CHANGES.rst

xmpppy changelog

in progress

2022-04-10 0.7.1

• Use six.ensure_str() and six.ensure_binary() instead of custom decoding. Thanks, @normanr!
• Fix Non-SASL (XEP-0078) authentication for Python 3. Thanks, @smudge1977!
• Add B64 shortcut function to streamline base64 encoding.

2021-12-28 0.7.0

• Documentation: Improve README and setup.py
• xmpp-message: Evaluate return value from connection.auth() and croak when it fails
• xmpp-message: Optionally read credentials from ~/.xsend file
• Remove basic.py and xsend.py example programs

2021-12-28 0.6.5

• Python 3: Encoding fix for authentication (#52). Thanks, @D-L, @sumdog and @gdt!

2021-10-19 0.6.4

• Python 3: Fix handling of socket.error/OSError exceptions

2021-09-14 0.6.3

• Improve compatibility with Python 3 within authentication subsystem
• Improve exception handling
• Remove special characters from README.rst to make installation on Windows easier

2020-11-12 0.6.2

• Use modern base64 interface (base64.b64encode/decode). Thanks, @rogue73! This adds compatibility with Python 3.9, but still retains compatibility with Python 2.7.

2020-03-28 0.6.1

• Add library usage example to README
• Retroactively add changelog
• Improve documentation
• Remove print statement. Thanks, @clarkspark!

2020-03-17 0.6.0

• Use setuptools instead of distutils like a modern python library
• Move "ietf-docs" to "doc" directory
• Adjust .gitignore
• Move TODO file to doc/backlog.txt
• Fix TLS with newer Python.
• Add program "xmpp-message" for sending a basic XMPP message
• Attempt to convert to python3
• Backwards compatibility for Python2
• More Python 3
• Improve documentation
• Add LICENSE file

2015-08-28 0.5.x

• Remove unused calls.
• Bump revision no
• transport.py: remove obsolete issuer()/server()
• http proxy server resolve bug
• http proxy server bug using srv lookup
• Merge pull request #22 from destroy/master
• Merge pull request #20 from Mic92/patch-1
• Merge pull request #15 from mpasternak/master
• Merge pull request #14 from dwoz/bosh

2013-12-20 0.5.x

• Add Bosh transport
• Adding a BoshClient class
• Patches to SASL and Dispatcher for BOSH support
• Different bug fixes
• Much less intrusive BOSH transport implimentation
• Less intrusive diff to main branch
• Clean cruft form pipelining attempt
• Add comment about possible breakage
• Distinguish host/port of endpoint and server
• Cleanup TODOs, fix typos.
• Add a simple BOSH client example
• Document the only useful stuff
• No longer storing a single class level connection
• Add HTTP pipelining support
• Clean up some minor annoyances
• Add gzip support to BOSH transport
• Connections are tracked in the trasport now
• Referencing BOSH session not a connection
• Better handling of invalid responses

2013-09-26 0.5.x

• Corrected a little typo
• Merge pull request #13 from iamsudip/typo
• Merge pull request #10 from ivucica/FixCommandsForUnicodeJids

2013-04-11 0.5.x

• Crashfix: 'From' jid w/ non-ASCII char sending cmd

2012-10-12 0.5.x

• Fixed sorting records (DNSPYTHON)
• Merge pull request #9 from provonet/master

2011-06-04 0.5.x

• Log all SSL_ERROR_WANT's and handle them during write.
• Turn string exceptions into Exceptions
• Fix up multiple receives
• Remove trailing spaces and convert tabs to 4 spaces
• Remove bashism from debian/rules.
• Make apidocs when building a debian package.
• Don't install ChangeLog in debian package.
• Add .gitignore.
• Debian package: Recommend python-dnspython.
• Bump version for the debian package.
• Support connections to IPv6 servers.

