Message archiving and XEP-0004: Data Forms. How to retrieve custom fields?
Hi,
I try to archive custom messages using Message Archiving component. At the beginning I try to archive messages in format:
<message to='20@localhost' from='1@localhost' id='dyP9g-18'>
<subject>Hi</subject>
<body>Message body</body>
<custom xmlns='http://my.namespace.com'>
<name>000000003659</name>
<surname>15</surname>
<date>1374144203775</date>
</custom>
</message>
The above message is correctly stored in database and delivered to recipient. But when I retrieve messages via archiving component then custom fields disappear. I thought that it may be caused by custom nature of my message so I decide to use XEP-0004 standard (Data Forms). But behaviour is the same. Here is a detailed description:
- My database content (sorry for formatting):
+----------+----------+---------------------+-----------+------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| owner_id | buddy_id | ts | direction | type | msg |
+----------+----------+---------------------+-----------+------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 3 | 4 | 2014-03-11 15:34:17 | 0 | chat |
<message type="chat" time="1394548457051" xmlns="jabber:client"
to="20@localhost/dev-VirtualBox" from="1@localhost/pidgin"
id="purplee7f6506f">
Hello my friend. Please fill out the form :)
|
| 3 | 4 | 2014-03-11 15:38:19 | 0 | NULL |
<subject>Messagw with XEP-0004</subject>
<body>Contains Data Forms</body>
<x type="submit" xmlns="jabber:x:data">
<field type="text-single" var="name">
<value>James</value>
</field>
<field type="text-single" var="surname">
<value>Bond</value>
</field>
<field type="text-single" var="date">
<value>1374144203775</value>
</field>
</x>
|
+----------+----------+---------------------+-----------+------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- My XMPP request for getting archived messages:
<!-- Get list of chats, request-->
<iq type='get' id='id0001'>
<list xmlns='urn:xmpp:archive'
start='2010-10-01T04:00:00Z'
end='2015-12-15T23:23:00Z'>
<set xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/rsm'>
<max>30</max>
</set>
</list>
</iq>
<!-- Chats list, server response-->
<iq type='result' to='1@localhost/pidgin' id='id0001'>
<list xmlns='urn:xmpp:archive'>
<chat with='20@localhost' start='2014-03-11T14:34:17+0000'/>
<set xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/rsm'>
<first index='0'>2014-03-11T14:34:17+0000</first>
<last>2014-03-11T14:34:17+0000</last>
<count>1</count>
</set>
</list>
</iq>
<!-- Get messages from chat request-->
<iq type='get' id='id0002'>
<retrieve xmlns='urn:xmpp:archive'
with='20@localhost'
start='2014-03-11T14:34:17+0000'>
<set xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/rsm'>
<max>100</max>
</set>
</retrieve>
</iq>
<!-- Messages within chat, server response-->
<iq type='result' to='1@localhost/pidgin' id='id0002'>
<chat xmlns='urn:xmpp:archive' with='20@localhost' start='2014-03-11T14:34:17+0000'>
<to secs='0'>
<body>Hello my friend. Please fill out the form :)</body>
</to>
<!-- Message without form fields-->
<to secs='242'>
<body>Contains Data Forms</body>
</to>
<set xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/rsm'>
<first index='0'>0</first>
<last>242</last>
<count>2</count>
</set>
</chat>
</iq>
Now you can see that second message contains no XEP-0004 form fields. Is it possible to retrieve via archiving component original message? I can use first or second approach.
P.S.
I am using Tigase 5.2.0 version and in reality data inside custom messages are a little bit more complicated.
Replies (9)
Added by Andrzej Wójcik 
over 4 years ago
Currently Message Archiving component implementing XEP-0136 stores full message stanza in database but it is only possible to retrieve <body/> part of a message. It is possible to extend it be able to retrieve whole message stanzas as chats items, but it is not implemented right now, as Message Archiving component was considered to be a component which stores only chat messages, and due to that it requires message to contain <body/> element.
If you would like to see this feature added in next release, fill free and create a new issue for Tigase Message Archiving project.
Added by Artur Hefczyc over 4 years ago
Thank you, I assigned Andrzej to the ticket as he is the component author.
Added by Andrzej Wójcik over 4 years ago
Please verify that you properly upgraded installation to snapshot version. I just used tigase-message-archiving.jar from a build you mentioned and I received correct results. I see that you still are receiving wrong first, last elements in response - which suggests that something went wrong during upgrade - now we ARE NOT using SRCS as IDs of a message.
How you upgraded this installation?
Did you changed all files or just a single file?
Did you used files from -dist archive or from -dist-max archive?
Added by Wojciech Kapcia over 4 years ago
OK, while the approach is definitely interesting i have one but :-)
<xmpp.sever.version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</xmpp.sever.version>
and if you browse <url>http://maven.tigase.org</url> you will notice that this repository is only for final/stable releases. All snapshot dependencies reside on our build machine hence propper setup of the repositories would be:
<repositories>
<repository>
<snapshots />
<id>tigase</id>
<name>Tigase repository</name>
<url>http://maven.tigase.org</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>tigase-snapshot</id>
<name>Tigase repository</name>
<url>http://build.xmpp-test.net/maven/</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
</repositories>