REST API Plugin Readme

The REST API Plugin provides the ability to manage Openfire by sending an REST/HTTP request to the server. This plugin’s functionality is useful for applications that need to administer Openfire outside of the Openfire admin console.

Feature list

Get overview over all or specific user and to create, update or delete a user
Get overview over all or specific group and to create, update or delete a group
Get overview over all user roster entries and to add, update or delete a roster entry
Add user to a group and remove a user from a group
Lockout, unlock or kick the user (enable / disable)
Get overview over all or specific system properties and to create, update or delete system property
Get overview over all or specific chat room and to create, update or delete a chat room
Get overview over all or specific user sessions
Send broadcast message to all online users
Get overview of all or specific security audit logs

Available REST API clients

REST API clients are implementations of the REST API in a specific programming language.

Official

JAVA: https://github.com/igniterealtime/REST-API-Client

Third party

PHP: https://github.com/gidkom/php-openfire-restapi (partly implemented)
PHP: https://github.com/gnello/php-openfire-restapi (partly implemented)
GO Lang: https://github.com/Urethramancer/fireman (partly implemented)
Python: https://github.com/seamus-45/openfire-restapi (partly implemented)

Installation

Copy restAPI.jar into the plugins directory of your Openfire server. The plugin will be automatically deployed. To upgrade to a newer version, overwrite the restAPI.jar file with the new one.

Explanation of REST

To provide a standard way of accessing the data the plugin is using REST.

HTTP Method	Usage
GET	Receive a read-only data
PUT	Overwrite an existing resource
POST	Creates a new resource
DELETE	Deletes the given resource

Authentication

All REST Endpoint are secured and must be authenticated. There are two ways to authenticate:

Basic HTTP Authentication
Shared secret key

The configuration can be done in Openfire Admin console under Server > Server Settings > REST API.

Basic HTTP Authentication

To access the endpoints is that required to send the Username and Password of a Openfire Admin account in your HTTP header request.

E.g. Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU= (username: admin / password: 12345)

Shared secret key

To access the endpoints is that required to send the secret key in your header request.
The secret key can be defined in Openfire Admin console under Server > Server Settings > REST API.

E.g. Header: Authorization: s3cretKey

Retrieve users

Endpoint to get all or filtered users

GET /users

Payload: none
Return value: Users

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description
search	@QueryParam	Search/Filter by username. This act like the wildcard search %String%
propertyKey	@QueryParam	Filter by user propertyKey.
propertyValue	@QueryParam	Filter by user propertyKey and propertyValue. Note: It can only be used within propertyKey parameter

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users
GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users?search=testuser
GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users?propertyKey=keyname
GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users?propertyKey=keyname&propertyValue=keyvalue

If you want to get a JSON format result, please add “Accept: application/json” to the Header.

Retrieve a user

Endpoint to get information over a specific user

GET /users/{username}

Payload: none
Return value: User

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser

Create a user

Endpoint to create a new user

POST /users

Payload: User
Return value: HTTP status 201 (Created)

Examples

XML Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type: application/xml

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users

Payload Example 1 (required parameters):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<user>
    <username>test3</username>
    <password>p4ssword</password>
</user>

Payload Example 2 (available parameters):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<user>
    <username>testuser</username>
    <password>p4ssword</password>
    <name>Test User</name>
    <email>test@localhost.de</email>
    <properties>
        <property key="keyname" value="value"/>
        <property key="anotherkey" value="value"/>
    </properties>
</user>

JSON Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type: application/json

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users

Payload Example 1 (required parameters):

{
    "username": "admin",
    "password": "p4ssword"
}

Payload Example 2 (available parameters):

{
    "username": "admin",
    "password": "p4ssword",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "email": "admin@example.com",
    "properties": {
        "property": [
            {
                "@key": "console.rows_per_page",
                "@value": "user-summary=8"
            },
            {
                "@key": "console.order",
                "@value": "session-summary=1"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Delete a user

Endpoint to delete a user

DELETE /users/{username}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser

Update a user

Endpoint to update / rename a user

PUT /users/{username}

Payload: User
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username

Examples

XML Example

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

PUT http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser

Payload:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<user>
    <username>testuser</username>
    <name>Test User edit</name>
    <email>test@edit.de</email>
    <properties>
        <property key="keyname" value="value"/>
    </properties>
</user>

