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diff --git a/docs/client-server/howto.rst b/docs/client-server/howto.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 37346224af..0000000000 --- a/docs/client-server/howto.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,637 +0,0 @@ -.. TODO kegan - Room config (specifically: message history, - public rooms). /register seems super simplistic compared to /login, maybe it - would be better if /register used the same technique as /login? /register should - be "user" not "user_id". - - -How to use the client-server API -================================ - -This guide focuses on how the client-server APIs *provided by the reference -home server* can be used. Since this is specific to a home server -implementation, there may be variations in relation to registering/logging in -which are not covered in extensive detail in this guide. - -If you haven't already, get a home server up and running on -``http://localhost:8008``. - - -Accounts -======== -Before you can send and receive messages, you must **register** for an account. -If you already have an account, you must **login** into it. - -`Try out the fiddle`__ - -.. __: http://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/jquery/1.8.3/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/jsfiddles/register_login - -Registration ------------- -The aim of registration is to get a user ID and access token which you will need -when accessing other APIs:: - - curl -XPOST -d '{"user":"example", "password":"wordpass", "type":"m.login.password"}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/register" - - { - "access_token": "QGV4YW1wbGU6bG9jYWxob3N0.AqdSzFmFYrLrTmteXc", - "home_server": "localhost", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - } - -NB: If a ``user`` is not specified, one will be randomly generated for you. -If you do not specify a ``password``, you will be unable to login to the account -if you forget the ``access_token``. - -Implementation note: The matrix specification does not enforce how users -register with a server. It just specifies the URL path and absolute minimum -keys. The reference home server uses a username/password to authenticate user, -but other home servers may use different methods. This is why you need to -specify the ``type`` of method. - -Login ------ -The aim when logging in is to get an access token for your existing user ID:: - - curl -XGET "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/login" - - { - "flows": [ - { - "type": "m.login.password" - } - ] - } - - curl -XPOST -d '{"type":"m.login.password", "user":"example", "password":"wordpass"}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/login" - - { - "access_token": "QGV4YW1wbGU6bG9jYWxob3N0.vRDLTgxefmKWQEtgGd", - "home_server": "localhost", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - } - -Implementation note: Different home servers may implement different methods for -logging in to an existing account. In order to check that you know how to login -to this home server, you must perform a ``GET`` first and make sure you -recognise the login type. If you do not know how to login, you can -``GET /login/fallback`` which will return a basic webpage which you can use to -login. The reference home server implementation support username/password login, -but other home servers may support different login methods (e.g. OAuth2). - - -Communicating -============= - -In order to communicate with another user, you must **create a room** with that -user and **send a message** to that room. - -`Try out the fiddle`__ - -.. __: http://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/jquery/1.8.3/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/jsfiddles/create_room_send_msg - -Creating a room ---------------- -If you want to send a message to someone, you have to be in a room with them. To -create a room:: - - curl -XPOST -d '{"room_alias_name":"tutorial"}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/createRoom?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" - - { - "room_alias": "#tutorial:localhost", - "room_id": "!CvcvRuDYDzTOzfKKgh:localhost" - } - -The "room alias" is a human-readable string which can be shared with other users -so they can join a room, rather than the room ID which is a randomly generated -string. You can have multiple room aliases per room. - -.. TODO(kegan) - How to add/remove aliases from an existing room. - - -Sending messages ----------------- -You can now send messages to this room:: - - curl -XPOST -d '{"msgtype":"m.text", "body":"hello"}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/rooms/%21CvcvRuDYDzTOzfKKgh%3Alocalhost/send/m.room.message?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" - - { - "event_id": "YUwRidLecu" - } - -The event ID returned is a unique ID which identifies this message. - -NB: There are no limitations to the types of messages which can be exchanged. -The only requirement is that ``"msgtype"`` is specified. The Matrix -specification outlines the following standard types: ``m.text``, ``m.image``, -``m.audio``, ``m.video``, ``m.location``, ``m.emote``. See the specification for -more information on these types. - -Users and rooms -=============== - -Each room can be configured to allow or disallow certain rules. In particular, -these rules may specify if you require an **invitation** from someone already in -the room in order to **join the room**. In addition, you may also be able to -join a room **via a room alias** if one was set up. - -`Try out the fiddle`__ - -.. __: http://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/jquery/1.8.3/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/jsfiddles/room_memberships - -Inviting a user to a room -------------------------- -You can directly invite a user to a room like so:: - - curl -XPOST -d '{"user_id":"@myfriend:localhost"}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/rooms/%21CvcvRuDYDzTOzfKKgh%3Alocalhost/invite?