2011-05-03 0.5.0

• Move jep0106 test code into it's module
• HTTPPROXYsocket will send data before we have a Dispatcher
• Handle missing body, thanks to Brendan Sleight
• Handle spaces in SASL DIGEST-MD5 responses correctly
• Fix for incorrect-encoding during SASL PLAIN auth
• Allow anonymous auth if username is None
• Add extra XEP refs (this has been sitting in my working copy for about a year)
• Import simplexml updates from gajim, thanks mainly to asterix, thorstenp and dwd
• Replaced couple of 'print' statements with proper use of self.DEBUG
• Fix for fresh bug: self.server => self._server
• Fixed documentation bug in Component.__init__
• Fixed crash on whitespace-containing disco <iq/> reply
• Merged a fix for DNS SRV lookup on win32
• Merged XEP-0004.Multiple.Items.Form.Results patch. Thanks to Iván Lloro
• replaced deprecated code
• Sort SRV records by priority.
• Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/umonkey/xmpppy
• Don't assume IQ child node is called 'query'
• An 'error' child is not a query node
• message.buildReply() preserves message type
• Import 0.5.0rc1 setup changes
• Merge branch 'setup' and update setup to be next alpha version

2007-09-15 0.4.1

• Fixing auth splits
• Ignore comment lines in config file
• tweaked login code to fail with reasons
• add some missing protocol namespaces
• Debian updates for version 0.4
• updating documentation links
• missed a few links
• allow the bot to set a connection resource
• Handle XCP component:accept namespace
• Fixed node attribute deletion with "del node[attr]" syntax.
• add support for setting the DataField label in it's constructor
• updating namespace constants
• moving admin namespace constants from jep0133 to to protocol
• Fix for non-ascii data in debug message
• change jep references into xep
• Ordering fix for when addChild and addData are used on the same node (may increase memory usage, might need to watch for that)
• Fix PlugOut and reconnectAndReauth code execution order
• More fixes - reconnectAndReauth now works for Client too
• Fix socket namespace conflict
• [ 1729857 ] typo in commands.py
• [ 1529650 ] Bug in auth, can't retry
• Fixes for children node fetching, still not perfect, but much better
• Clean up SSL errors a little bit

2006-10-06 0.4.0

• minor typos
• moved XEP-0106 into xmpp
• Added CDATA extracting method to xml node.
• Fix for non-int ports
• General cleanups
• fixed command namespaces
• added xmlns safety check
• fixes from Liorithiel
• added example command bot from Liorithiel
• fixed command namespaces and basic circle area math
• added support for wildfire component binding

2006-03-25 0.3.1

• Fixed bug in disco items discovery (thanks Soren Roug).
• Updated version stuff for xmpppy module.
• Updated debian/ directory to match actual debian package.
• Added dependency to python-dns package.
• Re-enabled debugging.

2006-03-13 0.3.0

• Added parameter to auth() to disable SASL
• Removed early FeaturesHandler call to not start auth before credentials got passed.
• Another SASL case was broken. Fix applied, tested against variety of servers.
• Lots of bugfixes -- thanks Norman
• List of default ssl ports is now [5223,443].
• Changed cl.connected from 'tls' to 'ssl' in case of port 5223/443.
• Commands now work. Errors are also returned if continuing an invalid session.
• Docstring fix
• The setPrivacyList function used a nonexistent payload variable where it
• WARNING! Incompatible change! Now newtag=n.T.newtag do not creates new tag
• Fixed usage of .T. and .NT. notation according to recent change.
• Added support for non-fatal exception handling, exceptions can also be logged to file.
• fixes for error constants
• Added SRV record resolution for new client connections. This is using gajim changesets (2036 2037 2039 2040 3184 3407 3408 3409 3410 3411 3412 3413)
• Added help message to sample config file.
• Added keepalive feature in TODO list.
• Added another todo line about input chunking.
• Added TODO line about roster parsing traceback.
• fix for items being returned on non-items disco
• tidied disco and muc namespaces
• some todo items
• Fixes to make commands work, when you're working with multiple jids and nodes.
• Docstring fixes.
• Bumper pack of namespace definitions. Including gajim #2637.
• Asynchronous In-band Registration. Gajim patches #2035 #2318
• Enable SSL on non-standard port. Gajim #2065
• SASL Timeout, Gajim #2066
• Fixed first timestamp detection
• Fixed binding process. Formatiing fixes.
• Added several lines to TODO.
• Added method for retrieve nick value in MUC (Gajim patch 2089).
• Typo and debug line text fixes (Gajim patch 2113).
• Removed useless #!/usr/bin/python header (Gajim patch 2115)
• Added events for sent/received bytes (Gajim patches 2789, 2979, 3254).
• Added catchment for exception while tls handshake (Gajim patch 3323).
• Made SRV resolution disableable (Gajim patch 3658).
• fixes for discovery replies that gajim exposed
• fixed whitespace
• [gajim]it is standarD not with T; thanks dkm
• Fixed SASL bug on win32 platform. (Thanks to Martin Thomas)
• Fixed timstamp detecting bug (thanks to Daryl Herzmann).
• Fixed digest-uri parameter in SASL auth.
• command nodes now return correct disco#info values
• http://trac.gajim.org/ticket/1188 - fix for base64 encoded strings ending with an equals sign
• made failed connections slightly more robust.
• Disabled color output on non-un*x-like platforms.
• Enhanced debug output
• Jabberd2 component protocol support
• Added message events, and minor DataForm fix
• Message.buildReply fix for Gerard
• Namespace fixes
• xmlns fixes, and minor tweaks for speed and safety
• Made xmpppy to print warnings to stdout instead of stderr
• Bugfix for previous commit
• Fixed features.register
• Fixed resources consumation in many places
• Made NoDebug class usable