Rename Example

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

PUT http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/oldUsername

Payload:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<user>
    <username>newUsername</username>
    <name>Test User edit</name>
    <email>test@edit.de</email>
    <properties>
        <property key="keyname" value="value"/>
    </properties>
</user>

JSON Example

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/json

PUT http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser

Payload:

{
    "username": "testuser",
    "name": "Test User edit",
    "email": "test@edit.de",
    "properties": {
        "property": {
            "@key": "keyname",
            "@value": "value"
        }
    }
}

Retrieve all user groups

Endpoint to get group names of a specific user

GET /users/{username}/groups

Payload: none
Return value: Groups

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

**GET ** http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser/groups

Add user to groups

Endpoint to add user to a groups

POST /users/{username}/groups

Payload: Groups
Return value: HTTP status 201 (Created)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser/groups

Payload:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<groups>
    <groupname>Admins</groupname>
    <groupname>Support</groupname>
</groups>

Add user to group

Endpoint to add user to a group

POST /users/{username}/groups/{groupName}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 201 (Created)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username
groupName	@Path	Exact group name

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser/groups/testGroup

Delete a user from a groups

Endpoint to remove a user from a groups

DELETE /users/{username}/groups

Payload: Groups
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser/groups

Payload:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<groups>
    <groupname>Admins</groupname>
    <groupname>Support</groupname>
</groups>

Delete a user from a group

Endpoint to remove a user from a group

DELETE /users/{username}/groups/{groupName}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username
groupName	@Path	Exact group name

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser/groups/testGroup

Lockout a user

Endpoint to lockout / ban the user from the chat server. The user will be kicked if the user is online.

POST /lockouts/{username}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 201 (Created)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/lockouts/testuser

Unlock a user

Endpoint to unlock / unban the user

DELETE /lockouts/{username}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/lockouts/testuser

Retrieve user roster

Endpoint to get roster entries (buddies) from a specific user

GET /users/{username}/roster

Payload: none
Return value: Roster

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

**GET ** http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser/roster

Create a user roster entry

Endpoint to add a new roster entry to a user

POST /users/{username}/roster

Payload: RosterItem
Return value: HTTP status 201 (Created)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser/roster

Payload:
Payload Example 1 (required parameters):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<rosterItem>
	<jid>peter@pan.de</jid>
</rosterItem>

Payload Example 2 (available parameters):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<rosterItem>
	<jid>peter@pan1.de</jid>
	<nickname>Peter1</nickname>
	<subscriptionType>3</subscriptionType>
	<groups>
		<group>Friends</group>
	</groups>
</rosterItem>

Delete a user roster entry

Endpoint to remove a roster entry from a user

DELETE /users/{username}/roster/{jid}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username
jid	@Path	JID of the roster item

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser/roster/peter@pan.de

Update a user roster entry

Endpoint to update a roster entry

PUT /users/{username}/roster/{jid}

Payload: RosterItem
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	Exact username
jid	@Path	JID of the roster item

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

PUT http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/users/testuser/roster/peter@pan.de

Payload:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<rosterItem>
	<jid>peter@pan.de</jid>
	<nickname>Peter Pan</nickname>
	<subscriptionType>0</subscriptionType>
	<groups>
		<group>Support</group>
	</groups>
</rosterItem>

Retrieve all chat rooms

Endpoint to get all chat rooms

GET /chatrooms

Payload: none
Return value: Chatrooms

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
servicename	@QueryParam	The name of the Group Chat Service	conference
type	@QueryParam	public: Only as List Room in Directory set rooms all: All rooms.	public
search	@QueryParam	Search/Filter by room name. This act like the wildcard search %String%

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms
GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms?type=all
GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms?type=all&servicename=privateconf
GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms?search=test

Retrieve a chat room

Endpoint to get information over specific chat room

GET /chatrooms/{roomName}

Payload: none
Return value: Chatroom

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
roomname	@Path	Exact room name
servicename	@QueryParam	The name of the Group Chat Service	conference

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/test
GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/test?servicename=privateconf

Retrieve chat room participants

Endpoint to get all participants with a role of specified room.