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" - -This informs ``@myfriend:localhost`` of the room ID -``!CvcvRuDYDzTOzfKKgh:localhost`` and allows them to join the room. - -Joining a room via an invite ----------------------------- -If you receive an invite, you can join the room:: - - curl -XPOST -d '{}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/rooms/%21CvcvRuDYDzTOzfKKgh%3Alocalhost/join?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" - -NB: Only the person invited (``@myfriend:localhost``) can change the membership -state to ``"join"``. Repeatedly joining a room does nothing. - -Joining a room via an alias ---------------------------- -Alternatively, if you know the room alias for this room and the room config -allows it, you can directly join a room via the alias:: - - curl -XPOST -d '{}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/join/%23tutorial%3Alocalhost?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" - - { - "room_id": "!CvcvRuDYDzTOzfKKgh:localhost" - } - -You will need to use the room ID when sending messages, not the room alias. - -NB: If the room is configured to be an invite-only room, you will still require -an invite in order to join the room even though you know the room alias. As a -result, it is more common to see a room alias in relation to a public room, -which do not require invitations. - -Getting events -============== -An event is some interesting piece of data that a client may be interested in. -It can be a message in a room, a room invite, etc. There are many different ways -of getting events, depending on what the client already knows. - -`Try out the fiddle`__ - -.. __: http://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/jquery/1.8.3/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/jsfiddles/event_stream - -Getting all state ------------------ -If the client doesn't know any information on the rooms the user is -invited/joined on, they can get all the user's state for all rooms:: - - curl -XGET "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/initialSync?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" - - { - "end": "s39_18_0", - "presence": [ - { - "content": { - "last_active_ago": 1061436, - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - "type": "m.presence" - } - ], - "rooms": [ - { - "membership": "join", - "messages": { - "chunk": [ - { - "content": { - "@example:localhost": 10, - "default": 0 - }, - "event_id": "wAumPSTsWF", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.power_levels", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "join_rule": "public" - }, - "event_id": "jrLVqKHKiI", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.join_rules", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "level": 10 - }, - "event_id": "WpmTgsNWUZ", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.add_state_level", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "level": 0 - }, - "event_id": "qUMBJyKsTQ", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.send_event_level", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "ban_level": 5, - "kick_level": 5 - }, - "event_id": "YAaDmKvoUW", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.ops_levels", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "avatar_url": null, - "displayname": null, - "membership": "join" - }, - "event_id": "RJbPMtCutf", - "membership": "join", - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "@example:localhost", - "ts": 1409665586730, - "type": "m.room.member", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "body": "hello", - "hsob_ts": 1409665660439, - "msgtype": "m.text" - }, - "event_id": "YUwRidLecu", - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "ts": 1409665660439, - "type": "m.room.message", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "membership": "invite" - }, - "event_id": "YjNuBKnPsb", - "membership": "invite", - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "@myfriend:localhost", - "ts": 1409666426819, - "type": "m.room.member", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "avatar_url": null, - "displayname": null, - "membership": "join", - "prev": "join" - }, - "event_id": "KWwdDjNZnm", - "membership": "join", - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "@example:localhost", - "ts": 1409666551582, - "type": "m.room.member", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "avatar_url": null, - "displayname": null, - "membership": "join" - }, - "event_id": "JFLVteSvQc", - "membership": "join", - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "@example:localhost", - "ts": 1409666587265, - "type": "m.room.member", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - } - ], - "end": "s39_18_0", - "start": "t1-11_18_0" - }, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state": [ - { - "content": { - "creator": "@example:localhost" - }, - "event_id": "dMUoqVTZca", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.create", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "@example:localhost": 10, - "default": 0 - }, - "event_id": "wAumPSTsWF", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.power_levels", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "join_rule": "public" - }, - "event_id": "jrLVqKHKiI", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.join_rules", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "level": 10 - }, - "event_id": "WpmTgsNWUZ", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.add_state_level", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "level": 