2005-05-12 0.2.0

• Bugfix: don't traceback if DISCO/Browse timed out.
• Now stanza properties stored in it's attribute "props".
• Ensure that username and resourcename got from server's responce.
• Bugfix: auth details should go into self._owner
• "chained" handlers killed
• NS_DIALBACK added
• Bugfix: typo in _DiscoveryHandler (thanks 2 Mike Albon)
• Fixed component auth that was brocken by dispatcher's changes.
• Added some wisdom to determining of default handler's namespace.
• More wisdom for default handler's namespace determining
• Bugfix: complete autodetection of default handler's namespace
• Docstrings merged. Most of them were ready already in (shame!) july.
• Pydoc strings added
• Added and/or modifyed docstrings. Now every method in library is documented! Hurray!
• Removed since api documentation is maintained via docstrings.
• Documentation updated: expert docs written, advanced started.
• README rewrited
• python distutils install tool
• Session class added
• Old servers compatibility stuff added. Tnx google, randomthoughts.
• Xmpppy-based bot example
• Initial version of commands processor
• Modified the handlers used. Result messages are not required for command processor use.
• BugFix: Roster.PresenceHandler should not raise NodeProcessed exception.
• Bugfix: (NonSASL) Added removal of empty <password/> node to achieve JiveMessenger compatibility (Tnx Brian Tipton)
• Bugfix: UNbroke accidentally brocken code. Shame on me.
• Bugfix: presences should not really inherit meta-info (like <show/> etc)
• Added etherx namespace to the default set to allow stream errors handling.
• "raise NodeProcessed" removed to allow userspace catch roster changes too
• Fixed Iq callback brocken last commit
• Changed (c) date range
• Preserved handlers during auth process to allow early handlers registration.
• Added commands module import
• Some tweaks about determining if node needs 'xmlns' attribute.
• Tweaked library to make it play nice as jabberd2 legacy component.
• Tuned "import"s stuff to be more in-line with library
• Installer Makefile
• Conference logging bot example
• Add index.html
• Bugfix: proxy was specified incorrectly
• Added presences tracking
• Replaced manual server type specification with autodetect
• Added back possibility of manual specification of server type (for Component)
• Reduced overload caused by extensive usage of T/NT classes.
• TODO for 0.2 release
• Fixed plugout methods to not take parameter
• Fixed RegisterHandler calls to catch only 'get' iqs.
• Added NS_COMMANDS, NS_ENCRYPTED, NS_SIGNED namespaces.
• Adjust docstrings
• Fixed getRegInfo to not crash on query's CDATA
• Minor changes in receive() code in preparation to fix TLS bug.
• Fixed auth logic: if SASL failed - then auth definitely failed too.
• Bugfix: TLS mode was unable to handle big (>1024 bytes) chunks of data.
• Fixed Non-SASL auth brocken with one of today's commits.
• Added stream errors classes along with default handler
• Added missing MUC attributes helper.
• Auth was failing when server declares XMPP stream (version="1.0") but
• Added non-locking SendAndCallForResponse method to ease life of realtime clients.
• Fixed stupid typo in DataForm
• Fixed traceback while connecting via proxy
• Added possibility to detect broken servers that didn't restart stream after
• Add reminder to fix source code release version string while making release
• Changed download url from whole project to xmpppy module
• Bugfix: RegisterHandler(...,makefirst=1) didn't work.
• New design. Big thanks to Marek Kubica for it.
• Made <a/> tags to not open new windows.
• Roster Iq handler must raise NodeProcessed. Otherwise, iq's will hit default
• Added comment about roster's NodeProcessed behaivoir.
• Fixed TLS-not-disconnects bug
• Added return value description to connect() docstring.
• Added note about TLS issue