GET /chatrooms/{roomName}/participants

Payload: none
Return value: Participants

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
roomname	@Path	Exact room name
servicename	@QueryParam	The name of the Group Chat Service	conference

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/room1/participants

Retrieve chat room occupants

Endpoint to get all occupants (all roles / affiliations) of a specified room.

GET /chatrooms/{roomName}/occupants

Payload: none
Return value: Occupants

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
roomname	@Path	Exact room name
servicename	@QueryParam	The name of the Group Chat Service	conference

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/room1/occupants

Create a chat room

Endpoint to create a new chat room.

POST /chatrooms

Payload: Chatroom
Return value: HTTP status 201 (Created)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
servicename	@QueryParam	The name of the Group Chat Service	conference

XML Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type: application/xml

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms

Payload Example 1 (required parameters):

<chatRoom>
    <naturalName>global-1</naturalName>
    <roomName>global</roomName>
    <description>Global Chat Room</description>
</chatRoom>

Payload Example 2 (available parameters):

<chatRoom>
    <roomName>global</roomName>
    <naturalName>global-2</naturalName>
    <description>Global Chat Room</description>
    <subject>global-2 Subject</subject>
    <creationDate>2014-02-12T15:52:37.592+01:00</creationDate>
    <modificationDate>2014-09-12T15:35:54.702+02:00</modificationDate>
    <maxUsers>0</maxUsers>
    <persistent>true</persistent>
    <publicRoom>true</publicRoom>
    <registrationEnabled>false</registrationEnabled>
    <canAnyoneDiscoverJID>false</canAnyoneDiscoverJID>
    <canOccupantsChangeSubject>false</canOccupantsChangeSubject>
    <canOccupantsInvite>false</canOccupantsInvite>
    <canChangeNickname>false</canChangeNickname>
    <logEnabled>true</logEnabled>
    <loginRestrictedToNickname>false</loginRestrictedToNickname>
    <membersOnly>false</membersOnly>
    <moderated>false</moderated>
    <broadcastPresenceRoles>
        <broadcastPresenceRole>moderator</broadcastPresenceRole>
        <broadcastPresenceRole>participant</broadcastPresenceRole>
        <broadcastPresenceRole>visitor</broadcastPresenceRole>
    </broadcastPresenceRoles>
    <owners>
        <owner>owner@localhost</owner>
    </owners>
    <admins>
        <admin>admin@localhost</admin>
    </admins>
    <members>
        <member>member2@localhost</member>
        <member>member1@localhost</member>
    </members>
    <outcasts>
        <outcast>outcast1@localhost</outcast>
    </outcasts>
</chatRoom>

JSON Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type: application/json

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms

Payload Example 1 (required parameters):

{
	"roomName": "global",
	"naturalName": "global-2",
	"description": "Global chat room"
}

Payload Example 2 (available parameters):

{
    "roomName": "global-1",
    "naturalName": "global-1_test_hello",
    "description": "Global chat room",
    "subject": "Global chat room subject",
    "creationDate": "2012-10-18T16:55:12.803+02:00",
    "modificationDate": "2014-07-10T09:49:12.411+02:00",
    "maxUsers": "0",
    "persistent": "true",
    "publicRoom": "true",
    "registrationEnabled": "false",
    "canAnyoneDiscoverJID": "true",
    "canOccupantsChangeSubject": "false",
    "canOccupantsInvite": "false",
    "canChangeNickname": "false",
    "logEnabled": "true",
    "loginRestrictedToNickname": "true",
    "membersOnly": "false",
    "moderated": "false",
    "broadcastPresenceRoles": {
        "broadcastPresenceRole": [
            "moderator",
            "participant",
            "visitor"
        ]
    },
    "owners": {
        "owner": "owner@localhost"
    },
    "admins": {
        "admin": [
            "admin@localhost",
            "admin2@localhost"
        ]
    },
    "members": {
        "member": [
            "member@localhost",
            "member2@localhost"
        ]
    },
    "outcasts": {
        "outcast": [
            "outcast@localhost",
            "outcast2@localhost"
        ]
    }
}

Delete a chat room

Endpoint to delete a chat room.

