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Better handling of proxy connections; add an option to specify the root on the webserver.
author Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr>
date Thu, 19 May 2011 19:36:53 +0200
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5 JavaScript XMPP Avatar Retriever
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11 Install
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13 The source code is available here:
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14 http://linkmauve.fr/avatar/source/code
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16 You can try it by appending a JID after <http://linkmauve.fr/avatar/>,
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17 like:
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18 http://linkmauve.fr/avatar/linkmauve@linkmauve.fr
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20 This program requiers the node.js framework, and either the xmpp.js
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21 library or node-xmpp. You can find these software here:
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22 http://nodejs.org/
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23 http://xmppjs.prosody.im/
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24 https://github.com/astro/node-xmpp
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26 Or if your distribution has these packaged (as in ArchLinux), simply
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27 install the packaged version.
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29 The config file is configuration.js, in the source directory, and the
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30 directory for the persistent storage of the avatars is defined in the
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31 variable config.directory.
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33 configuration.js should contain these two lines, matching the ones in
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34 your XMPP server:
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35 exports.jid = 'avatar.your.xmpp.server.tld';
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36 exports.password = 'the shared secret'
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38 When you have the dependances installed, you can simply run:
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39 % ./avatar.js
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40 to launch the component.
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42 There is no install procedure for now.
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44 Please DO report any bug you encounter and ask for any
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45 feature you want.
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47 =======================
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48 Authors
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50 Emmanuel Gil Peyrot (Link Mauve) <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr>
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53 Contact/support
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55 XMPP or SMTP: linkmauve@linkmauve.fr
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58 License
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60 This is Free Software.
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61 (learn more: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html)
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63 This is released under the Gnu AGPLv3 license
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64 Please read the COPYING file for details