[JDEV] A Jabber 'client deamon'

[Dave]

If it's any use, I'd like to note that I've been working on just that
for the past few months, as part of a proxy Jabber server.  The original
purpose of my proxy server wasn't to allow easy access to Jabber from
external programs, but rather to provide the capability for Jabber
users to distribute capabilities among concurrently running clients -
something the current Jabber protocol provides no support for.  However,
the interface I eventually developed is quite well-suited for use by
simple shell scripts, and I intend to provide a few simple command-line
programs in the server distribution in order to showcase the usefulness
of the proxy server's interface.

Dave Cohen <dave at dave.tj>

BTW - I'm really not in existance ATM; I'm on vacation until the middle
of next week.  (Let's hope some suicide bomber doesn't kill me before
then ... LOL. . .)


-= COBNET =- wrote:
> 
> >From: Jan Fabry <jan.fabry at vsknet.be>
> >Reply-To: jdev at jabber.org
> >To: jdev at jabber.org
> >Subject: [JDEV] A Jabber 'client deamon'
> >Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:18:33 +0100
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'll try to explain my idea, but feel free to ask questions if anything
> >is unclear!
> >
> >I was thinking about some sort of 'client deamon' for Jabber. The
> >situation I'm confronted with is the following:
> >
> >I have a website running MyPHPNuke (a Content Management System -
> >visitors can enter news, which I then review and eventually post on the
> >page - in some ways similar to Slashdot). Every time someone enters a
> >new news item, I would like to be notified of this. Jabber seems like a
> >good way to do this.
> >
> >However, there is a problem. Every time I want to send a message, a
> >connection to Jabber should be open. I can do this with Perl, but I
> >still need to sleep() some time, because I'm waiting for the Jabber
> >server to respond. When the connection is open, I can send my message.
> >After this, the connection is closed, and the page can finish loading.
> >
> >Schematic view:
> >1. User submits new story
> >2. Server starts new process to handle this request
> >3. Server process opens connection to Jabber server
> >4. Server process sends message
> >5. Server process closes connection to Jabber server
> >6. Server process returns page to user
> >
> >Can you see the problem? Steps 3 and 5 should be avoidable.
> >
> >My suggestion is:
> >
> >At boot time, some sort of 'client deamon' is started, and it logs in to
> >the Jabber server. When I want a PHP script to send a message to me, it
> >only does a small call to some application, that then connects to the
> >daemon to send it.
> >
> >Maybe there this should work in two ways: I can send a message to 'the
> >machine', to execute some task.
> >
> >I'm sorry if all this sounds confusing, but I don't know how to explain
> >it otherwise.
> >
> >Greetings,
> >
> >Jan Fabry
> [...]
> 
> I don't know if you've read my post "Thesis work: Jabber news watcher", but 
> I actually would like to do the same but than for my thesis. The first 
> problem is that I don't know if my professers will let me do that subject 
> (already e-mailed them, but for the moment haven't received anything yet). 
> Second problem is that if I would get it, I only start the programming next 
> acadamic year (maybe already in July, otherwise it will be October). The 3rd 
> problem is that - because I have to prove that I can set up and implement a 
> progrom - that I'll have to do most of the things myself (of course I would 
> need the help of [JDEV], because I will have a lot of questions I think). 
> The advantage is that if I want to pass through my "license in informatics" 
> I have to have a working example, with fully commented code and with a lot 
> of explanation so other Jabber-users can easily use it.
> 
> Mattias Campe
> 
> PS Mocht je een private e-mail zenden naar mij op cobnet at hotmail.com, dan 
> kan je dat gerust in het Nederlands doen ;-), kwestie dat we elkaar beter 
> zouden verstaan.
> 
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