DELETE /chatrooms/{roomName}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
roomname	@Path	Exact room name
servicename	@QueryParam	The name of the Group Chat Service	conference

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/testroom
DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/testroom?servicename=privateconf

Update a chat room

Endpoint to update a chat room.

PUT /chatrooms/{roomName}

Payload: Chatroom
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
roomname	@Path	Exact room name
servicename	@QueryParam	The name of the Group Chat Service	conference

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

PUT http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global

Payload:

<chatRoom>
    <roomName>global</roomName>
    <naturalName>global-2</naturalName>
    <description>Global Chat Room edit</description>
    <subject>New subject</subject>
    <password>test</password>
    <creationDate>2014-02-12T15:52:37.592+01:00</creationDate>
    <modificationDate>2014-09-12T14:20:56.286+02:00</modificationDate>
    <maxUsers>0</maxUsers>
    <persistent>true</persistent>
    <publicRoom>true</publicRoom>
    <registrationEnabled>false</registrationEnabled>
    <canAnyoneDiscoverJID>false</canAnyoneDiscoverJID>
    <canOccupantsChangeSubject>false</canOccupantsChangeSubject>
    <canOccupantsInvite>false</canOccupantsInvite>
    <canChangeNickname>false</canChangeNickname>
    <logEnabled>true</logEnabled>
    <loginRestrictedToNickname>false</loginRestrictedToNickname>
    <membersOnly>false</membersOnly>
    <moderated>false</moderated>
    <broadcastPresenceRoles/>
    <owners>
        <owner>owner@localhost</owner>
    </owners>
    <admins>
        <admin>admin@localhost</admin>
    </admins>
    <members>
        <member>member2@localhost</member>
        <member>member1@localhost</member>
    </members>
    <outcasts>
        <outcast>outcast1@localhost</outcast>
    </outcasts>
</chatRoom>

Add user with role to chat room

Endpoint to add a new user with role to a room.

POST /chatrooms/{roomName}/{roles}/{name}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 201 (Created)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
roomname	@Path	Exact room name
name	@Path	The local username or the user JID
roles	@Path	Available roles: owners admins members outcasts
servicename	@QueryParam	The name of the Group Chat Service	conference

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/owners/testUser
POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/owners/testUser@openfire.com
POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/admins/testUser
POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/members/testUser
POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/outcasts/testUser
POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/owners/testUser?servicename=privateconf

Add group with role to chat room

Endpoint to add a new group with role to a room.

POST /chatrooms/{roomName}/{roles}/group/{name}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 201 (Created)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
roomname	@Path	Exact room name
name	@Path	The group name
roles	@Path	Available roles: owners admins members outcasts
servicename	@QueryParam	The name of the Group Chat Service	conference

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/owners/group/testGroup
POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/admins/group/testGroup
POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/members/group/testGroup
POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/outcasts/group/testGroup
POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/owners/group/testUser?servicename=privateconf

Delete a user from a chat room

Endpoint to remove a room user role.
DELETE /chatrooms/{roomName}/{roles}/{name}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
roomname	@Path	Exact room name
name	@Path	The local username or the user JID
roles	@Path	Available roles: owners admins members outcasts
servicename	@QueryParam	The name of the Group Chat Service	conference

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/owners/testUser
DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/owners/testUser@openfire.com
DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/admins/testUser
DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/members/testUser
DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/outcasts/testUser
DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/chatrooms/global/owners/testUser?servicename=privateconf

Retrieve all system properties

Endpoint to get all system properties

GET /system/properties

Payload: none
Return value: System properties

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/system/properties

Retrieve system property

Endpoint to get information over specific system property

GET /system/properties/{propertyName}

Payload: none
Return value: System property

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
propertyName	@Path	The name of system property

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/system/properties/xmpp.domain

Create a system property

Endpoint to create a system property

POST system/properties

Payload: System Property
Return value: HTTP status 201 (Created)

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type: application/xml

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/system/properties

Payload Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<property key="propertyName" value="propertyValue"/>

Delete a system property

Endpoint to delete a system property

DELETE /system/properties/{propertyName}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
propertyName	@Path	The name of system property

