[JDEV] Possible values for <iq>'s id attribute

[David Waite]

When you send out a packet (<message>,<presence>,<iq>), any returned 
value will have the same id. Messages and Presence only really return a 
on error, while iq always returns.

The id is used in this case to match a request with a response - since 
the sending and receiving of data are not synchronized.

The other place id is used is within the <stream:stream> header. The 
response from the server includes a unique id, this value is the seed 
for digest authentication.

-David Waite

Lyndon Mark Durham wrote:

> Greetings Jabber Developers,
>                                              I have noticed that in the
> documenatation for authentication that the examples use an id="1" or id
> set to some uniquevalue.  Nonehteless while testing authetication using
> random id numbers the server always returns an <iq type='error'>. I have
> also noticed that the an id is sent back when sucessfully  opening an
> XML stream to communicate with a jabber server- is this returned id the
> one that the server expects when attempting to create a resource through
> IQ authentication? Or are there other id's that can be used. TIA>
> 
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