What is this?

It's an IRC-like interface for XMPP Multi-User-Conferences (eg: chat rooms), back-ended by the lovely, node-xmpp.

It roughly implements XMPP's IRC command mapping

Usage

var Whisperer = require('whisperer')
  , client = new Whisperer({
      jid: '[email protected]'
      password: 'your password here'
    })

client.join({ jid: '[email protected]', nick: 'example' })
client.on('message', function(message) {
  console.log(message.from + ': ' + message.body)
})

Methods

Whisperer

Constructor. Accepts on object with the following keys

• jid: Your full XMPP username ([email protected]/optionalresource)
• password: Your password

join

Joins a MUC. Accepts on object with the following keys

• jid: The address of the MUC ([email protected])
• nick: The nickname you want to use in this room
• password: (optional) The room's password
• lastSeen: (optional) JS Parse-able date for the last time you logged in. Instructs the chat server to send by any message history it has since that time

message

Sends a message to either a specific user, or the whole MUC. Accepts on object with the following keys

• jid: The address of the MUC ([email protected])
• message: The message you want to send
• nick: (optional) A user's nick to send a private message to

part

Leaves a MUC. Accepts on object with the following keys

• jid: The address of the MUC ([email protected])
• message: (optional) An optional parting message

nick

Changes your nickname in the room. Accepts on object with the following keys

• jid: The address of the MUC ([email protected])
• nick: Your new nickname in this room

topic

Changes the topic for the room. Accepts on object with the following keys

• jid: The address of the MUC ([email protected])
• topic: The new topic of the room

invite

Invites a user to the room. Accepts on object with the following keys

• jid: The address of the MUC ([email protected])
• user: The full JID of the user you're inviting
• message: A brief message to the user

Events

online

Emitted when the client connects. No payload

error

Emitted when the client encounters an error; example payload

{
  "from": "[email protected]",
  "to": "[email protected]",
  "type": "error",
  "error": {
    "code": "404",
    "type": "cancel",
    "message": "item-not-found"
  }
}

message

Emitted when a user in the room sends a message, or the room plays back the message history when you log in (look at the timestamp!)

Example payload:

{
  "from": "[email protected]",
  "to": "[email protected]",
  "type": "groupchat",
  "body": "Whattup!?",
  "delay": {
    "stamp": "2013-04-24T03: 32: 41Z",
    "from": "[email protected]"
  }
}

presence

Emitted when the a user enters or exits the room, or changes their metadata (nickname, permissions, etc..)

Example payload:

{
  "from": "[email protected]/user",
  "to": "[email protected]",
  "item": {
    "affiliation": "owner",
    "role": "moderator"
  },
  "status": {
    "code": "201"
  }
}