node-simple-xmpp

Simple High Level NodeJS XMPP Library

Install

$ npm install simple-xmpp

Example

var xmpp = require('simple-xmpp');

xmpp.on('online', function(data) {
    console.log('Connected with JID: ' + data.jid.user);
    console.log('Yes, I\'m connected!');
});

xmpp.on('chat', function(from, message) {
    xmpp.send(from, 'echo: ' + message);
});

xmpp.on('error', function(err) {
    console.error(err);
});

xmpp.on('subscribe', function(from) {
    if (from === 'a.friend@gmail.com') {
        xmpp.acceptSubscription(from);
    }
});

xmpp.connect({
    jid: username@gmail.com,
    password: password,
    host: 'talk.google.com',
    port: 5222
});

xmpp.subscribe('your.friend@gmail.com');
// check for incoming subscription requests
xmpp.getRoster();

Documentation

Events

Online

Event emitted when successfully connected. Callback is passed an object containing information about the newly connected user.

xmpp.on('online', function(data) {
    console.log('Yes, I\'m online');
});

Close

event where the connection has been closed

xmpp.on('close', function() {
    console.log('connection has been closed!');
});

Chat

Event emitted when somebody sends a chat message to you (either a direct message or a private message from a MUC)

xmpp.on('chat', function(from, message) {
    console.log('%s says %s', from, message);
});

Chat State

event emitted when a buddys chatstate changes [ 'active', 'composing', 'paused', 'inactive', 'gone' ]

xmpp.on('chatstate', function(from, state) {
    console.log('% is currently %s', from, state);
});

Group Chat

event where emits when somebody sends a group chat message to you

xmpp.on('groupchat', function(conference, from, message, stamp) {
    console.log('%s says %s on %s on %s at %s', 
                from, message, conference, stamp.substr(0,9), stamp.substr(10));
});

Buddy

Event emitted when state of the buddy on your chat list changes

/**
    @param jid - is the id of buddy (eg:- hello@gmail.com)
    @param state - state of the buddy. value will be one of the following constant can be access 
                   via require('simple-xmpp').STATUS
        AWAY - Buddy goes away
        DND - Buddy set its status as "Do Not Disturb" or "Busy",
        ONLINE - Buddy comes online or available to chat
        OFFLINE - Buddy goes offline
    @param statusText - status message of the buddy (known as "custom message" in Gmail).
                        `null` if the buddy has not specified any status text.

    @param resource - is the last parameter of JID, which tells that the user is logged in via with device. 
                      (e.g mobile , Desktop )
*/
xmpp.on('buddy', function(jid, state, statusText, resource) {
    console.log('%s is in %s state - %s -%s', jid, state, statusText, resource);
});

Group Buddy

Event emitted when state of the buddy on group chat you recently joined changes

xmpp.on('groupbuddy', function(conference, from, state, statusText) {
    console.log('%s: %s is in %s state - %s',conference, from, state, statusText);
});

Buddy capabilities

Event emitted when a buddy's client capabilities are retrieved. Capabilities specify which additional features supported by the buddy's XMPP client (such as audio and video chat). See XEP-0115: Entity Capabilities for more information.

xmpp.on('buddyCapabilities', function(jid, data) {
    // data contains clientName and features
    console.log(data.features);
});

Stanza

access core stanza element when such received Fires for every incoming stanza

/**
    @param stanza - the core object
    xmpp.on('stanza', function(stanza) {
        console.log(stanza);
    });
*/

Methods

Send Chat Messages

/**
    @param to - Address to send (eg:- abc@gmail.com - room@conference.domain.tld)
    @param message - message to be sent
    @param group - if true, send the message in a group chat
*/

xmpp.send(to, message, group);

Send Friend requests

/**
    @param to - Address to send (eg:- your.friend@gmail.com)
*/
xmpp.subscribe(to);

Accept Friend requests

/**
    @param from - Address to accept (eg:- your.friend@gmail.com)
*/
xmpp.acceptSubscription(from);

Unsubscribe Friend

/**
    @param to - Address to unsubscribe (eg:- no.longer.friend@gmail.com)
*/
xmpp.unsubscribe(to);

Accept unsubscription requests

/**
    @param from - Address to accept (eg:- no.longer.friend@gmail.com)
*/
xmpp.acceptUnsubscription(from);

Set presence

/**
    @param show - Your current presence state ['away', 'dnd', 'xa', 'chat']
    @param status - (optional) free text as your status message
*/
xmpp.setPresence('away', 'Out to lunch');

Set chatstate

/**
    @param to - The target JID (ie. person you are chatting with) to receive the chatstate
    @param state - Your current chatstate [ 'active', 'composing', 'paused', 'inactive', 'gone' ]
*/
xmpp.setChatstate('user@host.com', 'composing');

Get vCard

/*
    @param buddy - The JID to use
    @param callback - The function to call when the vCard is retreived. The returned data will be a JSON object
*/
xmpp.getVCard('user@host.com', function (vcard) {
    console.log('user@host.com vcard: ', vcard);
});

Probe the state of the buddy

/**
    @param jid - Buddy's id (eg:- abc@gmail.com)
    @param state -	State of the buddy.	 value will be one of the following constant can be access 
                    via require('simple-xmpp').STATUS
        AWAY - Buddy goes away
        DND - Buddy set its status as "Do Not Disturb" or	 "Busy",
        ONLINE - Buddy comes online or available to chat
        OFFLINE - Buddy goes offline
*/

xmpp.probe(jid, function(state) {

});

Disconnect session

/**
    no params
*/

xmpp.disconnect();

Fields

Fields provided Additional Core functionalies

xmpp.conn

The underlying connection object

var xmpp = simpleXMPP.connect({});
xmpp.conn; // the connection object

xmpp.Element

XMPP Element class (from node-xmpp)

var xmpp = simpleXMPP.connect({});
xmpp.Element; // the connection object

Guides