2004-09-25 0.1.1

• Location changed to site-packages/xmpp
• Installation directory changes
• Web page xmpppy.sf.net
• All character data is now STORED in utf-8 not only printed.
• Cleanup: import of features no more needed.
• Changed dispatching policy: check for ALL child namespaces - not for only first <query/> in Iq stanza.
• Function "resultNode" replaced by "isResultNode".
• XMPP-Core stanza and stream level errors support added.
• Added translation of error codes to error conditions.
• returnStanzaHandler added.
• Added "default handler" mechanism.
• Date extended in license text.
• Update to current upstream version.
• 'jid' replaced by 'host' in registration methods.
• DataForm now can use prototype node for initialisation (as other protocol elements).
• Default resource name "xmpppy" now used only when auth with non-xmpp compliant
• Events introduced.
• Message.buildReply and Iq.buildReply introduced.
• Node cloning improved. Full cloning mode introduced.
• Implemented common plugins framework.
• Bugfix: preserve namespace when cloning node.
• Python 2.1 compatibility in Protocol.__init__.
• Error nodes creating and setting made more (I hope) intuitive. WARNING: uncompatible changes.
• Protocol.Error syntax changed. WARNING: incompatible changes.
• Very preliminary. It worked recently but poorly and may be broken already.
• Updated to 0.1-pre6.
• Fix: next version will be -rc1 not -pre6.
• Changed all "type" in functions arguments to "typ" .
• Changed debian-policy version to please the lintian.
• Removed "#!/usr/bin/python" headers to please lintian.
• Added getItems, keys and __getitem__ methods (limited mapping interface).
• Added NS_XXX importing into module's namespace.
• DeregisterDisconnectHandler renamed to UnregisterDisconnectHandler.
• JID.__ne__ method added.
• Bugfix: debug_flags was in "debug" module namespace instead of being Debug class attribute.
• Fixed backtrace on unhandled condition case.
• getRoster method added.
• getRoster , getItem methods added
• Sync with Debian's versions.
• Added README.
• Bugfix: addChild now set's child.parent properly.
• Fixed bug with "@" and "/" characters in the resource string.
• Bugfix: bits like xml:lang='en' was processed incorrectly.
• Bugfix: tag.getError() will not issue a traceback anymore if there is no error (thanks to sneakin).
• Add first pieces of documentation.
• Example script that is used in "simple" doc.
• Bugfix: use &quot; to not corrupt XML on some attribute values.
• Added links to documentation and Mike Albon's IRC transport.
• Added getQuerynode and setQuerynode methods.
• Synced with rc2-2 Debian version.
• Sync with rc3-1.proposed version.
• Added direct import from protocol module.
• All namespaces declarations moved to protocol module.
• Namespace declarations moved to protocol module.
• Bugfix: TLS failed to restart after disconnect.
• Bugfix: already dispatched node must not be changed anymore by NodeBuilder.
• Iq.buildReply made to appropriate set the queryNS value.
• Hand-crafted and logically debugged the heart - _traversePath. Now need to check other methods.
• Browser module tested, fixed and included into library structure.
• Bugfix: the returnStanzaHandler must not return error stanzas.
• Added Node.has_attr
• Added raising NodeProcessed exception to mark already processed iq and presences.
• Added DataField class in preparation to DataForm rewrite.
• Added support for nodes like "http://jabber.org/protocol/commands".
• Added support for several hosts on one connection.
• Added import of ustr function from simplexml module.
• Added support for multiple values.
• DataForm class re-implemented to conform XEP-0004 more closely.
• Fixed bug in CDATA handling code. The data will not be shifted between tags anymore.
• Made getPayload to return both CDATA and child nodes just like setPayload uses.
• Added getQueryChildren method. WARNING: it behaves gust like getQueryPayload before. And the getQueryPayload is now different!
• Bugfix: nodebuilder was tracing on the first node.
• Corrections to text donated by Mike Albon.
• Bugfix: typeless stanzas were processed several times sometimes.
• Fixed and tested IBB. Added usual debugging stuff to it.
• IBB stuff is fixed and worth inclusion.
• Fixed typo: SendInitialPresence => SendInitPresence.
• Update to revision 24.
• Added sessions support.
• Comments translated to english.
• Added 'jabber:client' and 'jabber:server' namespaces.
• Bugfix: handle roster item deletion properly.
• Bugfix: more delicate namespaces processing. Slow (again) but sure.
• XML namespaces vocabulary introduced.
• Added xmpp streams namespace.
• Added stanzas namespace support in dispatcher.
• SASL.auth method added. Removed credentials passing from PlugIn.
• Added SASL error conditions
• Added plugout method to TLS class for unregistering handlers.
• added destroy method to NodeBuilder to prevent memory leak
• Added plugout method for proper destuction of Stream instance.
• Plugging in now available only once.
• Namespace handler now comes under the name "default".
• XMPP streams namespace added.
• Allowed attribute values to be objects
• Rolled back ns vocabularies. They were potentially messing namespaces.

