xmppc(1)

xmppc1

Xmpp command line tool

Usage

xmppc [OPTIONS] -m MODE COMMAND [<args> ...]

xmppc [-a ACCOUNT] [-j JID] [-p PASSWORD] -m MODE COMMAND [<args> ...]

Overview

xmppc is a XMPP command line tool. You need an XMPP Account to use this tool. The account information can be defined via command line argument -j JID. If no password is provided via -p PASSWORD xmppc will ask the user to enter the password. Another option is to define 1 or more accounts within a configuration file. The option -a ACCOUNT can be used to select the account.

The argument -m MODE defines the xmppc MODE which should be used (roster, message, pgp, omemo, openpgp, monitor, bookmark, mam, discovery). The COMMAND and the args required by the COMMAND depends on the chosen MODE.

Options

-a, --attribute ACCOUNT

ACCOUNT is a name of a xmpp account defined within the configuration file.

-j, --jid JID

JID of the XMPP Account.

-p, --pwd PWD

Password of the XMPP Account.

-v VERBOSE, Verbose flags. -v[v[v[v]]]

-v is WARN -vv is INFO --vvv is DEBUG -vvvv is TRACE

--help

Print program version number and help

Modes and commands

xmppc modes.

-m roster

The Roster mode can be used to provided information of the xmpp account’s roster. The roster is the XMPP list of contacts.

• list - List all contacts

• export - Exports all contacts

-m message

The message mode can be used to send unencrypted messages to another xmpp account.

• chat <jid> <message> - Sending unencrypted message to jid

-m pgp

PGP Mode (XEP-0027)

• chat <jid> <message> - Sending pgp encrypted message to jid

-m omemo

OMEMO Mode (XEP-0384)

• list - List the device IDs and fingerprints

-m openpgp

openpgp mode (XEP-0373)

• signcrypt <jid> <message> - Sending pgp signed and encrypted message to jid

-m monitor

Monitot mode

• stanza - Stanza Monitor

• monitor - microblog Monitor microblog (XEP-0277)

-m bookmark

Bookmark mode (XEP-0048)

• list - List bookmarks

-m mam

Message Archive Management (XEP-0313)

• list <jid> - List messages from <jid>

-m discovery

Service Discovery (XEP-0030)

• info <jid> - info request for <jid>

• item <jid> - item request for <jid>

Environment

• HOME

Examples

xmppc --jid [email protected] --pwd "secret" --mode roster list
xmppc --jid [email protected] --mode pgp chat [email protected] "Hello"
xmppc -a account1 --mode discovery item [email protected]
xmppc --mode bookmark list

Files

Configuration file to setup accounts.

~/.config/xmppc.conf

Example:

[default]
[email protected]
pwd=password1
[account2]
[email protected]
[account3]
[email protected]
pwd=password3

Exit status

0

Success

1

Failure

Resources

Source: https://codeberg.org/Anoxinon_e.V./xmppc

Documentation: https://codeberg.org/Anoxinon_e.V./xmppc/wiki

Copying

Copyright (C) 2020 Anoxinon e.V. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Releases

Unchanged in 3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

  1. 11–13

Bugs

See https://codeberg.org/Anoxinon_e.V./xmppc/issues

Author

• DebXWoody (OpenPGP: A602F76893F138B4A8EFDDD5C2DC916F35751C24)

From xmppc 0.1.0-2+b2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.