Flexible internal API usage#
The Internal “API” in slixmpp is used to override behavior or simply to override the default, in-memory storage backend with something persistent.
We will use the XEP-0231 (Bits of Binary) plugin as an example here to show very basic functionality. Its API reference is in the plugin documentation: Internal API methods.
Let us assume we want to keep each bit of binary in a file named with its content-id, with all metadata.
First, we have to load the plugin:
from slixmpp import ClientXMPP
xmpp = ClientXMPP(...)
xmpp.register_plugin('xep_0231')
This enables the default, in-memory storage.
We have 3 methods to override to provide similar functionality and keep things coherent.
Here is a class implementing very basic file storage for BoB:
from slixmpp.plugins.xep_0231 import BitsOfBinary
from os import makedirs, remove
from os.path import join, exists
import base64
import json
class BobLoader:
def __init__(self, directory):
makedirs(directory, exist_ok=True)
self.dir = directory
def set_bob(self, jid=None, node=None, ifrom=None, args=None):
payload = {
'data': base64.b64encode(args['data']).decode(),
'type': args['type'],
'cid': args['cid'],
'max_age': args['max_age']
}
with open(join(self.dir, args['cid']), 'w') as fd:
fd.write(json.dumps(payload))
def get_bob(self, jid=None, node=None, ifrom=None, args=None):
with open(join(self.dir, args), 'r') as fd:
payload = json.loads(fd.read())
bob = BitsOfBinary()
bob['data'] = base64.b64decode(payload['data'])
bob['type'] = payload['type']
bob['max_age'] = payload['max_age']
bob['cid'] = payload['cid']
return bob
def del_bob(self, jid=None, node=None, ifrom=None, args=None):
path = join(self.dir, args)
if exists(path):
remove(path)
Now we need to replace the default handler with ours:
bobhandler = BobLoader('/tmp/bobcache')
xmpp.plugin['xep_0231'].api.register(bobhandler.set_bob, 'set_bob')
xmpp.plugin['xep_0231'].api.register(bobhandler.get_bob, 'get_bob')
xmpp.plugin['xep_0231'].api.register(bobhandler.del_bob, 'del_bob')
And that’s it, the BoB storage is now made of JSON files living in a
directory (/tmp/bobcache
here).
To check that everything works, you can do the following:
cid = await xmpp.plugin['xep_0231'].set_bob(b'coucou', 'text/plain')
# A new bob file should appear
content = await xmpp.plugin['xep_0231'].get_bob(cid=cid)
assert content['bob']['data'] == b'coucou'
A file should have been created in that directory.