Chapter 17: Sending and Receiving Messages Using XMPP
In this chapter, the Google APIs for sending and receiving XMPP messages are introduced. The chapter starts with an example that sends a message to a client that has subscribed to the App Engine’s XMPP address. Next, the App Engine application is configured to receive messages, subscriptions, and presences. All of these are stored in the Google App Engine datastore for further analysis.
Sending Messages Using XMPP
Google Talk uses an open standard called XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), popularly known as Jabber. This is an open standard maintained by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Google is not the only party using XMPP. For example, if you have a Facebook account ...
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