Name

Jabber::Simple - An extremely easy-to-use Jabber client library.

Synopsis

# Send a message to a friend, asking for authorization if necessary:
im = Jabber::Simple.new("[email protected]", "password")
im.deliver("[email protected]", "Hey there friend!")

# Get received messages and print them out to the console:
im.received_messages { |msg| puts msg.body if msg.type == :chat }

# Send an authorization request to a user:
im.add("[email protected]")

# Get presence updates from your friends, and print them out to the console:
# (admittedly, this one needs some work)
im.presence_updates { |update|
  from     = update[0].jid.strip.to_s
  status   = update[2].status
  presence = update[2].show
  puts "#{from} went #{presence}: #{status}"
end

# Remove a user from your contact list:
im.remove("[email protected]")

# See the Jabber::Simple documentation for more information.

Description

Jabber::Simple is intended to make Jabber client programming dead simple. XMPP, the Jabber protocol, is extremely powerful but also carries a steep learning curve. This library exposes only the most common tasks, and does so in a way that is familiar to users of traditional instant messenger clients.

Known Issues

  • None. If you’d like additional functionality, please contact the developer!

Copyright

Jabber::Simple - An extremely easy-to-use Jabber client library. Copyright 2006-2008 Blaine Cook <[email protected]>.

Jabber::Simple is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Jabber::Simple is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Jabber::Simple; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA