Programming Jabber

jabber:iq:auth

The jabber:iq:auth namespace is used to qualify a structured authentication procedure between client and server.

Details of authentication are covered in Chapter 7; however, here we will look at the simplest authentication conversation between client and server. In this example, the client sends a username and password, and the server responds by sending a “successful” response, acknowledging the user’s credentials, thus creating a session for that user:

SEND: <iq type='set' id='auth0'>
        <query xmlns='jabber:iq:auth'>
          <username>sabine</username>
          <password>geheimnis</password>
          <resource>WinJab</resource>
        </query>
      </iq>

RECV: <iq type='result' id='auth0'/>