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

Question

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 inherent limitation of javascript that it can't communicate with a remote server due to cross site issues.

I'd appreciate hearing from anyone about how to overcome this hurdle. A pointer to an example would be extremely helpful.

[Update] I'm assuming here that I have no control over x.com and y.com, the client servers. The folks at Hab.la seem to have pulled this off, not sure how.

Answer 1

The simplest way around this is to proxy the requests from the JavaScript client to the remote server, via the server that hosts the client.

Apache's mod_proxy extension handles this fine.

Answer 2

Hey,

Look at flXHR (search for it as I am not allowed to submit links) seems like a simple and elegant solution