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/system/properties/propertyName

Update a system property

Endpoint to update / overwrite a system property

PUT /system/properties/{propertyName}

Payload: System property
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
propertyName	@Path	The name of system property

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

PUT http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/system/properties/propertyName

Payload:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<property key="propertyName" value="anotherValue"/>

Retrieve concurrent sessions

Endpoint to get count of concurrent sessions

GET /system/statistics/sessions

Payload: none
Return value: Sessions count

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/system/statistics/sessions

Retrieve all groups

Endpoint to get all groups

GET /groups

Payload: none
Return value: Groups

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/groups

Retrieve a group

Endpoint to get information over specific group

GET /groups/{groupName}

Payload: none
Return value: Group

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
groupName	@Path	The name of the group

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/groups/moderators

Create a group

Endpoint to create a new group

POST /groups

Payload: Group
Return value: HTTP status 201 (Created)

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type: application/xml

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/groups

Payload Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<group>
	<name>GroupName</name>
	<description>Some description</description>
</group>

Delete a group

Endpoint to delete a group

DELETE /groups/{groupName}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
groupName	@Path	The name of the group

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/groups/groupToDelete

Update a group

Endpoint to update / overwrite a group

PUT /groups/{groupName}

Payload: Group
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
groupName	@Path	The name of the group

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=
Header: Content-Type application/xml

PUT http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/groups/groupNameToUpdate

Payload:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<group>
	<name>groupNameToUpdate</name>
	<description>New description</description>
</group>

Retrieve all user session

Endpoint to get all user sessions

GET /sessions

Payload: none
Return value: Sessions

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/sessions

Retrieve the user sessions

Endpoint to get sessions from a user

GET /sessions/{username}

Payload: none
Return value: Sessions

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	The username of the user

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/sessions/testuser

Close all user sessions

Endpoint to close/kick sessions from a user

DELETE /sessions/{username}

Payload: none
Return value: HTTP status 200 (OK)

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@Path	The username of the user

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

DELETE http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/sessions/testuser

Send a broadcast message

Endpoint to send a broadcast/server message to all online users

POST /messages/users

Payload: Message
Return value: HTTP status 201 (Created)

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

POST http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/messages/users

Payload:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<message>
	<body>Your message</body>
</message>

Retrieve the Security audit logs

Endpoint to get security audit logs

GET /logs/security

Payload: none
Return value: Security Audit Logs

Possible parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Description	Default value
username	@QueryParam	Username of user to look up
startTime	@QueryParam	Oldest timestamp of range of logs to retrieve
endTime	@QueryParam	Most recent timestamp of range of logs to retrieve	0 (until now)
offset	@QueryParam	Number of logs to skip
limit	@QueryParam	Number of logs to retrieve

Examples

Header: Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MTIzNDU=

GET http://example.org:9090/plugins/restapi/v1/logs/security

Data format

Openfire REST API provides XML and JSON as data format. The default data format is XML.
To get a JSON result, please add “Accept application/json” to the request header.
If you want to create a resource with JSON data format, please add “Content-Type: application/json”.

Data types

User

Parameter	Optional	Description
username	No	The username of the user
name	Yes	The name of the user
email	Yes	The email of the user
password	No	The password of the user
properties	Yes	List of properties. Property is a key / value object. The key must to be per user unique

RosterItem

Parameter	Optional	Description
jid	No	The JID of the roster item
nickname	Yes	The nickname for the user when used in this roster
subscriptionType	Yes	The subscription type Possible numeric values are: -1 (remove), 0 (none), 1 (to), 2 (from), 3 (both)
groups	No	A list of groups to organize roster entries under (e.g. friends, co-workers, etc.)

