Add registration API extension.

For AS provisioning of users with its namespace.
pull/977/head
Kegsay 10 years ago
parent 603361bfd6
commit 117b090192

@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ Notes:
the CS API.
- It can also set arbitrary information about the room (e.g. name, topic, etc)
using the CS API.
- It can send messages as other users in order to populate scrollback.
- When this setup is complete, the AS should respond to the HS request. This means the AS
blocks the HS until the room is created and configured.
- This is deemed more flexible than alternative methods (e.g. returning an initial sync
@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ every request. It would be an annoying amount of book-keeping to maintain tokens
for every virtual user. It would be preferable if the application service could
use the CS API with its own ``as_token`` instead, and specify the virtual user
they wish to be acting on behalf of. For real users, this would require
additional permissions (see "C-AS Linking").
additional permissions granting the AS permission to masquerade as a matrix user.
Inputs:
- Application service token (``access_token``)
@ -312,9 +313,26 @@ Server admin style permissions
The home server needs to give the application service *full control* over its
namespace, both for users and for room aliases. This means that the AS should
be able to create/edit/delete any room alias in its namespace, as well as
create/delete any user in its namespace. This does not require any additional
public APIs.
create/delete any user in its namespace. No additional API changes need to be
made in order for control of room aliases to be granted to the AS. Creation of
users needs API changes in order to:
- Work around captchas.
- Have a 'passwordless' user.
This involves bypassing the registration flows entirely. This is achieved by
including the AS token on a ``/register`` request, along with a login type of
``m.login.application_service`` to set the desired user ID without a password.
::
/register?access_token=$as_token
Content:
{
type: "m.login.application_service",
user: "<desired user localpart in AS namespace>"
}
ID conventions ``[TODO]``
-------------------------
@ -394,6 +412,11 @@ Pre-conditions:
GET /users/%40irc.freenode.net%2FBob%3Ahsdomain.com?access_token=T_h
[Starts blocking]
AS -> HS: Creates user using CS API extension.
POST /register?access_token=T_a
{
type: "m.login.application_service",
user: "irc.freenode.net/Bob"
}
AS -> HS: Set user display name to "Bob".
[Finishes blocking]
[Finished blocking]

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