2004-02-28 0.1.0

• Added and tested SASL PLAIN.
• Service/agents discovery, [un]registration and password change, privacy lists handling.
• Tuned SASL (though it still not working), maked it to restart Dispatcher after auth.
• Fixed incompatibilities with jabberd2 in MD5-DIGEST algorithm.
• Bugfix: tag.getTags were broken.
• Syntactic changes and bugfixes in protocol.DataForm.
• payload again can be of non-[] non-() type.
• Two conditional service functions added: errorNode and resultNode.
• Make use of errorNode and resultNode conditional functions.
• Changed WaitForResponse to always return received Node if it were really received.
• Bugfixes: replaced "m" with "self" in many cases in Client code.
• Make use of resultNode and errorNode service functions.
• Added comparison methods.
• Fix case-handling in JIDs comparisons
• Make dispatcher to cache features tag.
• Make use of Dispatcher's features tag caching.
• Add fancy XML formatting (indents and newlines).
• Add "any time" SASL auth status.
• Made TLS and SASL use more flexible to work with ejabberd server.
• Bugfix: SASL authentication must be completed before resource binding.
• Maked early start of TLS when connecting to port 5223 possible.
• Bugfixes in privacy lists mangling stuff.
• Added (again) default port for component class.
• JID.getStripped now returns lower case JID (questionable change).
• Bugfix: non-sasl auth was not recognized.
• Simple import of all modules.
• Changes in "fancy" node output. Even more CDATA corruption ;)
• PlugIn methods now returns results of connection.
• connect() and auth() methods now returns result of operation.
• Fixed error text saying that we can do only PLAIN authentication.
• Bugfix: Component used 'client' string in debug output.
• Fix: Previous client.py commit broke jabberd2-compatible mechanisms.
• Added isConnected method.
• Made isConnected return more meaningful result (tcp | tls+old_auth | sasl)
• Made tests like isConnected()[4:] possible.
• Bugfix: Client.connect doesn't always returned true when connection estabilished.
• Added experimental support for live reconnection.
• Added revision control comment line.
• Added "NodeProcessed" mechanism to allow handlers stop further stanza processing.
• Initial Release.

2003-12-12 0.0.0

• Initial revision.