Chatroom

Parameter	Optional	Description
roomName	No	The name/id of the room. Can only contains lowercase and alphanumeric characters.
naturalName	No	Also the name of the room, but can contains non alphanumeric characters. It’s mainly used for users while discovering rooms hosted by the Multi-User Chat service.
description	No	Description text of the room.
subject	Yes	Subject of the room.
password	Yes	The password that the user must provide to enter the room
creationDate	Yes	The date when the room was created. Will be automatically set by creation. Example: 2014-07-10T09:49:12.411+02:00
modificationDate	Yes	The last date when the room’s configuration was modified. If the room’s configuration was never modified then the initial value will be the same as the creation date. Will be automatically set by update. Example: 2014-07-10T09:49:12.411+02:00
maxUsers	Yes	the maximum number of occupants that can be simultaneously in the room. 0 means unlimited number of occupants.
persistent	Yes	Can be “true” or “false”. Persistent rooms are saved to the database to make their configurations persistent together with the affiliation of the users. Otherwise the room will be destroyed if the last occupant leave the room.
publicRoom	Yes	Can be “true” or “false”. True if the room is searchable and visible through service discovery.
registrationEnabled	Yes	Can be “true” or “false”. True if users are allowed to register with the room. By default, room registration is enabled.
canAnyoneDiscoverJID	Yes	Can be “true” or “false”. True if every presence packet will include the JID of every occupant.
canOccupantsChangeSubject	Yes	Can be “true” or “false”. True if participants are allowed to change the room’s subject.
canOccupantsInvite	Yes	Can be “true” or “false”. True if occupants can invite other users to the room. If the room does not require an invitation to enter (i.e. is not members-only) then any occupant can send invitations. On the other hand, if the room is members-only and occupants cannot send invitation then only the room owners and admins are allowed to send invitations.
canChangeNickname	Yes	Can be “true” or “false”. True if room occupants are allowed to change their nicknames in the room. By default, occupants are allowed to change their nicknames.
logEnabled	Yes	Can be “true” or “false”. True if the room’s conversation is being logged. If logging is activated the room conversation will be saved to the database every couple of minutes. The saving frequency is the same for all the rooms and can be configured by changing the property “xmpp.muc.tasks.log.timeout”.
loginRestrictedToNickname	Yes	Can be “true” or “false”. True if registered users can only join the room using their registered nickname. By default, registered users can join the room using any nickname.
membersOnly	Yes	Can be “true” or “false”. True if the room requires an invitation to enter. That is if the room is members-only.
moderated	Yes	Can be “true” or “false”. True if the room in which only those with “voice” may send messages to all occupants.
broadcastPresenceRoles	Yes	The list of roles of which presence will be broadcasted to the rest of the occupants.
owners	Yes	A collection with the current list of owners. The collection contains the bareJID of the users with owner affiliation.
admins	Yes	A collection with the current list of admins. The collection contains the bareJID of the users with admin affiliation.
members	Yes	A collection with the current list of room members. The collection contains the bareJID of the users with member affiliation. If the room is not members-only then the list will contain the users that registered with the room and therefore they may have reserved a nickname.
outcasts	Yes	A collection with the current list of outcast users. An outcast user is not allowed to join the room again. The collection contains the bareJID of the users with outcast affiliation.
ownerGroups	Yes	A collection with the current list of groups with owner affiliation. The collection contains the name only.
adminGroups	Yes	A collection with the current list of groups with admin affiliation. The collection contains the name only.
memberGroups	Yes	A collection with the current list of groups with member affiliation. The collection contains the name only.
outcastGroups	Yes	A collection with the current list of groups with outcast affiliation. The collection contains the name only.

Group

Parameter	Optional	Description
name	No	The name of the group
description	No	The description of the group
admins	Yes	A collection with current admins of the group
members	Yes	A collection with current members of the group

System Property

Parameter	Optional	Description
key	No	The name of the system property
value	No	The value of the system property

Session

Parameter	Optional	Description
sessionId	No	Full JID of a user e.g. (testUser@testserver.de/SomeRessource)
username	No	The username associated with this session. Can be also “Anonymous”.
ressource	Yes	Ressource name
node	No	Can be “Local” or “Remote”
sessionStatus	No	The current status of this session. Can be “Closed”, “Connected”, “Authenticated” or “Unknown”.
presenceStatus	No	The status of this presence packet, a natural-language description of availability status.
priority	No	The priority of the session. The valid priority range is -128 through 128.
hostAddress	No	Tthe IP address string in textual presentation.
hostName	No	The host name for this IP address.
creationDate	No	The date the session was created.
lastActionDate	No	The time the session last had activity.
secure	No	Is “true” if this connection is secure.