0 - }, - "event_id": "qUMBJyKsTQ", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.send_event_level", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "ban_level": 5, - "kick_level": 5 - }, - "event_id": "YAaDmKvoUW", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.ops_levels", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "membership": "invite" - }, - "event_id": "YjNuBKnPsb", - "membership": "invite", - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "@myfriend:localhost", - "ts": 1409666426819, - "type": "m.room.member", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "avatar_url": null, - "displayname": null, - "membership": "join" - }, - "event_id": "JFLVteSvQc", - "membership": "join", - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "@example:localhost", - "ts": 1409666587265, - "type": "m.room.member", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - } - ] - } - ] - } - -This returns all the room information the user is invited/joined on, as well as -all of the presences relevant for these rooms. This can be a LOT of data. You -may just want the most recent event for each room. This can be achieved by -applying query parameters to ``limit`` this request:: - - curl -XGET "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/initialSync?limit=1&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" - - { - "end": "s39_18_0", - "presence": [ - { - "content": { - "last_active_ago": 1279484, - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - "type": "m.presence" - } - ], - "rooms": [ - { - "membership": "join", - "messages": { - "chunk": [ - { - "content": { - "avatar_url": null, - "displayname": null, - "membership": "join" - }, - "event_id": "JFLVteSvQc", - "membership": "join", - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "@example:localhost", - "ts": 1409666587265, - "type": "m.room.member", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - } - ], - "end": "s39_18_0", - "start": "t10-30_18_0" - }, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state": [ - { - "content": { - "creator": "@example:localhost" - }, - "event_id": "dMUoqVTZca", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.create", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "@example:localhost": 10, - "default": 0 - }, - "event_id": "wAumPSTsWF", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.power_levels", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "join_rule": "public" - }, - "event_id": "jrLVqKHKiI", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.join_rules", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "level": 10 - }, - "event_id": "WpmTgsNWUZ", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.add_state_level", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "level": 0 - }, - "event_id": "qUMBJyKsTQ", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.send_event_level", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "ban_level": 5, - "kick_level": 5 - }, - "event_id": "YAaDmKvoUW", - "required_power_level": 10, - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "", - "ts": 1409665585188, - "type": "m.room.ops_levels", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "membership": "invite" - }, - "event_id": "YjNuBKnPsb", - "membership": "invite", - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "@myfriend:localhost", - "ts": 1409666426819, - "type": "m.room.member", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - }, - { - "content": { - "avatar_url": null, - "displayname": null, - "membership": "join" - }, - "event_id": "JFLVteSvQc", - "membership": "join", - "room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost", - "state_key": "@example:localhost", - "ts": 1409666587265, - "type": "m.room.member", - "user_id": "@example:localhost" - } - ] - } - ] - } - -Getting live state ------------------- -Once you know which rooms the client has previously interacted with, you need to -listen for incoming events. This can be done like so:: - - curl -XGET "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/events?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" - - { - "chunk": [], - "end": "s39_18_0", - "start": "s39_18_0" - } - -This will block waiting for an incoming event, timing out after several seconds. -Even if there are no new events (as in the example above), there will be some -pagination stream response keys. The client should make subsequent requests -using the value of the ``"end"`` key (in this case ``s39_18_0``) as the ``from`` -query parameter e.g. ``http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/events?access -_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN&from=s39_18_0``. This value should be stored so when the -client reopens your app after a period of inactivity, you can resume from where -you got up to in the event stream. If it has been a long period of inactivity, -there may be LOTS of events waiting for the user. In this case, you may wish to -get all state instead and then resume getting live state from a newer end token. - -NB: The timeout can be changed by adding a ``timeout`` query parameter, which is -in milliseconds. A timeout of 0 will not block. - - -Example application -------------------- -The following example demonstrates registration and login, live event streaming, -creating and joining rooms, sending messages, getting member lists and getting -historical messages for a room. This covers most functionality of a messaging -application. - -`Try out the fiddle`__ - -.. __: http://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/jquery/1.8.3/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/jsfiddles/example_app |