP-0114: Jabber Component Protocol. Which server do you recommend and why? I'm talking about ease of development, community support, documentation, examples, etc. ...

Jabber-net integration

Hello All, I'd like to ask your help regarding having a Google Talk Bot that will communicate with my code on my server. I have downloaded Jabber-Net from code.google.com, but the examples there are not enough... I am new to these technologies, and have no clue about: How will client arrive to my server? where should I change [if any...

Connecting thousands of clients to a Jabber server through a single connection

We are using Openfire (Jabber) to enable chat and presence capabilities to our MMORPG. In our server architecture clients only open a single connection with the game server, and upon login, the game server creates a new connection to Jabber for this new client. The problem is, we don't want to open a new connection to Jabber for every c...