Sessions count

Parameter	Optional	Description
clusterSessions	No	Number of client sessions that are authenticated with the server. This includes anonymous and non-anoymous users from the whole cluster.
localSessions	No	Number of client sessions that are authenticated with the server. This includes anonymous and non-anoymous users.

Security Audit Logs

Parameter	Optional	Description
logId	No	unique ID of this log
username	No	the username of the user who performed this event
timestamp	No	the time stamp of when this event occurred
summary	No	the summary, or short description of what transpired in the event
node	No	the node that triggered the event, usually a hostname or IP address
details	No	detailed information about what occurred in the event

(Deprecated) User Service Plugin Readme

Overview

The User Service Plugin provides the ability to add,edit,delete users and manage their rosters by sending an http request to the server. It is intended to be used by applications automating the user administration process. This plugin’s functionality is useful for applications that need to administer users outside of the Openfire admin console. An example of such an application might be a live sports reporting application that uses XMPP as its transport, and creates/deletes users according to the receipt, or non receipt, of a subscription fee.

Installation

Copy userservice.jar into the plugins directory of your Openfire server. The plugin will then be automatically deployed. To upgrade to a new version, copy the new userservice.jar file over the existing file.

Configuration

Access to the service is restricted with a “secret” that can be viewed and set from the User Service page in the Openfire admin console. This page is located on the admin console under “Server” and then “Server Settings”. This should really only be considered weak security. The plugin was initially written with the assumption that http access to the Openfire service was only available to trusted machines. In the case of the plugin’s author, a web application running on the same server as Openfire makes the request.

Using the Plugin

To administer users, submit HTTP requests to the userservice service. The service address is [hostname]plugins/restapi/userservice. For example, if your server name is “example.com”, the URL is http://example.com/plugins/restapi/userservice

The following parameters can be passed into the request:

Name		Description
type	Required	The admin service required. Possible values are ‘add’, ‘delete’, ‘update’, ‘enable’, ‘disable’, ‘add_roster’, ‘update_roster’, ‘delete_roster’, ‘grouplist’, ‘usergrouplist’.
secret	Required	The secret key that allows access to the User Service.
username	Required	The username of the user to ‘add’, ‘delete’, ‘update’, ‘enable’, ‘disable’, ‘add_roster’, ‘update_roster’, ‘delete_roster’. ie the part before the @ symbol.
password	Required for ‘add’ operation	The password of the new user or the user being updated.
name	Optional	The display name of the new user or the user being updated. For ‘add_roster’, ‘update_roster’ operations specifies the nickname of the roster item.
email	Optional	The email address of the new user or the user being updated.
groups	Optional	List of groups where the user is a member. Values are comma delimited. When used with types “add” or “update”, it adds the user to shared groups and auto-creates new groups. When used with ‘add_roster’ and ‘update_roster’, it adds the user to roster groups provided the group name does not clash with an existing shared group.
item_jid	Required for ‘add_roster’, ‘update_roster’, ‘delete_roster’ operations.	The JID of the roster item
subscription	Optional	Type of subscription for ‘add_roster’, ‘update_roster’ operations. Possible numeric values are: -1(remove), 0(none), 1(to), 2(from), 3(both).

Sample HTML

The following example adds a user

http://example.com:9090/plugins/restapi/userservice?type=add&secret=bigsecret&username=kafka&password=drowssap&name=franz&email=franz@kafka.com

The following example adds a user, adds two shared groups (if not existing) and adds the user to both groups.

http://example.com:9090/plugins/restapi/userservice?type=add&secret=bigsecret&username=kafka&password=drowssap&name=franz&email=franz@kafka.com&groups=support,finance

The following example deletes a user and all roster items of the user.

http://example.com:9090/plugins/restapi/userservice?type=delete&secret=bigsecret&username=kafka

The following example disables a user (lockout)

http://example.com:9090/plugins/restapi/userservice?type=disable&secret=bigsecret&username=kafka

The following example enables a user (removes lockout)

http://example.com:9090/plugins/restapi/userservice?type=enable&secret=bigsecret&username=kafka

The following example updates a user

http://example.com:9090/plugins/restapi/userservice?type=update&secret=bigsecret&username=kafka&password=drowssap&name=franz&email=beetle@kafka.com

