ejabberd - Comments for "detect subscribe request for offline users"

There isn't a specific event

badlop — Wed, 25 May 2016 21:19:18 +0000

There isn't a specific event that is called when a subscription request is sent to an offline user. You have two options: add a hook to the subscription sent, and manually check if the receiver is offline. Or add a hook to the offline storage, and manually check if the message is a subscription request :)

So we added both hooks

navjeetc — Wed, 18 May 2016 03:28:01 +0000

So we added both hooks roster_out_subscription and roster_in_subscription in a module and looks like they are both triggered, no matter if the user to whom subscribe request is being sent to is offline or not. Is that expected behavior? I just need to capture the event/state when user is offline.

When a user sends a

badlop — Mon, 16 May 2016 16:26:50 +0000

When a user sends a subscription request to an offline account in the same server, those hooks are run (among others):
* using run: roster_out_subscription
* using run_fold: roster_in_subscription
* also using run_fold: roster_process_item