The following example adds new roster item with subscription ‘both’ for user ‘kafka’

http://example.com:9090/plugins/restapi/userservice?type=add_roster&secret=bigsecret&username=kafka&item_jid=franz@example.com&name=franz&subscription=3

The following example adds new roster item with subscription ‘both’ for user ‘kafka’ and adds kafka to roster groups ‘family’ and ‘friends’

http://example.com:9090/plugins/restapi/userservice?type=add_roster&secret=bigsecret&username=kafka&item_jid=franz@example.com&name=franz&subscription=3&groups=family,friends

The following example updates existing roster item to subscription ‘none’ for user ‘kafka’

http://example.com:9090/plugins/restapi/userservice?type=update_roster&secret=bigsecret&username=kafka&item_jid=franz@example.com&name=franz&subscription=0

The following example deletes a specific roster item ‘franz@kafka.com’ for user ‘kafka’

http://example.com:9090/plugins/restapi/userservice?type=delete_roster&secret=bigsecret&username=kafka&item_jid=franz@example.com

The following example gets all groups

http://example.com:9090/plugins/restapi/userservice?type=grouplist&secret=bigsecret
Which replies an XML group list formatted like this:

<result>
    <groupname>group1</groupname>
    <groupname>group2</groupname>
</result>

The following example gets all groups for a specific user

http://example.com:9090/plugins/restapi/userservice?type=usergrouplist&secret=bigsecret&username=kafka
Which replies an XML group list formatted like this:

<result>
    <groupname>usergroup1</groupname>
    <groupname>usergroup2</groupname>
</result>

* When sending double characters (Chinese/Japanese/Korean etc) you should URLEncode the string as utf8.
In Java this is done like this
URLEncoder.encode(username, “UTF-8”));
If the strings are encoded incorrectly, double byte characters will look garbeled in the Admin Console.

Server Reply

The server will reply to all User Service requests with an XML result page. If the request was processed successfully the return will be a “result” element with a text body of “OK”, or an XML grouplist formatted like in the example for “grouplist” and “usergrouplist” above. If the request was unsuccessful, the return will be an “error” element with a text body of one of the following error strings.

Error String	Description
IllegalArgumentException	One of the parameters passed in to the User Service was bad.
UserNotFoundException	No user of the name specified, for a delete or update operation, exists on this server. For ‘update_roster’ operation, roster item to be updated was not found.
UserAlreadyExistsException	A user with the same name as the user about to be added, already exists. For ‘add_roster’ operation, roster item with the same JID already exists.
RequestNotAuthorised	The supplied secret does not match the secret specified in the Admin Console or the requester is not a valid IP address.
UserServiceDisabled	The User Service is currently set to disabled in the Admin Console.
SharedGroupException	Roster item can not be added/deleted to/from a shared group for operations with roster.

REST API Plugin Readme

Feature list

Available REST API clients

Official

Third party

Installation

Explanation of REST

Authentication

Basic HTTP Authentication

Shared secret key

User related REST Endpoints

Retrieve users

Possible parameters

Examples

Retrieve a user

Possible parameters

Examples

Create a user

Examples

XML Examples

JSON Examples

Delete a user

Possible parameters

Examples

Update a user

Possible parameters

Examples

XML Example

Rename Example

JSON Example

Retrieve all user groups

Possible parameters

Examples

Add user to groups

Possible parameters

Examples

Add user to group

Possible parameters

Examples

Delete a user from a groups

Possible parameters

Examples

Delete a user from a group

Possible parameters

Examples

Lockout a user

Possible parameters

Examples

Unlock a user

Possible parameters

Examples

Retrieve user roster

Possible parameters

Examples

Create a user roster entry

Possible parameters

Examples

Delete a user roster entry

Possible parameters

Examples

Update a user roster entry

Possible parameters

Examples

Chat room related REST Endpoints

Retrieve all chat rooms

Possible parameters

Examples

Retrieve a chat room

Possible parameters

Examples

Retrieve chat room participants

Possible parameters

Examples

Retrieve chat room occupants

Possible parameters

Examples

Create a chat room

Possible parameters

XML Examples

JSON Examples